
Series honors the incredible heroes of World War II who stood up and fought when everything else seemed lost. The series highlights the brilliant generals and brave troops whose selfless acts of courage saved hundreds of thousands of innocent lives. Through their personal stories, this series recreates the suicidal raids, rearguard actions, and back-to-the-wall fighting it took to ensure, against all odds, that these men made it out alive.
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Available qualities: 1080p, 720p, 360p

Colin Tierney
Narrator

Erik Dellums
Narrator

Richard Overy
Historian, University of Exeter

Richard Overy
Self - Professor

Richard Overy
Self - University of Exeter
Dave Rooney
Self - Author, 'Burma Victory'
Dave Rooney
Self - Author, 'Wingate and the Chindits'

Laurence Dobiesz
Additional voices

Kevin Farrell
Self - Colonel, Chief of Military History - West Point
Doug Charlton
Self - Private R Company, 1st Parachute Brigade
Fergal Keane
Self - Author, 'Road of Bones'
Evan Mawdsley
Self - University of Glasgow
Paul Markey
Narrator
Mungo Melvin
Self - Major General, Royal College of Defense Studies
Robert Lyman
Self - Author, 'Japan's Last Bid for Victory'
Robert Lyman
Self - Author, 'The Longest Siege'

Max Hastings
Self - Former Editor Daily Telegraph, Military Historian
Richard E. Cole
Self - Jimmy Doolittle's Co-Pilot, Distinguished Flying Cross
Alex Winchester
Self - Scots Guards, T Patrol
Bill Townill
Self - 9th Gurka Rifles