WW2 Expert Reviews Entire War in TV and Film

Military Historian, Dan Snow MBE reviews all the movies and tv shows that make up the timeline of the Second World War.

From the 1938 Munich Conference all the way up until the development of the Atomic Bomb in 1945, Dan will guide you through the historical accuracies and inaccuracies of the scenes that depict the key moments in the bloodiest war in human history.

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00:00:00 Introduction
00:01:03 Munich: The Edge of War (2022) - The Munich Conference
00:04:51 The King's Speech (2010) - Outbreak of War
00:10:18 The Pianist (2002) - German Occupation of Poland
00:12:11 13 Minutes (2015) - Assassination Attempt on Hitler
00:15:46 Narvik (2022) - German Invasion of Norway
00:19:53 Dunkirk (2017) - The Dunkirk Evacuation
00:23:49 Darkest Hour (2017) - Churchill's "Fight on the Beaches" Speech
00:28:21 Battle of Britain (1969) - The Battle of Britain
00:31:22 Blitz (2024) - The London Blitz
00:34:56 The Imitation Game (2014) - Cracking the Enigma Code
00:40:46 Sink the Bismarck! (1960) - Sinking of the Bismarck
00:45:46 Leningrad (2009) - Operation Barbarossa/Siege of Leningrad
00:49:50 Das Boot (1981) - The Battle of the Atlantic
00:56:31 Pearl Harbor (2001) - Attack on Pearl Harbor
01:00:44 Conspiracy (2001) - The Wannsee Conference
01:03:37 Greyhound (2020) - Battle of the Atlantic
01:08:27 The Railway Man (2013) - The Fall of Singapore
01:11:24 Australia (2008) - Bombing of Darwin
01:13:16 Anthropoid (2016) - Assassination of Reinhard Heydrich
01:18:08 Midway (2019) - The Battle of Midway
01:23:12 SAS Rogue Heroes (2022) - North African Campaign
01:27:23 Enemy at the Gates (2001) - The Battle of Stalingrad
01:32:04 The Thin Red Line (1998) - The Battle of Guadalcanal
01:35:19 The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) - Building the Burma Railway
01:38:55 Stalingrad (1993) - The Finale of Stalingrad
01:42:15 Patton (1970) - The Battle of Kasserine Pass
01:44:36 Schindler's List (1993) - Liquidation of the Kraków Ghetto
01:47:54 Operation Mincemeat (2021) - Operation Mincemeat
01:52:48 Memphis Belle (1990) - The Air War Over Europe
01:57:18 The Dam Busters (1955) - The Dam Busters Raid
02:00:07 The Big Red One (1980) - The Invasion of Sicily
02:03:07 Cross of Iron (1977) - The Eastern Front Retreat
02:08:13 The Great Escape (1963) - The Great Escape from Stalag Luft III
02:12:17 Operation Crossbow (1965) - German V-Weapons Program
02:16:23 Saving Private Ryan (1998) - D-Day Landings at Omaha Beach
02:22:08 Windtalkers (2002) - The Battle of Saipan
02:27:05 Valkyrie (2008) - The 20 July Plot
02:32:20 The Pianist (2002) - The Warsaw Uprising
02:36:54 Kelly's Heroes (1970) - The Liberation of France / Gold Hunt
02:38:48 A Bridge Too Far (1977) - Operation Market Garden
02:46:35 The Pacific (2010) - The Battle of Peleliu
02:49:35 Band of Brothers (2001) - The Battle of the Bulge
02:54:18 Fury (2014) - The Invasion of Germany
02:59:42 Letters from Iwo Jima (2006) - The Battle of Iwo Jima
03:03:33 Flags of Our Fathers (2006) - Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima
03:05:00 Band of Brothers (2001) - Liberation of Concentration Camps
03:10:00 Downfall (2004) - The Final Days of Hitler
03:14:44 Hacksaw Ridge (2016) - The Battle of Okinawa
03:20:41 Oppenheimer (2023) - The Trinity Test
03:23:48 Conclusion