Greatest Events of WWII in Colour Battle of Britain (Season 1, Episode 2)
TV Episode | 50 min | Documentary, History, War

Greatest Events of WWII in Colour

Battle of Britain (Season 1, Episode 2)

TV Episode | 50 min | Documentary, History, War

In 1940, France has fallen and Hitler orders Operation Sealion: the invasion of Great Britain. Rare, expertly-restored footage tells the story in a new light.

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16 cast members

Name	Known for
Derek Jacobi Narrator Narrator See fewer	Gosford Park (2001)
Stephen Bungay Self - Author, The Most Dangerous Enemy: A History of the Battle of Britain Self - Author, The Most Dangerous Enemy: A History of the Battle of Britain See fewer	Spitfire Ace (2004)
Max Hastings Self - Author, Inferno: The World at War (as Sir Max Hastings) Self - Author, Inferno: The World at War (as Sir Max Hastings) See fewer	Cold War (1998)
James Holland Self - Author, The War in the West Self - Author, The War in the West See fewer	Edward Enderby
Joshua Levine Self - Author, The Secret History of the Blitz Self - Author, The Secret History of the Blitz See fewer	Dunkirk (2017)
Nigel Parker Self - Author, Luftwaffe Crash Archive Self - Author, Luftwaffe Crash Archive See fewer	Greatest Events of WWII in Colour (2019)
Geoffrey Wellum Self - Squadron Leader, RAF 92nd Squadron (as Geoffrey Wellum DFC) Self - Squadron Leader, RAF 92nd Squadron (as Geoffrey Wellum DFC) See fewer	Witness 1939: When War Broke Out (2014)
Justin Bronk Self - Royal United Services Institute, London Self - Royal United Services Institute, London See fewer	CBC Rundown with Andrew Nichols (2022)
Lord Beaverbrook Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	They Forgot to Read the Directions (1924)
Winston Churchill Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Matinee Theatre (1955)
Hugh Dowding Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Battle for the Battle of Britain (1969)
William M.L. Fiske Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	White Heat (1934)
Hermann Göring Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Wunder des Fliegens: Der Film eines deutschen Fliegers (1935)
Adolf Hitler Self - Führer und Reichskanzler (archive footage) Self - Führer und Reichskanzler (archive footage) See fewer	Triumph of the Will (1935)
Keith Park Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
Beppo Schmid Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer