1991
In this episode: - WW2 seems inevitable and yet unreal- Spain: The civil war ends- Hitler parades in Prague amidst the jeers and tears of the beaten Czech nation- Hitler surprises the world by signing a non-aggression pact with Russia- The coronation of Pope Pius XII- New York's World Fair opens
In this episode: - The tragedy of the Spanish Civil War intensifies- The year of Guernica- Japan and China are at war- USA: Franklin D. Roosevelt begins his second term as president- Edward VIII has resolved to marry American divorcee Wallis Simpson- Prince Albert, father of Elizabeth and Margaret, becomes king
In this episode: - The Germans widen their operations- Hitler orders the bombing of Dublin and other Irish towns- Mussolini's army suffers a string of setbacks- Roosevelt secures a record 3rd term as president and introduces the lend-lease scheme- Hitler throws Panzer divisions against Russia- Pearl Harbor is bombed and the USA enters the war
In this episode: The year in which the Allies made steady progress against the Nazis - In Russia, the bloody siege of Stalingrad comes to an end with the surrender of German forces - In Northern Africa, the forces unleashed by the Allies sees success - The Allies take 110,000 prisoners of war - Regular meetings between Roosevelt and Churchill take place
In this episode: The Normandy landings, the world's biggest combined land, sea and air operation - The Allies take complete control of Normandy - Paris is liberated after courageous work by the French underground resistance - Those around Hitler begin to doubt his claims - The first German city falls into Allied hands
Nations turn their attention to reconstruction and the prospects for the future Winston Churchill makes his famous speech in which he describes an iron curtain falling across Europe The first verbal battles of the Cold War are fought In China, civil war rages between Mao Zedong's communist forces and the Nationalists led by Chiang Kai-shek The conclusion of the Nuremberg trials A growing demand for a Jewish statein Palestine
In this episode: In America, anti-communist hysteria gathers pace - Stalin and the new Chinese leader sign a pact of friendship - USA decides to build the Hydrogen Bomb - Prince Rainier III ascends the throne of Monaco, Europe's tiniest state - Communist forces attack the Republic of Korea - Korea: No chance for reconciliation in the first major military conflict of the Cold War
The Korean War unfolds against the backdrop of growing nuclear tension USA test its first H-bombs - a thousand times more powerful than the Hiroshima bombs Iran snubs the British by nationalising the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company.The Festival of Britain marks the beginning of a decade of world economic success, especially for the UK Salvador Dalí The Dukes of Windsor at Portofino to begin a holiday on the Italian Riviera
In this episode: USA's first H-bomb test and Britain's first atom bomb - Korean war continues: fears that China might intervene in the Asian conflict - Britain's presence in Egypt and around the Suez Canal questioned - Churchill visits President Truman in America - The funeral of Eva Peron - John Cobbs, the fastest man on water, dies
In this episode: Queen Elizabeth's coronation - Britain's Le Mans triumph - President Eisenhower warns the world that the Soviet Union is out for global domination - Yugoslavia's war hero Tito elected president - Britain deals with the last outpost of its fading empire - Russia mourns as Stalin dies
In this episode: The conflict continues in Indochina between the Communist rebels lead by Ho Chi Minh and the French resistance - A treaty that officially divides the country into North and South Vietnam - Senator Joe McCarthy's career of purging the country of supposed communists comes to a sordid end - Suez terms agreed
In this episode: The emergence of a rival to NATO - The signing of the Warsaw Pact - Nationalist South African party continues to put legal bite behind its policy of apartheid - Colonial unrest in Cyprus and Algeria - Further clashes between Egyptian and Israeli forces in Gaza - Sir Alexander Fleming dies - Sir Winston Churchill resigns - Donald Campbell sets land speed record
In this episode: Pablo Picasso dies at 91 - The world's largest uncut diamond, the star of Sierra Leone, on show in London - Muhammad Ali vs Joe Bugner in Vegas - The plight of Native Americans and Marlon Brando - Bobby Charlton comes out on his final home game for Manchester United - The Watergate scandal overshadows Nixon's presidency
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