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

Greatest Events of WWII in Colour

Blitzkrieg (Season 1, Episode 1)

TV Episode | 50 min | Documentary, History, War

The Lightning War was one of the most extraordinary events of the Second World War. Now, expertly restored footage from around the world shows the story in a new light.

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19 cast members

Name	Known for
Derek Jacobi Narrator Narrator See fewer	Gosford Park (2001)
Saul David Self - Professor of Military History, University of Buckingham Self - Professor of Military History, University of Buckingham See fewer	7 Days in Entebbe (2018)
James Holland Self - Author, 'The War in the West' Self - Author, 'The War in the West' See fewer	Edward Enderby
Sönke Neitzel Self - Professor of War Studies, University of Potsdam Self - Professor of War Studies, University of Potsdam See fewer	Generation War (2013)
Norman Ohler Self - Author, 'Blitzed: Drugs in Nazi Germany' Self - Author, 'Blitzed: Drugs in Nazi Germany' See fewer	Natural (III) (2010)
Geoffrey Wawro Self - Professor of Military History, University of North Texas Self - Professor of Military History, University of North Texas See fewer	Hitler's Secret Sex Life (2021)
Peter Lieb Self - Historian, Potsdam, Germany (as Dr Peter Lieb) Self - Historian, Potsdam, Germany (as Dr Peter Lieb) See fewer	Nazi Megastructures: Battle Ready (2019)
Neville Chamberlain Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Windsors & WWII (2023)
Winston Churchill Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Matinee Theatre (1955)
Édouard Daladier Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Jornal do INCE n. 1 (1939)
Maurice Gamelin Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Journal de guerre n°7, semaine du 11 novembre 1939 (1939)
Heinz Guderian Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
Hermann Göring Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Wunder des Fliegens: Der Film eines deutschen Fliegers (1935)
Rudolf Hess Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Triumph of the Will (1935)
Adolf Hitler Self - Führer und Reichskanzler (archive footage) Self - Führer und Reichskanzler (archive footage) See fewer	Triumph of the Will (1935)
Benito Mussolini Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Hundred Days (1935)
Philippe Pétain Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Pathé News, No. 36 (1916)
Paul Reynaud Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Au-delà de l'écran (1960)
Erich von Manstein Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer