WW2 Unforgotten Stories

Season 1

Through the personal testimony of the heroes themselves, their descendants, experts and related organisations, these are the shocking people and events that shaped a generation and whose impact lives on today.

Where to Watch WW2 Unforgotten Stories • Season 1

10 Episodes

  • The astonishing D-Day of Major John Sturgis
    E1
    The astonishing D-Day of Major John SturgisIt wasn't until India Sturgis interviewed her grandfather that her family knew the full extent of his contribution to the war effort. After India's recount of how the story of her grandfather's efforts lives on with her we meet Major John Sturgis himself.
  • The Gurkhas: WW2's unsung heroes
    E2
    The Gurkhas: WW2's unsung heroesAn organisation of Nepalese soldiers, the Gurkhas have fought in the British Army for the last 200 years. Alex Pope from the Gurkha Welfare Trust reveals Bhaktasing Pun's story.
  • The Black RAF and John Jellicoe Blair
    E3
    The Black RAF and John Jellicoe BlairJohn Jellicoe Blair was one of almost 500 Black Caribbean air crew in the RAF during the Second World War. Mark Johnson talks about his great-uncle.
  • Fastest plane in the world... and it was made of wood
    E4
    Fastest plane in the world... and it was made of woodThe wooden de Havilland Mosquito was the fastest plane in the world at the time of the Second World War and just so happens to be comedian Tony Law's favourite aircraft.
  • The horrors and liberation of Dachau
    E5
    The horrors and liberation of DachauEdward Dixon was part of the heroic squad that liberated Dachau concentration camp. We hear from Edward and how his story lives on with his son, Johnston Dixon.
  • Churchill's secret squads
    E6
    Churchill's secret squadsThis was a Dad's Army of silent killers and saboteurs. Alongside an accountant, a bank manager, and a salesman, bricklayer Stanley Hayes was a member of a secret auxiliary unit trained in covert guerrilla warfare to resist a Nazi invasion and occupation. Quentin Hayes reveals his grandfather's story.
  • The Blackout Ripper
    E7
    The Blackout RipperUnder the cover of the darkness, serial killer Gordon Cummins unleashed a reign of terror. Penny Legg, author of Crime in the Second World War tells the story of the Blackout Ripper.
  • A Gaelic great escape
    E8
    A Gaelic great escapeThis is the story of how three plucky Scottish soldiers from Argyll escaped German-occupied France using their wits and knowledge of Scottish Gaelic. Rob Layden and Rod Mackenzie from the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Regimental Museum tell Alistair Macdonald, James Wilson and William Kemp's daring story.
  • Daring Irish WW2 firefighters
    E9
    Daring Irish WW2 firefightersAs a fireman during the Belfast Blitz, Joanne Campbell's grandfather saved thousands of lives.
  • The D-Day leader who put his life on the line
    E10
    The D-Day leader who put his life on the lineStanley Hollis is the example of a brave and unselfish leader who put himself - literally - in the firing line to save his men. Stanley single-handedly captured a German outpost on D-Day. Steve Erskine of The Green Howards Museum recounts the story of Middlesborough's war hero.

 

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