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Countdown To War Series Premiere (ABC TV Mon 7 Feb 2022)
Presented by JJ Chalmers and Raksha Dave, learn about the three days that led up to the Second World War and changed the world forever.
Experience the extraordinary 72 hours that culminated in World War Two. On Friday 1st September 1939, Germany invaded Poland and the clock started ticking. On Sunday morning, Britain had declared war. Learn about the three days that led up to the Second World War and changed the world forever.
Over three episodes, Presenters JJ Chalmers and Raksha Dave reveal exactly what happened on each of those three critical days. They visit key locations, meet historians and unearth startling archive material. – and speak with the descendants of those involved who share their relatives’ spellbinding stories.
Production credit: A Voltage TV and Motion Content Group Production for Channel 5 in the UK.
Airdate: Monday 7 February 2022 at 9:35pm on ABC TV.
Season 1 Episode 1