For educational purposes
A detailed account of the lead up to the British involvement in World War II featuring historical footage, evidence and interviews with surviving members of government, society and contemporaries.
Britain declared war on Germany in September 1939; eight months later the British army was in retreat from the beaches of Dunkirk.
New research shows the possible cause of Britain’s near-defeat a country weakened by World War 1, desperate to avoid another conflict, and struggling to support an overextended Empire.
By the late 1930s, Chamberlain was caught in a hopeless position, confronting the irrational aggression of Hitler and Mussolini while trying to preserve the illusion of British imperial power.
