Countdown to War
Final Seconds of Peace
Season 1 Episode 3 of 3
The clock is ticking and an ultimatum made if Hitler did not respond, war would be declared. As peace ebbed away and the Second World War began in September 1939. Air-raid sirens wailed almost immediately and the first British casualties were recorded. Ordinary Brits realised that a long, brutal conflict was upon them
Countdown to War airs on PBS America at 5:00 PM, Friday 6 June. (Subtitles.)
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