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Categories: Drama: War & Disaster

  1. The Colditz Story

    The story of the notorious German POW establishment and the officers who tried to escape.

    BBC Two

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    Saving Private Ryan

    A troop of Americans are sent to find and return a single soldier after D-Day.

    BBC Two

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    Gold Run

    Resistance fighters smuggle gold reserves out of Norway before the Nazis invade.

    BBC Four

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    1917

    During the First World War, two soldiers must cross no-man's-land to deliver a message.

    BBC One

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    A Farewell to Arms

    An American serving as an ambulance driver during World War I falls in love with a nurse.

    BBC Two

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    Operation Crossbow

    A group of agents is sent on a mission to destroy a Nazi V-2 rocket base in Holland.

    BBC Two

  7. Our Girl

    Drama following the extraordinary adventures of female medics in the British Army.

    BBC One

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  8. Defiance

    Daniel Craig stars in this true story about Jewish partisans trying to escape Nazi forces.

    BBC Two

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    The War Game

    Controversial film depicting the terrible consequences of a nuclear attack on Britain.

    BBC Two

  10. Quake

    Drama in 12 short parts. Inspired by the digital transformation in disaster response.

    BBC Radio 4

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  11. Nazis: The Road to Power

    The rise of fascism and the cult of the leader, in a Germany shattered by defeat.

    BBC Radio 4

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  12. Nach Fuar am Poll

    Chan eil Dòmhnall Chaluim airson ceistean a bhràthair mun Chogadh a fhreagairt sa mhòine.

    BBC Radio nan Gàidheal

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  13. The World Will Tremble

    A group of prisoners attempt a seemingly impossible escape from a Nazi death camp.

    BBC Two