Britain's Greatest Generation
Season 1 • Episode 2: Their Finest Hour • Watch with subtitles
Episode 2: Their Finest Hour
May 15, 2015 • 60 min
The Second World War saw men from all classes unite to fight the Nazis, and this programme meets some of the last surviving pilots of the Battle of Britain. Women, who had been excluded from many jobs, worked in everything from anti-aircraft gun batteries to steel-making factories. The Blitz saw rescue workers risk all to save those trapped in bombed buildings. For many of the era's last survivors, the defiant spirit that brought the nation together remains one of their proudest moments.
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