The Lightning War was one of the most extraordinary events of the Second World War. Now, expertly restored footage from around the world shows the story in a new light.
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July 12, 2019Cast of Greatest Events of WWII in Colour
Derek JacobiNarrator
Adolf HitlerSelf (archive footage)
Winston ChurchillSelf (archive footage)
Franklin D. RooseveltSelf (archive footage)
Joseph StalinSelf (archive footage)
Dwight D. EisenhowerSelf (archive footage)
Benito MussoliniSelf (archive footage)
Joseph GoebbelsSelf (archive footage)
Albert EinsteinSelf (archive footage)
Neville ChamberlainSelf (archive footage)
Hermann GöringSelf (archive footage)
Isoroku YamamotoSelf (archive footage)
James DoolittleSelf (archive footage)
Chester W. NimitzSelf (archive footage)
Heinrich HimmlerSelf (archive footage)
Emperor Hirohito of JapanSelf (archive footage)
Harry S. TrumanSelf (archive footage)
George C. MarshallSelf (archive footage)
Joseph McCarthySelf (archive footage)
Erwin RommelSelf (archive footage)
Bernard L. MontgomerySelf (archive footage)