Dan Snow explains the most destructive war in history. From its origins through the dark days of 1940 through to the defeat of Germany and the dropping of the atomic bomb. World War Two changed the world.

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00:00 Introduction
01:10 When Did WW2 Start?
02:39 1939
05:49 1940
12:11 1941
15:56 1942
17:41 1943
20:31 1944
23:26 1945
26:55 Post-WW2