1940: The Battles to Stop Hitler

The story of one momentous year in World War II.

The epic story of 1940 is not confined to the great air battle over England that summer, the Battle of Britain. While that battle was indeed a major turning point in the course of the Second World War, it was only fought because of the ultimate outcome of the battle that preceded it.

When Hitler's forces swiftly overran the Low Countries and then France, the remnants of the French and British armies were trapped in a pocketed position ...