Taking place during World War II, the British Army assigns a group of competent soldiers to carry out a mission against the Nazi forces behind enemy lines... A true story about a secret British World War II organization; the Special Operations Executive. Founded by Winston Churchill, their irregular warfare against the Germans helped to change the course of the war, and gave birth to modern black operations.
In May 1940, the fate of World War II hangs on Winston Churchill, who must decide whether to negotiate with Adolf Hitler or fight on knowing that it could mean the end of the British Empire.
El duc de York va esdevenir rei d'Anglaterra amb el nom de George VI (1936-1952), després de l'abdicació del seu germà gran, Edward VII. La seva tartamudesa, que era un gran inconvenient per l'exercici de les seves tasques, el va portar a buscar l'ajuda de Lionel Logue, un expert logopeda que va intentar eliminar aquest defecte de la parla del monarca.
El 1943, un petit grup de paracaigudistes alemanys prepara un pla molt arriscat: el segrest de Winston Churchill. El coronel Rald descobreix, gràcies als seus agents, que Churchill pensa passar dos dies en un poble mig desert de Norfolk. El convencen que el segrest és possible i demana la col·laboració del coronel Steiner, a qui acaben d'ajornar l'execució a què havia estat condemnat, i de Liam Devlin, un delinqüent irlandès. Devlin prepara l'arribada nocturna de Steiner i el seu grup, una feina que se li complica a causa de la seva relació amb Molly Prior. Tot sembla anar bé fins que els alemanys es troben en perill per culpa d'un incident imprevisible. Els membres del comando no vacil·laran a sacrificar-se perquè el pla continuï endavant.
L’any 1944 les Forces Aliades estan preparades pel desembarcament. 48 hores abans de l’Operació, Winston Churchill s’enfronta amb els seus generals i aliats nord-americans, fet que es converteix en el punt d’inflexió de la II Guerra Mundial.
This historical drama is an account of the early life of British politician Winston Churchill, including his childhood years, his time as a war correspondent in Africa, and culminating with his first election to Parliament.
This powerful follow-up to “The Gathering Storm” follows Churchill from 1940 to 1945 as he guided his beleaguered nation through the crucible of the war years--even as his marriage was encountering its own struggles.
A love story offering an intimate look inside the marriage of Winston and Clementine Churchill during a particularly troubled, though little-known, moment in their lives.
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill suffers from a stroke in the summer of 1953 that's kept a secret from the rest of the world.
Confronted with death, National Health Service founder Aneurin ‘Nye’ Bevan’s deepest memories lead him on a mind-bending journey back through his life; from childhood to mining underground, Parliament and fights with Winston Churchill.
Winston Churchill, one of the most revered men of the twentieth century. Adolf Hitler, one of the most hated leaders in contemporary history. Between 1940 and 1945, these two enormously contradictory personalities faced each other in both politics and war. A clash of giants whose story begins in the trenches of the World War I and ends with the debacle of the World War II.
The complicated relationship between Winston Churchill and the leaders of the British army during World War II.
Two soldiers are thrown together and make their way through German-occupied Dunkirk. After several agonising close calls they make it within sight of safety. A split second decision gives only one of them a chance at survival.
This landmark documentary film by Paul Elston tells the incredible story of how it was the British who gave the Japanese the knowhow to take out Pearl Harbor and capture Singapore in the World War 2. For 19 years before the fall of Singapore in 1942 to the Japanese, British officers were spying for Japan. Worse still, the Japanese had infiltrated the very heart of the British establishment - through a mole who was a peer of the realm known to Churchill himself.
The background to, events of and consequences of the Battle of Mers-El-Kebir on 3 July 1940. In that battle, Royal Navy ships fired on the French Fleet in order to prevent it from falling into German hands. A French battleship was sunk and several other ships damaged. Nearly 1,300 French sailors were killed.
On the 50th anniversary of Winston Churchill's death, Jeremy Paxman tells the story of the send-off which Britain gave to the man who led the country to victory in the Second World War. More than a million people came to line the streets of London on the freezing day in late January to pay their respects as his coffin was taken from the lying-in-state at Westminster to St Paul's Cathedral. Millions more watched the state funeral on television. Churchill was the only commoner in the twentieth century to receive the honour of such a magnificent ceremony.
Coverage of the Siege of Sidney Street, 3 January 1911, including film of Winston Churchill witnessing the events.