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2. Countdown to War - Wikipedia

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   Countdown to War is a television film made in 1989 as a co-production by Granada Television and PBS.It recounts the events that occurred between 15 March 1939, when the German army commanded by Adolf Hitler invaded Czechoslovakia and created the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, and 3 September 1939, the date when France and United Kingdom declared war on Germany.

3. Hope and Glory (film) - Wikipedia

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   The film begins on 3 September 1939, the day Britain declared war on Germany. It tells the story of the Rohan family (Billy, his sisters Sue and Dawn, and his parents Grace and Clive), who live in a suburb of London. Clive joins the army, leaving Grace alone to watch over the children.

4. List of British films of 1939 - Wikipedia

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   Title Director Cast Genre Notes 1939: All Living Things: Andrew Buchanan: Catherine Lacey, Michael Gainsborough: Drama short [1]The Arsenal Stadium Mystery: Thorold Dickinson: Leslie Banks, Greta Gynt, Ian McLean

5. British declaration of war on Germany (1939) - Wikipedia

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   The Royal Navy initiated a naval blockade of Germany on 4 September. Although Britain and France honoured these guarantees by declaring war two days after Germany's invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939, [6] and the dominions of the British Empire quickly followed suit, so little practical assistance was given to Poland, which was soon defeated, that in its early stages the war declared by ...

6. September 1939 - Wikipedia

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   At 9:00 a.m. Britain gave Germany a deadline of 11:00 a.m. to announce that it was prepared to withdraw its troops from Poland or else a state of war would exist between Britain and Germany. The deadline passed with no response. [32] At 11:15 a.m. Neville Chamberlain announced on BBC Radio that Britain and Germany were at war. "You can imagine ...

7. The Bells Go Down - Wikipedia

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   In August 1940 the Battle of Britain is raging, but London has not yet been bombed. The 21-Q crew have yet to fight a serious fire and have become sensitive about it. Tommy discovers Short Head has been losing because Ma Turk has been feeding her doughnuts, and he enters her in a high-stakes race on 7 September, planning to wager all his money ...

8. List of German films of 1939 - Wikipedia

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   Title Director Cast Genre Notes Alarm at Station III: Philipp Lothar Mayring: Gustav Fröhlich, Kirsten Heiberg, Jutta Freybe: Crime: Asew: Phil Jutzi: Fritz Rasp, Olga Chekhova, Hilde von Stolz

9. 1939 in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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   2 September – British Expeditionary Force headquarters formed. 3 September – World War II. Declaration of war by the United Kingdom on Nazi Germany following the German invasion of Poland on 1 September. [5] Shortly after 11.00, Chamberlain announces this news on BBC Radio, speaking from 10 Downing Street.