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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.
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.
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
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 ...
When Neville Chamberlain announced on 3 September 1939 that Britain had declared war with Germany, many pet owners took their pets to pet surgery clinics and animal homes to have them put down. [4] Many veterinarian groups such as the PDSA and the RSPCA were against these drastic measures, but their hospitals were still flooded with pet owners ...
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 ...
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
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.