Love & War

Ann was born 83 years ago in Austria at around the time another Austrian, Adolf Hitler, was dreaming of seizing power in Germany. Today, Ann recalls some of her earliest memories, including her time as a member of the Hitler Youth Organization.

From 1940 to 1942, propaganda films told the world that Britain was standing alone against the Nazi war machine, but soldier, sailors, and airmen from nations already under Hitler's control found a way to aid Britain in the fight.

This is the story of two loves across two generations: the love of Bill Rose for his wife Joyce, which sustained him throughout his time as a WWII POW in Japan; and the love of a young Japanese woman who traveled to Britain to learn about English architecture and stayed to marry Bill Rose's son.

Margaret was a G.I. Bride-one of thousands of young British women who married American servicemen in 1942 when they came to Britain to help fight Hitler's Germany.

John and Joan Holloway celebrate 60 years of marriage and reminisce on how WWII changed their lives. In 1938 when tensions in Europe were high, John-a member of the Army since he was 15-knew he might be called to fight.

A group of women meet every other week in Sussex. The only thing they have in common is that for a time, they were all members of the Women's Land Army.