Where To Stream Combat Trains Season 1 Episode 8
World War Two The Homefront
- Aired January 27, 2016
- 60 Min
- Rated 9.5
- Number 8 Of 8 Rated Episodes
Between 1939 and 1945 war came to Britain's railways. By now an established technology, in the Second World War trains operating in Britain came into their own - bringing troops back home after the humiliation of Dunkirk, as well as taking hundreds of thousands of city children to safety. The programme interviews eye-witnesses to both railway adventures, and discovers the disused Tube station where the evacuations were coordinated. There are tales of the heroism of the railway staff during the...