The War Years | Part 1 | The Phoney War | Full Episode

► Subscribe to get all the latest content 1938 and the Munich crisis. Germany invades Czechoslovakia and Britain introduces conscription. Trenches are dug and sandbags appear throughout London. Poland is invaded and Britain declares war. London evacuates its children, and the British Expeditionary Force embarks from France. Although British Shipping is being sunk, this is the ’Phoney War’. Blackout is introduced and road accidents double. Churchill replaces Chamberlain. The BEF is routed in France and the Miracle of Dunkirk occurs. De Gaulle flies to London as Paris falls. Licensed through the Alba Media Group