This special 70th anniversary edition features an exclusive collection of interviews from eyewitnesses who experienced first hand the momentous events surrounding the outbreak of the Second World War on September 3rd 1939.

From a Polish soldier, we hear about the invasion of Poland and his experiences on the front line, we hear from the RAF pilot who scrambled to intercept a non-existent intruder minutes of the announcement that Britain was at war. Others who were children at the time give us their own perspective of events and what it was like to be evacuated.

These are untold stories of ordinary people whose words convey a true sense of what it was like to be living at a time of destiny, horror and courage.