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6. The Home Counties

Jules Hudson explores the Home Counties' contribution to World War II as he travels around the United Kingdom uncovering the stories of ordinary people doing extraordinary things. Jules turns his hand to some of the experimental weapons dreamt up by a secretive organisation known as Churchill's Toyshop; delves into the dark art of wartime black propaganda and puts some of today's Girl Guides through their paces - World War II style.

7. London

Jules Hudson travels the length and breadth of the United Kingdom to seek out the World War II stories of ordinary people doing extraordinary things. Jules visits London to meet a volunteer who found himself battling the horror of the Blitz as a teenage fire fighter; hears harrowing stories of children who escaped Nazi occupied Europe; and two courageous women describe how they helped defend the capital's skies from the Luftwaffe.