The Day When...

In a time of crisis or war, any personal decision by a national leader can change the course of history. Some of the great leaders and dictators of the 20th century - Winston Churchill, Adolf Hitler, Josef Stalin, Charles De Gaulle and Franklin D Roosevelt - have all had to make grave decisions that have not only plunged millions of people into danger, but also Told like a thriller, each episode of The Day When... uses archive material and dramatisations to help bring these pivotal moments in modern history back to life and focus on the tensions of the moment, and why these men made the decisions they made.