Portugal during World War II
Upon the start of World War II in 1939, the Portuguese Government announced on 1 September that the 600-year-old Anglo-Portuguese Alliance remained intact, but that since the British did not seek Portuguese assistance, Portugal was free to remain neutral in the war and would do so. In an aide-mémoire of 5 September 1939, the British Government confirmed the understanding. As Hitler's occupation swept across Europe, neutral Portugal became one of the Continent's last escape routes. Portugal managed to remain neutral throughout the war despite extraordinary pressures from both sides, notably over the strategically located Azores islands and over the wolfram (tungsten) trade.
World War II in HD Colour
Episode 1 notes that the 1937 Japanese attack on the USS "Panay" resulted in the death of 50, rather than 3, members of the crew. It is also implied that Hitler sent 12,000 German soldiers into the Spanish Civil War. There were no German ground forces fighting in Spain, only the Luftwaffe's Condor Legion took part. The narrator also states that Slovakia was a protectorate and Czech lands were incorporated into Third Reich. In fact there was a Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia while Slovakia was a fascist state led by Josef Tiso loyal to Germany.