Stories of War

**The Stories of War** is a mini-series of The Stories of Sodor.

## Plot

The plot takes place between the second and third seasons, and look at Sodor during The Second World War and all the terror, abomination, and tragedy it brought with it.

## Episodes

The five episodes were released on July 27th, 2018.

## Characters

* Thomas
* Edward
* Henry
* Gordon
* James
* Percy
* Toby
* Eric
* Diesel
* Donald and Douglas
* Colin *(death)*
* Lily *(death)*
* Adam
* Reginald
* Peter
* Duck
* Oliver
* Winston
* Albert
* Molly
* Alice
* Wendell
* William
* Joey
* Flying Scotsman
* Spencer
* Geoffrey
* Spencer
* Alfred *(death)*
* Benson
* Skarloey
* Duncan
* Atlas
* Falcon
* Stanley
* Toad
* Mr. Star *(death)*
* Mr. Zorro
* Station Master Jeffries *(death)*
* Blair
* Mickey *(not named; does not speak)*
* Clive *(cameo)*
* Neil *(cameo)*
* Matthew *(cameo)*
* Whiff *(cameo)*
* Kate *(cameo)*
* Emily *(cameo)*
* Montgomery *(cameo)*
* Rheneas *(cameo)*
* Ivo Hugh *(cameo)*
* Duke *(cameo)*
* Stuart *(cameo)*
* Andreas *(cameo)*
* Bertie *(cameo)*
* Mrs. Star *(cameo)*
* Basil Corbett *(cameo)*
* The Fat Controller *(mentioned)*
* Burke *(mentioned)*
* Amanda *(indirectly mentioned)*

## Characters Introduced

* Rosie
* Christopher Robin
* Mike
* Gus
* Tom
* Charles *(not named; does not speak)*
* Paul *(cameo)*
* Stepney *(cameo)*
* Cuthbert *(cameo)*
* Lenny *(cameo)*
* Hank *(cameo)*

## Trivia

* This was the first miniseries.
* Victor Tanzig was a perfectionist and episode 4 did not make his standards so he restarted.
* This series marks the last appearances of Station Master Jeffries, Mr. Star and Lily in The Stories of Sodor (outside of flashbacks in later episodes).
* Originally, this miniseries was meant to be a feature-length episode titled War.
* There are some fictional events, as well as real events in this mini series. Also some historical incorrect details.
	+ Victor shows Tiger I prototypes during events at a year were Tiger tanks was not made yet. The Tiger Prototype called VK45.01, was built by Porsche, and due to failures at demonstrations, only two were made, but serveral are shown in the series. There are some clips where Victor uses the Henschel produced Tiger I, which was the chosen candidate.
		- Despite the VK45.01s denial of production, the produced chassis would then be rebuilt into the Ferdinand/Elefant tank destroyers.
	+ Some of the British or Soviet tanks are shown to have knocked out Tigers, while Soviet tanks like KV-2 and T-34-85s was able to, the Crusader tanks and early KV-1s and T-34s were not able to penetrade Tiger's armour, and would easily have been knocked out by Tigers.
	+ The campaign in Africa was historically correct, however due to Africa having narrowguage, British nor German trains were able to run there.
	+ The camp of Bolbrić is somehwat incorrect. While the Extermination camps had smaller factories as labor camps, no mass murdering happened in them.
	+ Adam's drowning of German POWs are a nod to some of the Allies soldiers, killing German POWS for their atrocities, like Adam, they never faced any charges despite killing POWs are considered as War Crimes.
	+ Victor has placed 1980/1990's DB (Deutsche Bahn) railcars, instead of the 1930s/40s DRG (Deutsche Reichsbahn Gesellschaft) railcars.
	+ Lily would actually not have been able to save Henry from the explosion. Both were too close at the impact.
* Unlike prior and later episodes, the entire miniseries was released on the same day; Victor invoked the term "binge-watching" when rationalizing his decision.