Harry Chase

Harry Chase is an English translator for the British embassy in Warsaw. The war gives him a purpose and an escape from his snobbish mother as he joins the British army. After Harry's success in Dunkirk, evacuating shell shocked soldiers he is recruited to join the SOE. Harry takes the opportunity as another chance to try and save his wife from the horrors of Warsaw.

Biography
Season 1, episode 1

Harry was raised by Robina Chase, Harry's wealthy and emotionally repressed mother in Manchester. She was strongly against his relationship with Lois Bennett, a working class Factory girl and singer. When the war broke out, Harry was stationed in Warsaw as a translator for the British embassy and had fallen in love with a polish girl, Kasia Tomaszeski while his girlfriend Lois was still back in Manchester. Harry promises Kasia's father Stefan Tomaszeski, that he would keep Kasia safe just before Stefan dies. With Kasia's life in danger, Harry proposes to her so she can leave Warsaw as his wife and go back to England with him, where she would be safe from the Nazi invasion. Kasia agrees and the two are later wed. However Kasia cannot leave behind her brother Jan Tomaszeski and her unstable mother Maria Tomaszeski, in a last minute decision she puts her brother Jan on the train in her place to stay behind and look after her mother.

 Season 1, episode 2 

Back in Manchester Harry has to explain who Jan is to his mother and Lois. Harry tells them that he stayed with Jan's family when he first arrived in Warsaw, but fails to mention that he is married to Jan's sister. Robina can tell that Harry is lying about something. Later Lois and Harry have sex, she then breaks up with him explaining that she knows he has had some sort of relationship with Jan's sister. Again Harry fails to tell Lois that he is actually married to Kasia. Meanwhile, Harry tries to find a way to get back to Warsaw but is dismissed from his job as a translator. He then joins the British Army and becomes 2nd Lieutenant in France

 Season 1, episode 3 

Harry is supervising his unit that are digging trenches in France when Lois arrives performing for ENSA but she tells him that wants nothing to do with him. Harry later finds out that Lois is pregnant with his child. Meanwhile Robina finds out that Harry is in fact married to Kasia from Jan after teaching him some English. When talking to Stan Harry tells him that he loves both Lois and Kasia but Stan tells him that Kasia has probably been killed. Harry- clearly upset with this thought- goes into the woods screaming and shooting his gun in a fit of rage.

 Season 1, Episode 4 

Harry and his unit are in Belgium but as the Germans are closing in Harry freezes. His sergeant, Stan Raddings has to then tell Harry what to do. This allows Harry to understand what his father must have felt in the first world war as he was constantly told by Robina that his father was a coward.

 Season 1, Episode 5 

Harry, Stan and the rest of his unit are making their way to be evacuated from Dunkirk, when they come across a group of shell-shocked troops, Harry decides to stay with them and later helps to evacuate them.

 Season 1 episode 6 

Harry back in Manchester meets up with Lois, she tells him that she doesn't want anything from him and will tell the child he died in the war. Harry is then recruited to join the SOE because of his ability to speak French and Polish and being able to get his brother-in-law into the country on forged papers. Harry takes this as another opportunity to save Kasia from Warsaw as he is leaving for Poland to meet up with a group of resistance fighters, not knowing that Kasia has actually joined the resistance.

 Season 1, episode 7 

Before Harry leaves he sees Lois and tells her he has left his estate to the baby incase he dies in the mission. Lois gives Birth to a baby girl, Harry goes to her house but her father Douglas Bennett tells him to stay away. Harry then tells his mother that he is going away and there is a good chance he wont make it back. Harry parachutes into Poland and finds some members of the polish resistance at a barn. Later more resistance fighters join them amongst them is Kasia and they are finally reunited. Kasia explains to Harry that she is no longer the girl he fell in love with and has completely changed since joining the resistance. Harry has to convince her to come with him back to England as Kasia feels that she no longer deserves happiness because she has killed people but eventually agrees to go with him. They are then ambushed by Germans, Harry and Kasia manage to escape but the Germans and close behind. Harry falls down and Kasia doesn't hesitate to shoot the soldier right behind Harry, showing Harry how much she has changed. They then split up, Harry tells Kasia he will meet her at the top of the hill, Harry makes it to the top but there is no sign of Kasia. The season ends with Kasia looking up at Harry from the forest with the Germans close behind.