Michael Cove
Director
The World War: 1914-1945 (2022)
Season 1
An original and dramatic series that views the most violent and significant episodes in modern history from a fresh perspective – not as two world wars, but as a continuous narrative of error, ambition, revolution and courage. An expert re-examination of history forms links and conclusions that tie the entire war period together and, with the benefit of hindsight, pieces together how the world went and stayed at war for so much of the 20th century.
Released Nov. 8, 2022
Episode 52 min
None+
Genres: Documentary, War
Watch Providers: BritBox, Britbox Apple TV Channel , BBC Select Apple Tv channel
Production Companies: WildBear Entertainment, Wild Thring Media
Network: History
S1E1 - Winter of the World: 1914
In 1914, Archduke François-Ferdinand, of the House of Habsburg, was assassinated by a Slavic nationalist. The game of alliances makes war inevitable.
Nov. 8, 2022, midnight
S1E2 - The End of the Road: 1914-1918
During WWI, men had to endure combat and extreme conditions; civilians dealt with food shortages and raids. The insidiousness of ethnic cleansing raised its head, and a young Adolf Hitler took note.
Nov. 8, 2022, midnight
S1E3 - Too Much Greed: 1919-1929
Stalin rises as the leader of the Bolsheviks, and in Munich, the German Workers Party takes a new name: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter, or 'Nazi' as it would come to be called.
Nov. 15, 2022, midnight
S1E4 - We Will Be the Winners: 1929 - 1935
Hitler and Stalin begin to shape the course of history. President Roosevelt attempts to raise his country out of the Depression, and the world teeters on the brink of yet another World War.
Nov. 15, 2022, midnight
S1E5 - Nothing But Force: 1935-1939
Hitler's invasion of the Rhineland was a gamble that paid off as his push west remained unchecked; while the leaders of Europe attempt 'peace', Kristallnacht signalled the horrors yet to come to many.
Nov. 22, 2022, midnight
S1E6 - It's Impossible for Us to Lose: 1939-1941
After a snub in Munich, the Soviets make a pact with the Germans; with the invasion of Poland, the pretence of peace is gone as France and the UK declare war on Germany.
Nov. 22, 2022, midnight
S1E7 - Road to World Domination: 1941-1944
Operation Barbarossa's endgame does not come to fruition; with the world distracted, Japan launch their attack on Pearl Harbor, forcing American isolationists to join the war in earnest.
Nov. 29, 2022, midnight
S1E8 - Hope of a Lasting Peace: 1944-1949
War in Europe ends with Soviet and American troops surrounding the German army; in the Pacific, it takes the devastating nuclear bombs of Hiroshima and Nagasaki to force the Japanese surrender.
Nov. 29, 2022, midnight
Network: History
Episode Runtime: 52 min.
Season Runtime: 420 min.
Released: Nov. 8, 2022
Last Air Date: Nov. 29, 2022, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
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