The World at War
A documentary series that provides a historical account of the events of World War II, from its roots in the 1920s to the aftermath and the lives it profoundly influenced.
Seasons & Episodes
- 1.01A New Germany: 1933-1939Rate
- 1.02Distant War: September 1939-May 1940Rate
- 1.03France Falls: May-June 1940Rate
- 1.04Alone: May 1940-May 1941Rate
- 1.05Barbarossa: June-December 1941Rate
- 1.06Banzai! Japan 1931-1942Rate
- 1.07On Our Way: U.S.A. 1939-1942Rate
- 1.08The Desert: North Africa - 1940-1943Rate
- 1.09Stalingrad: June 1942-February 1943Rate
- 1.10Wolf Pack: U-Boats in the Atlantic - 1939-1944Rate
- 1.11Red Star: The Soviet Union - 1941-1943Rate
- 1.12Whirlwind: Bombing Germany - September 1939-April 1944Rate
- 1.13Tough Old Gut: Italy - November 1942-June 1944Rate
- 1.14It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow: Burma - 1942-1944Rate
- 1.15Home Fires: Britain - 1940-1944Rate
- 1.16Inside the Reich: Germany - 1940-1944Rate
- 1.17Morning: June-August 1944Rate
- 1.18Occupation: Holland - 1940-1944Rate
- 1.19Pincers: August 1944-March 1945Rate
- 1.20Genocide: 1941-1945Rate
- 1.21Nemesis: Germany - February-May 1945Rate
- 1.22Japan: 1941-1945Rate
- 1.23Pacific: February 1942-July 1945Rate
- 1.24The Bomb: February-September 1945Rate
- 1.25Reckoning: 1945... and afterRate
- 1.26RememberRate
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10 unique people credited
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Laurence Olivier
as Self - Narrator
Averell Harriman
as Self - Roosevelt's Roving Ambassador
Anthony Eden
as Foreign Secretary 1940
Albert Speer
as Self
Siegfried Westphal
as Self - Afika Korps - Rommel's Chief of Staff
Lawrence Durrell
as Self
Wynford Vaughan Thomas
as Self - War Correspondent
Louis Mountbatten
as Self - Chief of Combined Operations (1942-1943)
J Lawton Collins
as Self - Commanding General, 25th Infantry Division at Guadalcanal
Toshikazu Kase
as Self - Cabinet Secretariat
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