WWII: The Complete History - Season 1

WWII: The Complete History - Season 1

Season 1

Network
Episodes13
DatesOct 5, 2000 - Dec 28, 2000

Episodes

The Stumble to War
Season 1Episode 160 min

The Stumble to War

The European legacy of the Treaty of Versailles and the League of Nations after World War I plays into the start of the Second World War
Oct 5, 2000
The End of Illusion
Season 1Episode 260 min

The End of Illusion

Hitler systematically overthrows the Versailles Treaty, then targets weaker Poland and Czechoslovakia, while public mood swings from appeasement to opposition.
Oct 12, 2000
The War That Wasn't
Season 1Episode 360 min

The War That Wasn't

During the five weeks, 'the phony war,' following the overthrow of Poland, Britain and France prepare to use the tactics of World War I, and a new prime minister emerges.
Oct 19, 2000
A Kind of Victory
Season 1Episode 460 min

A Kind of Victory

In May 1940, Winston Churchill becomes Britain's prime minister, and the war in Europe intensifies; France's fall to Hitler's army rattles the British people.
Oct 26, 2000
Time of Legend, Time of History
Season 1Episode 560 min

Time of Legend, Time of History

Winston Churchill declares the Battle of Britain begun, and the war escalates around the globe, drawing Japan and Italy to the Axis, and the United States to the Allied side.
Nov 2, 2000
The World Shall Hold Its Breath
Season 1Episode 660 min

The World Shall Hold Its Breath

As 1941 opens, disasters unfold, North Africa becomes a huge battleground, and Hitler stages a three-pronged attack on the Soviet Union, not reckoning on the severity of the Russian.
Nov 9, 2000
The Day of Infamy
Season 1Episode 760 min

The Day of Infamy

Hitler's Operation Barbarossa falters in the harsh Russian winter, then Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor in the Pacific brings the United States into the war with a single stroke.
Nov 16, 2000
Six Months to Run Wild
Season 1Episode 860 min

Six Months to Run Wild

Fighting in the Pacific is savage, Hitler's forces turn to Stalingrad, and the Mediterranean island of Malta is under siege
Nov 23, 2000
The End of the Beginning
Season 1Episode 960 min

The End of the Beginning

The war reaches its turning point in North Africa as Montgomery begins to defeat Rommel, and the Allies turn from defensive to offensive action.
Nov 30, 2000
The Beginning of the End
Season 1Episode 1060 min

The Beginning of the End

The tank battle at Kursk; the Italians depose Mussolini; Nazi forces must go on the defensive; the Allies plan an invasion of Western Europe -- D-Day.
Dec 7, 2000
Overlord
Season 1Episode 1160 min

Overlord

In the spring of 1944, Allied forces launch a great amphibious assault against the Nazis, beginning the invasion on the beaches of Normandy.
Dec 14, 2000
Unconditional Surrender
Season 1Episode 1260 min

Unconditional Surrender

Allied soldiers entering the territory of the Third Reich discover the horrors of the concentration camps and lay siege to Berlin.
Dec 21, 2000
The Presence of History
Season 1Episode 1360 min

The Presence of History

After V-E Day, the focus is on the Pacific, and President Truman decides to deploy the atomic bombs that destroyed the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, ending the war.
Dec 28, 2000

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