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The World Wars

Season 1 2014
TV-PG

  • 2014-05-27T01:00:00Z on History
  • 50m
  • 7h (6 episodes)
  • United States
  • German, Spanish; Castilian, Italian, English
  • Documentary, War
The story of three decades of war told through the eyes of various men who were its key players: Roosevelt, Hitler, Patton, Mussolini, Churchill, Tojo, DeGaulle and MacArthur. The series examines the two wars as one contiguous timeline starting in 1914 and concluding in 1945 with these unique individuals coming of age in World War I before ultimately calling the shots in World War II.

6 episodes

Series Premiere

2014-05-27T01:00:00Z

1x01 Trial by Fire

Series Premiere

1x01 Trial by Fire

  • 2014-05-27T01:00:00Z1h 30m

An assassin’s bullet sparks a global conflict that quickly evolves into the deadliest war humanity has ever seen. In the chaos, a new generation of soldier emerges, including a group of men who would become the most infamous leaders of the 20th century.

2014-05-28T01:00:00Z

1x02 The Price of Glory

1x02 The Price of Glory

  • 2014-05-28T01:00:00Z1h 30m

The Allies turn Germany away from France; leaders are dissatisfied with the Treaty of Versailles; Germany's economy collapses with the end of the war; Adolf Hitler begins his rise to power.

Season Finale

2014-05-29T01:00:00Z

1x03 The Rising Tide

Season Finale

1x03 The Rising Tide

  • 2014-05-29T01:00:00Z1h 30m

The fighting may have stopped, but tensions around the world continue to simmer just beneath the surface. Few may realize it, but the seeds of the next great global conflict have already been sown.

2014-06-23T01:00:00Z

1x04 The Storm Explodes

1x04 The Storm Explodes

  • 2014-06-23T01:00:00Z50m

Hitler takes over Czechoslovakia; Stalin and Hitler sign a shocking pact; Churchill rises to Prime Minister as Hitler invades Poland; Hitler betrays Stalin; the United States is threatened by Japan's increasingly bold actions near the United States-controlled Philippines.

2014-06-24T01:00:00Z

1x05 Never Surrender

1x05 Never Surrender

  • 2014-06-24T01:00:00Z50m

A new generation of world leaders is called to action as war inevitably breaks out again. The men who came of age in battle now must rely upon past experiences to fight a new conflict, as they face the greatest challenge humanity has ever seen.

2014-06-25T01:00:00Z

1x06 Peace At Last

1x06 Peace At Last

  • 2014-06-25T01:00:00Z50m

Stalin, Churchill and Roosevelt meet to discuss an invasion of Europe; D-Day is launched and the Allies defeat Hitler on the beaches of Normandy; Hitler tries to retaliate; the war ends when Hitler commits suicide.

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