The World Wars

“WW1 made Roosevelt a man. WW2 made him a legend.”

DocumentaryWar & Politics

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.

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Episodes & Seasons

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Season 1

3 Episodes

EP 01

01.Trial by Fire

1h 30m★ 8

2014-05-26

01.Trial by Fire

1h 30m★ 8

Aired 2014-05-26

An assassin's bullet starts a global conflict that escalates into a deadly war; a new generation of soldiers emerges, including future world leaders such as Winston Churchill, Charles De Gaulle, Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, and Joseph Stalin; tanks and chemical weapons enter the battlefield.

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EP 02

02.A Rising Threat

1h 30m

2014-05-27

02.A Rising Threat

1h 30m

Aired 2014-05-27

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; Hitler begins his rise to power; Lenin overthrows the tsarist government in Russia.

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EP 03

03.Never Surrender

1h 30m

2014-05-28

03.Never Surrender

1h 30m

Aired 2014-05-28

The entire world plunges into an economic depression; Josef Stalin seizes power; Japan makes plans to dominate Asia; Adolf Hitler begins taking back the territory Germany lost.

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