The World Wars(2014)

Name: The World Wars
Genre: Documentary, War & Politics
Released: 2014-05-26
Rating: 7.4
Cast: Dean Gosdin, Ian Beyts, David Mitchum Brown, C. Conrad Cady, Jonathan Hartman

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

★ 7.4(27)1h 30m3 episodesEnded

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.

First aired:: 2014-05-26
Country:: US
Network:: History

Episodes

Season 1(3)

1. Trial by Fire
★ 8.0
2014-05-26 · 90m
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.
2. A Rising Threat
2014-05-27 · 90m
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.
3. Never Surrender
2014-05-28 · 90m
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.