WWII: The Complete History

  • Premiered: Oct 2000
  • Episodes: 13
  • Followers: 2
  • Ended
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Season 1
1x1
The Stumble to War
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 05, 2000
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
1x2
The End of Illusion
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 12, 2000
Hitler systematically overthrows the Versailles Treaty, then targets weaker Poland and Czechoslovakia, while public mood swings from appeasement to opposition.
1x3
The War That Wasn't
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 19, 2000
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.
1x4
A Kind of Victory
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 26, 2000
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.
1x5
Time of Legend, Time of History
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 02, 2000
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.
1x6
The World Shall Hold Its Breath
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 09, 2000
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 winter.
1x7
The Day of Infamy
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 16, 2000
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.
1x8
Six Months to Run Wild
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 23, 2000
Fighting in the Pacific is savage, Hitler's forces turn to Stalingrad, and the Mediterranean island of Malta is under siege
1x9
The End of the Beginning
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 30, 2000
The war reaches its turning point in North Africa as Montgomery begins to defeat Rommel, and the Allies turn from defensive to offensive action.
1x10
The Beginning of the End
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 07, 2000
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.
1x11
Overlord
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 14, 2000
In the spring of 1944, Allied forces launch a great amphibious assault against the Nazis, beginning the invasion on the beaches of Normandy.
1x12
Unconditional Surrender
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 21, 2000
Allied soldiers entering the territory of the Third Reich discover the horrors of the concentration camps and lay siege to Berlin.
1x13 Show finale
The Presence of History
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 28, 2000
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.

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