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Released: 31st Oct, 1973

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Season 1 Episodes

S01 Episode 1

A New Germany (1933–1939)

Germany, a nation stricken by humiliating defeat and emerging from crippling economic depression, looks to one man for a resurgence of hope and dignity. That man is Adolf Hitler…

1 h 0 mins  ·  Wed, 31 Oct 1973

S01 Episode 2

Distant War (September 1939–May 1940)

In Eastern Europe, the full force of the Nazi machine rolls on - but in Britain, an uneasy calm settles on the nation. It is the 'phoney' war, with the sound of distant guns thundering ominously on the horizon…

1 h 0 mins  ·  Wed, 7 Nov 1973

S01 Episode 3

France Falls (May–June 1940)

France discovers it is woefully unprepared for modern warfare as the Nazi war machine easily skirts around the Maginot Line. Britain retreats and prepares for invasion.

1 h 0 mins  ·  Wed, 14 Nov 1973

S01 Episode 4

Alone (May 1940–May 1941)

After Dunkirk, Britain faces the German onslaught. Although the Rap wins the Battle of Britain, the cities are blitzed and on the continent the last Allies are conquered. The outlook is grim.

1 h 0 mins  ·  Wed, 21 Nov 1973

S01 Episode 5

Barbarossa (June–December 1941)

Hitler at last turns his tanks towards Russia. After a succession of devastating victories, the Germans delay and the fierce Russian winter takes a grip.

1 h 0 mins  ·  Wed, 28 Nov 1973

S01 Episode 6

Banzai! Japan (1931–1942)

At war since 1931 on the Chinese mainland, the Japanese hope for easy victories over the British and Dutch. And then on December 7th 1941, Japan makes their infamous attack on Pearl Harbour.

1 h 0 mins  ·  Wed, 5 Dec 1973

S01 Episode 7

On Our Way: U.S.A. (1939–1942)

Americans are divided between fighting the Japanese and the Nazis. Hitler solves the problem by declaring war on the U.S.A.

1 h 0 mins  ·  Wed, 12 Dec 1973

S01 Episode 8

The Desert: North Africa (1940–1943)

For 2 years the 8th Army and Rommel's Afrika Corps fight in the wastes of North Africa. Finally the tide turns at El Alamein.

1 h 0 mins  ·  Wed, 19 Dec 1973

S01 Episode 9

Stalingrad (June 1942 - February 1943)

Hitler's early successes in Russia made him reckless and he resolves to capture Stalingrad. The battle lasts six months with the Russians emerging as victors. The Wehrmacht never recovers.

1 h 0 mins  ·  Wed, 2 Jan 1974

S01 Episode 10

Wolfpack: U-Boats in the Atlantic (1939–1943)

In a war of high technology and animal courage, the German U-Boats fight Allied merchantmen, hounding them in packs.

1 h 0 mins  ·  Wed, 16 Jan 1974

S01 Episode 11

Red Star: The Soviet Union (1941–1943)

For two years the Soviet Army fights the Germans almost alone. After one of the greatest land battles in history, the nation survives and triumphs - but with a loss of no less than twenty million of its people.

1 h 0 mins  ·  Wed, 23 Jan 1974

S01 Episode 12

Whirlwind: Bombing Germany (September 1939–April 1944)

Bomber Command begin bombing German cities by night and the Americans reinforce the attacks by day; a whirlwind of terror and destruction that will win the war.

1 h 0 mins  ·  Wed, 30 Jan 1974

S01 Episode 13

Tough Old Gut: Italy (1943 - 1944)

Churchill called Italy the 'soft underbelly of the crocodile' and thought the Allies could cut through it to the heart of Germany. By the soft underbelly turned out to be a 'tough old gut'.

1 h 0 mins  ·  Wed, 30 Jan 1974

S01 Episode 14

It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow: Burma (1942–1943)

Vera Lynn sang of a lovely day tomorrow, but the war in Burma was mud and monsoon. Britain's largest army learned to master the jungle and fought the Japanese to standstill.

1 h 0 mins  ·  Wed, 13 Feb 1974

S01 Episode 15

Home Fires: Britain (1940–1944)

Finding strength in unity at home in Britain during the war, it was a time of gas masks, Winston Churchill, Dig for Victory, evacuation, George Formby, the Land Army, ITMA, the Squander Bug and the Beveridge Report.

1 h 0 mins  ·  Wed, 20 Feb 1974

S01 Episode 16

Inside the Reich: Germany (1940–1944)

Initial victory in Europe turns sour after the defeat at Stalingrad, yet Germany prepares to fight to the end - even after an assignation attempt on the Führer.

1 h 0 mins  ·  Wed, 27 Feb 1974

S01 Episode 17

Morning (June–August 1944)

The Western Allies resolve to invade Europe. England becomes a floating supply dump and the British and Americans assemble the largest invasion fleet in history. It is June 6th 1944 - D Day.

1 h 0 mins  ·  Wed, 6 Mar 1974

S01 Episode 18

Occupation: Holland (1940–1944)

Through a neutral country, Holland is attacked by Germany without warning in 1940. During the next four years, life carries on seemingly without incident, but underneath resistance never dies.

1 h 0 mins  ·  Wed, 13 Mar 1974

S01 Episode 19

Pincers (August 1944–March 1945)

The end of the war appears close at hand with the liberation of Paris in 1944, but the British and Americans disagree on how to advance. Meanwhile, Poland suffers devastating losses to achieve victory.

1 h 0 mins  ·  Wed, 20 Mar 1974

S01 Episode 20

Genocide (1941–1945)

The Nazi's are racist; the Aryans are a master race, others, particularly the Jews are sub-human. Himmler's SS sets about ridding Europe of millions of Jews.

1 h 0 mins  ·  Wed, 27 Mar 1974

S01 Episode 21

Nemesis (February–May 1945)

Hitler retreats to the Fuhrer bunker is Berlin as Germany crumbles around him and his lieutenants abandon him to a fate of suicide. Meanwhile, the Russians raise the red flag in Berlin.

1 h 0 mins  ·  Wed, 3 Apr 1974

S01 Episode 22

Japan (1941–1945)

Initially apprehensive about the outcome of declaring war, the Japanese quickly turn to celebration with early victory. In the end, their worst fears are unimaginably exceeded.

1 h 0 mins  ·  Wed, 10 Apr 1974

S01 Episode 23

Pacific - The Island to Island War (February 1942–July 1945)

The Americans fight their way across the Pacific towards Japan and the Phillipines. Perhaps the bloodiest campaign of all, each island has to be taken by storm and the Japanese fight to the last man.

1 h 0 mins  ·  Wed, 17 Apr 1974

S01 Episode 24

The Atomic Bomb (February–September 1945)

Western scientists have developed a new, immensely powerful weapon - the atomic bomb. On August 6th 1945, the Enola Gay delivers the world's first atomic bomb to Hiroshima. The world would be forever altered.

1 h 0 mins  ·  Wed, 24 Apr 1974

S01 Episode 25

Reckoning (April 1945)

The war ends slowly and messily. Britain is victorious but exhausted and the super-powers confront each other as they decide the fate of Europe.

1 h 0 mins  ·  Wed, 1 May 1974

S01 Episode 26

Remember

For many the Second World War was the most significant experience of their lives. Heartbreaking first hand remembrances from a vast array of survivors on both sides of the war.

1 h 0 mins  ·  Wed, 8 May 1974

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