The World at War
Date de parution : 31 octobre 1973
 | Saison 1 - épisode 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... |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 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... |
| Saison 1 - épisode 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... | |
| Saison 1 - épisode 4 | Alone (May 1940 - May 1941) After Dunkirk, Britain faces the German onslaught. Although the RAF wins the Battle of Britain, the cities are blitzed and on the continent the last... | |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 5 | Barbarossa (June - December 1941) After dominating southeastern Europe through force or intrigue, Germany begins Operation Barbarossa, the massive invasion of Soviet Union. Despite... |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 6 | Banzai!: Japan (1931 - 1942) The rise of the Japanese Empire, the Sino-Japanese War, the Soviet-Japanese border conflicts, Pearl Harbor and the early Japanese successes in the... |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 7 | On Our Way: U.S.A. (1939 - 1942) The opposition by various factions to the United States of America entry into the war, U-boat attacks on Atlantic convoys and America's gradiated... |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 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. |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 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... |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 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. |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 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 -... |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 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... |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 13 | Tough Old Gut: Italy (November 1942 - June 1944) Churchill called Italy the 'soft underbelly of the crocodile' and thought the Allies could cut through it to the heart of Germany. But the soft... |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 14 | It's A Lovely Day Tomorrow: Burma (1942 - 1944) 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... |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 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... |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 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 assassination attempt... |
| Saison 1 - épisode 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... | |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 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... |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 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,... |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 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... |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 21 | Nemesis: Germany (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... |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 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... |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 23 | Pacific (February 1942 - July 1945) The Americans fight their way across the Pacific towards Japan and the Philippines. Perhaps the bloodiest campaign of all, each island has to be... |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 24 | The 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... |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 25 | Reckoning (1945...and after) 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. |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 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... |
