The World at War

★8.3(170)1973 - 19741 Season1h

DocumentaryWar & Politics

A documentary series that gives a historical account of the events of World War II, from its roots in the 1920s to the aftermath and the lives it profoundly influenced.

Trailers

Episodes

55m

A New Germany (1933–1939)

10/31/1973★9

55m

Distant War (September 1939–May 1940)

11/7/1973★8.2

55m

France Falls (May–June 1940)

11/14/1973★8.6

Alone (May 1940–May 1941)

11/21/1973★8.2

Barbarossa (June–December 1941)

11/28/1973★8

Banzai! Japan (1931–1942)

12/5/1973★8.2

On Our Way: U.S.A. (1939–1942)

12/12/1973★8.4

The Desert: North Africa (1940–1943)

12/19/1973★7.2

54m

Stalingrad (June 1942-February 1943)

1/2/1974★8.4

Wolfpack: U-Boats in the Atlantic (1939–1944)

54m

E10

Wolfpack: U-Boats in the Atlantic (1939–1944)

1/16/1974★7.5

55m

E11

Red Star: The Soviet Union (1941–1943)

1/23/1974★7.5

Whirlwind: Bombing Germany (September 1939–April 1944)

55m

E12

Whirlwind: Bombing Germany (September 1939–April 1944)

1/30/1974★7.8

Tough Old Gut: Italy (November 1942-June 1944)

53m

E13

Tough Old Gut: Italy (November 1942-June 1944)

1/30/1974★8

It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow: Burma (1942–1944)

55m

E14

It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow: Burma (1942–1944)

2/13/1974★7.5

55m

E15

Home Fires: Britain (1940–1944)

2/20/1974★7.8

55m

E16

Inside the Reich: Germany (1940–1944)

2/27/1974★5.8

55m

E17

Morning (June–August 1944)

3/6/1974★8.8

55m

E18

Occupation: Holland (1940–1944)

3/13/1974★7.8

55m

E19

Pincers (August 1944–March 1945)

3/20/1974★8.2

55m

E20

Genocide (1941–1945)

3/27/1974★9.5

55m

E21

Nemesis (February–May 1945)

4/3/1974★8.6

53m

E22

Japan (1941–1945)

4/10/1974★8

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

53m

E23

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

4/17/1974★8

The Atomic Bomb (February–September 1945)

55m

E24

The Atomic Bomb (February–September 1945)

4/24/1974★9

54m

E25

Reckoning (April 1945)

5/1/1974★8.5

52m

E26

Remember

5/8/1974★8

Top Billed Cast

Laurence Olivier

Narrator

Crew

Jeremy Isaacs

Producer

Hugh Ragett

Director

Peter Batty

Director

Episodes

55m