The World Wars
7.9
2014
Documentary
, War & Politics
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.
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- Cast:
- Dean Gosdin , David Mitchum Brown , C. Conrad Cady , Jacopo Rampini , Jeremy Renner , Sewell Whitney , Joseph K. Bevilacqua
Episode 3 : The Rising Tide
May. 28,2014
A new generation of world leaders is called to action as war inevitably breaks out again. The men who came of age in battle now must rely upon past experiences to fight a new conflict, as they face the greatest challenge humanity has ever seen.
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Episode 2 : The Price of Glory
May. 27,2014
The fighting may have stopped, but tensions around the world continue to simmer just beneath the surface. Few may realize it, but the seeds of the next great global conflict have already been sown.
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Episode 1 : Trial by Fire
May. 26,2014
A chronological look at the events that occurred during the world wars. An assassin's bullet sparks a global conflict that quickly evolves into the deadliest war humanity has ever seen. In the chaos, a new generation of soldier emerges, including a group of men who would become the most infamous leaders of the 20th century.
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