World on Fire

TV-MA 7.4
2019 Drama , War & Politics

The story of World War II told through the intertwining fates of ordinary people from all sides of this global conflict as they grapple with the effect of the war on their everyday lives.

  • Cast:
    Jonah Hauer-King , Julia Brown , Helen Hunt , Zofia Wichłacz , Lesley Manville , Brian J. Smith , Parker Sawyers

Seasons

Season 2
Series two takes viewers from the streets of Britain into occupied France, Nazi Germany, and to the sands of the North African desert, where British troops struggle alongside Indian Sappers and Australian Diggers to adapt to a very different kind of combat.
Season 2 2023
Season 1
Series 1 tells the story of the first year of the war, starting with the German invasion of Poland in September 1939 and ending with the Battle of Britain.
Season 1 2019

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