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The World at War (1973)

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26-part documentary series tracing World War II from the rise of Nazi Germany through the conflict's major campaigns and home fronts, using archival footage and firsthand interviews, narrated by Laurence Olivier.

Documentary, History, War · Starring Laurence Olivier, Averell Harriman, Anthony Eden, Albert Speer

Season 1 episodes

  1. Episode 1: A New Germany: 1933-1939
  2. Episode 2: Distant War: September 1939-May 1940
  3. Episode 3: France Falls: May-June 1940
  4. Episode 4: Alone: May 1940-May 1941
  5. Episode 5: Barbarossa: June-December 1941
  6. Episode 6: Banzai! Japan 1931-1942
  7. Episode 7: On Our Way: U.S.A. 1939-1942
  8. Episode 8: The Desert: North Africa - 1940-1943
  9. Episode 9: Stalingrad: June 1942-February 1943
  10. Episode 10: Wolf Pack: U-Boats in the Atlantic - 1939-1944
  11. Episode 11: Red Star: The Soviet Union - 1941-1943
  12. Episode 12: Whirlwind: Bombing Germany - September 1939-April 1944
  13. Episode 13: Tough Old Gut: Italy - November 1942-June 1944
  14. Episode 14: It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow: Burma - 1942-1944
  15. Episode 15: Home Fires: Britain - 1940-1944
  16. Episode 16: Inside the Reich: Germany - 1940-1944
  17. Episode 17: Morning: June-August 1944
  18. Episode 18: Occupation: Holland - 1940-1944
  19. Episode 19: Pincers: August 1944-March 1945
  20. Episode 20: Genocide: 1941-1945
  21. Episode 21: Nemesis: Germany - February-May 1945
  22. Episode 22: Japan: 1941-1945
  23. Episode 23: Pacific: February 1942-July 1945
  24. Episode 24: The Bomb: February-September 1945
  25. Episode 25: Reckoning: 1945... and after
  26. Episode 26: Remember

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