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The World Wars

The World Wars

★ 7.5/10•2014•1h 30m•12•Documentary•War & Politics
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WW1 made Roosevelt a man. WW2 made him a legend.

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.

John Ealer · Director

Chelsea Coates · Writer

Randy Counsman · Writer

Zachary Herrmann · Writer

StatusEnded
Runtime1h 30m
LanguageEN
First Air DateMay 26, 2014

Episodes

Episode 1 - Trial by FireE190m

Trial by Fire

An assassin's bullet starts a global conflict that escalates into a deadly war; a new generation of soldiers emerges, including future world leaders such as Winston Churchill, Charles De Gaulle, Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, and Joseph Stalin; tanks and chemical weapons enter the battlefield.

May 26, 2014

Episode 2 - A Rising ThreatE290m

A Rising Threat

The Allies turn Germany away from France; leaders are dissatisfied with the Treaty of Versailles; Germany's economy collapses with the end of the war; Hitler begins his rise to power; Lenin overthrows the tsarist government in Russia.

May 27, 2014

Episode 3 - Never SurrenderE390m

Never Surrender

The entire world plunges into an economic depression; Josef Stalin seizes power; Japan makes plans to dominate Asia; Adolf Hitler begins taking back the territory Germany lost.

May 28, 2014

Actors

Dean Gosdin

Dean Gosdin

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Ian Beyts

Winston Churchill

David Mitchum Brown

David Mitchum Brown

Harry S. Truman

C. Conrad Cady

C. Conrad Cady

Vladimir Ilyich Lenin

Jonathan Hartman

Benito Mussolini

Don Meehan Jr

Don Meehan Jr

Charles DeGaulle

Michael Perrie Jr.

Young DeGaulle

Jacopo Rampini

Jacopo Rampini

Young Stalin

Daniel Martin Berkey

Daniel Martin Berkey

Elder General Douglas MacArthur

Jeremy Renner

Jeremy Renner

Narrator

Nabil Viñas

Young Mussolini

Tom Vickers

Young Churchill

Joseph Scott Barbarino

Joseph Stalin

Matt Dearman

Young Patton

Prescott Hathaway

Young MacArthur

Kevin McKillip

Young Roosevelt

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