Composer:
Carl DavisCast:
Laurence Olivier (narrator), Traudl Junge, Hedy Lamarr, James Stewart, James Cagney, Irene Dunne, Frank Sinatra, J.B. Priestley, Lawrence Durrell (more)Episodes(26)
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A New Germany: 1933-1939 (E01)
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Distant War: September 1939-May 1940 (E02)
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France Falls: May-June 1940 (E03)
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Alone: May 1940-May 1941 (E04)
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Barbarossa: June-December 1941 (E05)
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Banzai! Japan: 1931-1942 (E06)
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On Our Way: U.S.A. - 1939-1942 (E07)
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The Desert: North Africa - 1940-1943 (E08)
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Stalingrad: June 1942-February 1943 (E09)
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Wolf Pack: U-Boats in the Atlantic - 1939-1944 (E10)
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Red Star: The Soviet Union - 1941-1943 (E11)
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Whirlwind: Bombing Germany - September 1939-April 1944 (E12)
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Tough Old Gut: Italy - November 1942-June 1944 (E13)
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It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow: Burma - 1942-1944 (E14)
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Home Fires: Britain - 1940-1944 (E15)
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Inside the Reich: Germany - 1940-1944 (E16)
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Morning: June-August 1944 (E17)
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Occupation: Holland - 1940-1944 (E18)
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Pincers: August 1944-March 1945 (E19)
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Genocide: 1941-1945 (E20)
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Nemesis: Germany - February-May 1945 (E21)
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Japan: 1941-1945 (E22)
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Pacific: February 1942-July 1945 (E23)
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The Bomb: February-September 1945 (E24)
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Reckoning: 1945... and After (E25)
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Remember (E26)
Plots(1)
A televisual milestone and the benchmark for all war documentaries that followed, The World at War presents the story of World War Two, from its beginnings in Hitler's pre-war Germany to its horrific climax at Hiroshima. Made with the full co-operation of the Imperial War Museum and narrated by Sir Laurence Olivier, this powerful twenty-six part series combines eyewitness testimony with rare archive footage to tell the unforgettable story of the greatest conflict the world has ever known. (Network)
(more)Cast
![Winston Churchill](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/987/157987504_19adc0.jpg)
Winston Churchill (a.f.)
UK
Best series:
M*A*S*H (1972) (series) - a.f.
Wonder Woman (1975) (series) - a.f.
Hexen - Magie, Mythen und die Wahrheit (2003) (series) - a.f.
![Franklin D. Roosevelt](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/950/157950086_6c35de.jpg)
Franklin D. Roosevelt (a.f.)
USA
Best series:
The Simpsons (1989) (series) - a.f.
Wonder Woman (1975) (series) - a.f.
The Kennedys (2011) (series) - a.f.
![Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274020_8bdbb2.jpg)
Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin (a.f.)
Russian Empire
Best series:
The Umbrella Academy (2019) (series) - a.f.
![Vyacheslav Molotov](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/901/157901389_c52d22.jpg)
Vyacheslav Molotov (a.f.)
Russian Empire
![Édouard Daladier](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/950/157950024_498b43.jpg)
Édouard Daladier (a.f.)
France
![Philippe Pétain](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/949/157949119_c8c1b7.jpg)
Philippe Pétain (a.f.)
France
![cesarz Hirohito](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/901/157901311_c35ab4.jpg)
cesarz Hirohito (a.f.)
Japan
Anthony Eden (a.f.)
UK
Best series:
Dad's Army (1968) (series)
![Dwight D. Eisenhower](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/950/157950023_6fbf33.jpg)
Dwight D. Eisenhower (a.f.)
USA
Best series:
M*A*S*H (1972) (series) - a.f.
Mad Men (2007) (series) - a.f.
The X-Files (1993) (series) - a.f.
![Mao Zedong](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/901/157901388_7d94a1.jpg)
Mao Zedong (a.f.)
China
Best series:
The X-Files (1993) (series) - a.f.
![Queen Elizabeth II](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/901/157901400_5037f9.jpg)
Queen Elizabeth II (a.f.)
UK
Best series:
All Creatures Great and Small (1978) (series) - actor, a.f.
Mr. Robot (2015) (series) - a.f.
Doctor Who (2005) (series) - actor, a.f.
![Erwin Rommel](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/987/157987514_a7ce0c.jpg)
Erwin Rommel (a.f.)
German Empire
![Harry S. Truman](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/987/157987517_ed1571.jpg)
Harry S. Truman (a.f.)
USA
Best series:
M*A*S*H (1972) (series) - actor, a.f.
The X-Files (1993) (series) - a.f.
![Douglas MacArthur](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/019/158019427_39f146.jpg)
Douglas MacArthur (a.f.)
USA
Best series:
M*A*S*H (1972) (series) - actor, a.f.
![Paul Tibbets](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/044/161044986_82b88f.jpg)
Paul Tibbets
USA
![Neville Chamberlain](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/271/160271693_d21d65.jpg)
Neville Chamberlain (a.f.)
UK
Best series:
All Creatures Great and Small (1978) (series) - a.f.
Monty Python's Flying Circus (1969) (series) - a.f.
![Rudolf Hess](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274614_131677.jpg)
Rudolf Hess (a.f.)
Egypt
![Reinhard Heydrich](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271027_92ce8e.jpg)
Reinhard Heydrich (a.f.)
German Empire
Best series:
Hexen - Magie, Mythen und die Wahrheit (2003) (series) - a.f.
![Heinrich Himmler](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271028_012401.jpg)
Heinrich Himmler (a.f.)
German Empire
Best series:
Hexen - Magie, Mythen und die Wahrheit (2003) (series) - a.f.
![Benito Mussolini](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274477_8b94a2.jpg)
Benito Mussolini (a.f.)
Italy
Best series:
Wonder Woman (1975) (series) - a.f.