The World Wars
“WW1 made Roosevelt a man. WW2 made him a legend.”
DocumentaryWar & 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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Seasons & episodes
1Trial by Fire26 May 2014 · 90m · ★ 8.0An 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.
2A Rising Threat27 May 2014 · 90mThe 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.
3Never Surrender28 May 2014 · 90mThe 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.
Details
- First aired
- 26 May 2014
- Last aired
- 28 May 2014
- Status
- Ended
- Language
- English
- Network
- History
- Episodes
- 3
- Votes
- 28 on TMDB
Where to watch (US)
Amazon Prime Video
Disney Plus
Hulu
HISTORY Vault Apple TV channel
HISTORY Vault Amazon Channel
Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Xive TV Documentaries Amazon Channel
History
Hoopla
Spectrum On Demand
The Roku Channel
Plex
Plex Channel
Tubi TV
Cast
Dean GosdinFranklin Delano Roosevelt- IIan BeytsWinston Churchill
David Mitchum BrownHarry S. Truman
C. Conrad CadyVladimir Ilyich Lenin- JJonathan HartmanBenito Mussolini
Don Meehan JrCharles DeGaulle- MMichael Perrie Jr.Young DeGaulle
Jacopo RampiniYoung Stalin
Daniel Martin BerkeyElder General Douglas MacArthur
Jeremy RennerNarrator- NNabil ViñasYoung Mussolini
- TTom VickersYoung Churchill
- JJoseph Scott BarbarinoJoseph Stalin
- MMatt DearmanYoung Patton
