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The World Wars

The World Wars

WW1 made Roosevelt a man. WW2 made him a legend.

122014•1h 30m•7.2/10
DocumentaryWar & Politics

Ratings

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7.2/10(24)

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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Production

Stephen David Entertainment, History

Language

EN

Status

Ended

First Aired

May 26, 2014

Last Aired

May 28, 2014

Networks

History

Where to Watch
Region US · Lang EN
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Seasons & Episodes
Select a season to view episodes. Reddit links may contain spoilers.
Season
Trial by Fire
E1
Trial by Fire
Air date: 2014-05-26
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.
A Rising Threat
E2
A Rising Threat
Air date: 2014-05-27
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.
Never Surrender
E3
Never Surrender
Air date: 2014-05-28
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.

Cast

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

Sewell Whitney

Sewell Whitney

General George Marshall

Judd Bankert

Woodrow Wilson

Joseph K. Bevilacqua

Joseph K. Bevilacqua

Field Marshall Bernard Montgomery

Amanda Schaffer

Eva Braun

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