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The World at War

TV-PG
1973–1974·Ended·1 Seasons·26 Episodes·56 min·ITV1·Wednesday · 21:00
Studio: Blakeway Productions, Thames Television
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UK
English · Documentary
DOCUMENTARY
DocumentaryWar & Politics

Overview

A documentary series that gives a historical account of the events of World War II, from its roots in the 1920s to the aftermath and the lives it profoundly influenced.

Trailer

Cast

Laurence Olivier
Laurence Olivier
Narrator

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Keywords

world war iisoldierswarveteranstestimony

Seasons

Specials12 episodes
1975
1
The Two Deaths of Adolf Hitler
1975-04-30
47m8.0es713904
2
The Final Solution - Auschwitz (1)
1975-08-12
93m8.0es713905
3
The Final Solution - Auschwitz (2)
1975-08-19
93m8.0es713906
4
Warrior
1975-11-11
50m8.0es713907
5
Hitler's Germany: The People's Community (1933–1939)
1976-08-11
74m8.0es713908
6
Hitler's Germany: Total War (1939–1945)
1976-08-18
76m8.0es713909
7
Secretary to Hitler
23m0.0es713910
8
From War to Peace
22m8.0es713911
9
The Making of the Series: The World at War
48m0.0es713912
10
Making of the Series - A 30th Anniversary Retrospective
7.0es713913
11
Experiences of War
8.0es713914
12
Restoring the World at War
7.0es713915
Season 126 episodes
1973
1
A New Germany (1933–1939)
1973-10-31
55m9.0es713916
2
Distant War (September 1939–May 1940)
1973-11-07
55m8.2es713917
3
France Falls (May–June 1940)
1973-11-14
55m8.6es713918
4
Alone (May 1940–May 1941)
1973-11-21
60m8.2es713919
5
Barbarossa (June–December 1941)
1973-11-28
60m8.0es713920
6
Banzai! Japan (1931–1942)
1973-12-05
60m8.2es713921
7
On Our Way: U.S.A. (1939–1942)
1973-12-12
60m8.4es713922
8
The Desert: North Africa (1940–1943)
1973-12-19
60m7.2es713923
9
Stalingrad (June 1942-February 1943)
1974-01-02
54m8.4es713924
10
Wolfpack: U-Boats in the Atlantic (1939–1944)
1974-01-16
54m7.5es713925
11
Red Star: The Soviet Union (1941–1943)
1974-01-23
55m7.5es713926
12
Whirlwind: Bombing Germany (September 1939–April 1944)
1974-01-30
55m7.8es713927
13
Tough Old Gut: Italy (November 1942-June 1944)
1974-01-30
53m8.0es713928
14
It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow: Burma (1942–1944)
1974-02-13
55m7.5es713929
15
Home Fires: Britain (1940–1944)
1974-02-20
55m7.8es713930
16
Inside the Reich: Germany (1940–1944)
1974-02-27
55m5.8es713931
17
Morning (June–August 1944)
1974-03-06
55m8.8es713932
18
Occupation: Holland (1940–1944)
1974-03-13
55m7.8es713933
19
Pincers (August 1944–March 1945)
1974-03-20
55m8.2es713934
20
Genocide (1941–1945)
1974-03-27
55m9.5es713935
21
Nemesis (February–May 1945)
1974-04-03
55m8.6es713936
22
Japan (1941–1945)
1974-04-10
53m8.0es713937
23
Pacific - The Island to Island War (February 1942–July 1945)
1974-04-17
53m8.0es713938
24
The Atomic Bomb (February–September 1945)
1974-04-24
55m9.0es713939
25
Reckoning (April 1945)
1974-05-01
54m8.5es713940
26
Remember
1974-05-08
52m8.0es713941
Added: 5/14/2026Updated: 6/4/2026