The World at War
Season 1, Episode 2: Distant War (September 1939–May 1940)
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In Eastern Europe, the full force of the Nazi machine rolls on - but in Britain, an uneasy calm settles on the nation. It is the 'phoney' war, with the sound of distant guns thundering ominously on the horizon…
All Episodes - Season 1
Episode 1
A New Germany (1933–1939)
Episode 2
Distant War (September 1939–May 1940)
Episode 3
France Falls (May–June 1940)
Episode 4
Alone (May 1940–May 1941)
Episode 5
Barbarossa (June–December 1941)
Episode 6
Banzai! Japan (1931–1942)
Episode 7
On Our Way: U.S.A. (1939–1942)
Episode 8
The Desert: North Africa (1940–1943)
Episode 9
Stalingrad (June 1942-February 1943)
Episode 10
Wolfpack: U-Boats in the Atlantic (1939–1944)
Episode 11
Red Star: The Soviet Union (1941–1943)
Episode 12
Whirlwind: Bombing Germany (September 1939–April 1944)
Episode 13
Tough Old Gut: Italy (November 1942-June 1944)
Episode 14
It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow: Burma (1942–1944)
Episode 15
Home Fires: Britain (1940–1944)
Episode 16
Inside the Reich: Germany (1940–1944)
Episode 17
Morning (June–August 1944)
Episode 18
Occupation: Holland (1940–1944)
Episode 19
Pincers (August 1944–March 1945)
Episode 20
Genocide (1941–1945)
Episode 21
Nemesis (February–May 1945)
Episode 22
Japan (1941–1945)
Episode 23
Pacific - The Island to Island War (February 1942–July 1945)
Episode 24
The Atomic Bomb (February–September 1945)
Episode 25
Reckoning (April 1945)
Episode 26
Remember