The World at War

For many the Second World War was the most significant experience of their lives. Heartbreaking first hand remembrances from a vast array of survivors on both sides of the war.

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