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Explores WWII from Germany's invasion of Poland through the atomic age, examining pivotal battles, wartime leaders like Churchill and Roosevelt, and the human cost of total war.
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| Ep | Title | Rating | Votes | Runtime | |
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| ▶ | 1 | The Beginning | 8.0 | 204 | — |
| ▶ | 2 | Blitz | 8.1 | 188 | — |
| ▶ | 3 | Barbarossa | 8.1 | 172 | — |
| ▶ | 4 | Pearl Harbor | 8.3 | 138 | — |
| ▶ | 5 | The War at Sea | 8.2 | 124 | — |
| ▶ | 6 | Guadalcanal | 8.0 | 118 | — |
| ▶ | 7 | Darkness Falls | 8.5 | 113 | — |
| ▶ | 8 | Operation Torch | 8.2 | 87 | — |
| ▶ | 9 | Secrets and Lies | 8.6 | 82 | — |
| ▶ | 10 | Stalingrad | 8.2 | 68 | — |
| ▶ | 11 | Italy | 8.6 | 30 | — |
| ▶ | 12 | Battle for the Skies | 8.8 | 23 | — |
| ▶ | 13 | Overlord | — | — | — |
| ▶ | 14 | Long Road to Tokyo | — | — | — |
| ▶ | 15 | Home Front | — | — | — |
| ▶ | 16 | Resistance | — | — | — |
| ▶ | 17 | No Surrender | — | — | — |
| ▶ | 18 | Last Days of the Reich | — | — | — |
| ▶ | 19 | Endgame | — | — | — |
| ▶ | 20 | Fallout | — | — | — |
Full Cast & Crew
Cast
Tom Hanks Self - Narrator
Robert Citino Self - Senior Historian, National WWII Museum
Dan Carlin Self - Podcaster, Hardcore History
Doug Douds Self - Professor, US Army War College
Dan Snow Self - Historian and Broadcaster
Alexandra Richie Self - Professor, Collegium Civitas
Geoffrey Wawro Self - Professor, University of North Texas
Jon Meacham Self - Presidential Historian
Simon Sebag Montefiore Self - Historian and Author
Saul David Self - Military Historian and Author
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