The Invasion: The Outbreak of World War II (2014)
- Genre: Documentary, War & Politics
- First Air Date: 2014-09-01
- Last Air Date: 2014-09-02
- Total Seasons: 1
- Total Episodes: 2
- Status: Ended
- Production Company: ZDF
- Network: ZDF
On 1 September 1939, Hitler started the most fatal war in world history – a war waged to plunder, dispossess, enslave and eliminate entire ethnic groups. This German-Polish series reconstructs how Hitler triggered a chain of events that sparked a global conflagration and the intense suffering of the Polish people, the first victims of the war.
| Title | Air Date | Duration | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | Episode 1 | The First Day | 2014-09-02 | 50 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 2 | The First Victim | 2014-09-02 | 50 min |