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.
| Title | Air Date | Duration | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | Episode 1 | A New Germany (1933 - 1939) | 1973-10-31 | 54 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 2 | Distant War (September 1939 - May 1940) | 1973-11-07 | 54 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 3 | France Falls (May - June 1940) | 1973-11-14 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 4 | Alone (May 1940 - May 1941) | 1973-11-21 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 5 | Barbarossa (June - December 1941) | 1973-11-28 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 6 | Banzai!: Japan (1931 - 1942) | 1973-12-05 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 7 | On Our Way: U.S.A. (1939 - 1942) | 1973-12-12 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 8 | The Desert: North Africa (1940 - 1943) | 1973-12-19 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 9 | Stalingrad (June 1942 - February 1943) | 1974-01-02 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 10 | Wolfpack: U-Boats in the Atlantic (1939 - 1943) | 1974-01-09 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 11 | Red Star: The Soviet Union (1941 - 1943) | 1974-01-16 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 12 | Whirlwind: Bombing Germany (September 1939 - April 1944) | 1974-01-23 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 13 | Tough Old Gut: Italy (November 1942 - June 1944) | 1974-01-30 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 14 | It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow: Burma (1942 - 1944) | 1974-02-06 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 15 | Home Fires: Britain (1940 - 1944) | 1974-02-13 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 16 | Inside the Reich: Germany (1940 - 1944) | 1974-02-20 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 17 | Morning (June - August 1944) | 1974-02-27 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 18 | Occupation: Holland (1940 - 1944) | 1974-03-13 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 19 | Pincers (August 1944 - March 1945) | 1974-03-20 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 20 | Genocide (1941 - 1945) | 1974-03-27 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 21 | Nemesis: Germany (February - May 1945) | 1974-04-03 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 22 | Japan (1941 - 1945) | 1974-04-10 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 23 | Pacific (February 1942 - July 1945) | 1974-04-17 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 24 | The Bomb (February - September 1945) | 1974-04-24 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 25 | Reckoning (1945...and after) | 1974-05-01 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 26 | Remember | 1974-05-08 | 60 min |
| Directing | Hugh Ragett | Director |
| Production | Jeremy Isaacs | Producer |
| Directing | Peter Batty | Director |
| Sound | Carl Davis | Original Music Composer |
