The World Wars - Season 1

The World Wars - Season 1

First aired: 5/26/2014 3 episodes
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Episodes

Episode 1

1. Trial by Fire

Aired: 5/26/2014

An assassin's bullet starts a global conflict that escalates into a deadly war; a new generation of soldiers emerges, including future world leaders such as Winston Churchill, Charles De Gaulle, Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, and Joseph Stalin; tanks and chemical weapons enter the battlefield.

Episode 2

2. A Rising Threat

Aired: 5/27/2014

The Allies turn Germany away from France; leaders are dissatisfied with the Treaty of Versailles; Germany's economy collapses with the end of the war; Hitler begins his rise to power; Lenin overthrows the tsarist government in Russia.

Episode 3

3. Never Surrender

Aired: 5/28/2014

The entire world plunges into an economic depression; Josef Stalin seizes power; Japan makes plans to dominate Asia; Adolf Hitler begins taking back the territory Germany lost.