The World Wars

2013
Eligible
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Season 1 episodes (3)

1 Trial By Fire
5/26/14
Season-only
An assassin's bullet sparks a global conflict that quickly evolves into the deadliest war humanity has ever seen. In the chaos, a new generation of soldier emerges, including a group of men who would become the most infamous leaders of the 20th century.
2 A Rising Threat
5/27/14
Season-only
The fighting may have stopped, but tensions around the world continue to simmer just beneath the surface. Few may realize it, but the seeds of the next great global conflict have already been sown.
3 Never Surrender
5/28/14
Season-only
A new generation of world leaders is called to action as war inevitably breaks out again. The men who came of age in battle now must rely upon past experiences to fight a new conflict, as they face the greatest challenge humanity has ever seen.

About this show

From HISTORY® and H2® comes the story of three devastating decades of 20th-century world war through the eyes of WWII giants Roosevelt, Hitler, Churchill, Stalin, Mussolini, de Gaulle, Patton and Tojo.