The Road to War

The Road to War (1989)

EndedDocumentary showWar, History

Eight country-by-country accounts of the origins of the Second World War written and narrated by Charles Wheeler. 

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Scheduleevery Tuesday

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Global War
Season 1Episode 850 min

Global War

Poland suffered more than any other country in the Second World War. One in six Poles died at the hands of the Nazi occupiers, and the Jewish population was wiped out. But Poland was only the trigger for a war which in two years was to engulf the world. Using rare and remarkable film from the conflict, Global War seeks to answer some of the most perplexing puzzles of the war: why did Hitler call off the invasion of Britain and turn instead on the Soviet Union? And why did he declare war on the USA in the winter of 1941? This film ties together the separate strands of the series and tells the tragic story of how a local conflict developed into a global war. 

Oct 24, 1989

Recent Episodes

EpisodeNameAirdate
S01E08Global WarOct 24, 1989
S01E07USAOct 17, 1989
S01E06JapanOct 10, 1989
S01E05FranceOct 3, 1989
S01E04ItalySep 26, 1989
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Charles Wheeler

Charles Wheeler

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