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The World Wars S1E2 — A Rising Threat
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The World Wars•Season 1•Episode 2

A Rising Threat

8.0/10 · 132 votesMay 27, 201490 min

Ranked #2 of 3 in Season 1•matches the season avg

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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.

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Cast18

Dean Gosdin

Dean Gosdin

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

I

Ian Beyts

Winston Churchill

David Mitchum Brown

David Mitchum Brown

Harry S. Truman

C. Conrad Cady

C. Conrad Cady

Vladimir Ilyich Lenin

J

Jonathan Hartman

Benito Mussolini

Don Meehan Jr

Don Meehan Jr

Charles DeGaulle

M

Michael Perrie Jr.

Young DeGaulle

Jacopo Rampini

Jacopo Rampini

Young Stalin

Daniel Martin Berkey

Daniel Martin Berkey

Elder General Douglas MacArthur

Jeremy Renner

Jeremy Renner

Narrator

N

Nabil Viñas

Young Mussolini

T

Tom Vickers

Young Churchill

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Episode Summary

"A Rising Threat" is episode 2 of The World Wars season 1. It scored 8.0/10 from 132 votes, ranking #2 of 3 episodes this season (season average 8.0). It aired on May 27, 2014.

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