Season 1

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  8.6/1011 votes

  The Stumble to War

  Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/5/2010

  The European legacy of the Treaty of Versailles and the League of Nations after World War I plays into the start of the Second World War

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  8.8/109 votes

  The End of Illusion

  Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/12/2010

  Hitler systematically overthrows the Versailles Treaty, then targets weaker Poland and Czechoslovakia, while public mood swings from appeasement to opposition.

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  8.4/1012 votes

  The War That Wasn't

  Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/27/2010

  During the five weeks, 'the phony war,' following the overthrow of Poland, Britain and France prepare to use the tactics of World War I, and a new prime minister emerges.

  Director: Unknown

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  8.6/108 votes

  A Kind of Victory

  Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 11/3/2010

  In May 1940, Winston Churchill becomes Britain's prime minister, and the war in Europe intensifies; France's fall to Hitler's army rattles the British people.

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  8.2/1013 votes

  Time of Legend, Time of History

  Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 11/10/2015

  Winston Churchill declares the Battle of Britain begun, and the war escalates around the globe, drawing Japan and Italy to the Axis, and the United States to the Allied side.

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  8.4/109 votes

  The World Shall Hold Its Breath

  Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/17/2015

  As 1941 opens, disasters unfold, North Africa becomes a huge battleground, and Hitler stages a three-pronged attack on the Soviet Union, not reckoning on the severity of the Russian.

  Director: Unknown

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  8.4/109 votes

  The Day of Infamy

  Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/24/2015

  Hitler's Operation Barbarossa falters in the harsh Russian winter, then Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor in the Pacific brings the United States into the war with a single stroke.

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  8.6/109 votes

  Six Months to Run Wild

  Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 12/1/2015

  Fighting in the Pacific is savage, Hitler's forces turn to Stalingrad, and the Mediterranean island of Malta is under siege

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  8.7/109 votes

  The End of the Beginning

  Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 12/8/2015

  The war reaches its turning point in North Africa as Montgomery begins to defeat Rommel, and the Allies turn from defensive to offensive action.

  Director: Unknown

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  8.6/109 votes

  The Beginning of the End

  Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/15/2015

  The tank battle at Kursk; the Italians depose Mussolini; Nazi forces must go on the defensive; the Allies plan an invasion of Western Europe -- D-Day.

  Director: Unknown

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  8.7/109 votes

  Overlord

  Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/22/2015

  In the spring of 1944, Allied forces launch a great amphibious assault against the Nazis, beginning the invasion on the beaches of Normandy.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  8.0/109 votes

  Unconditional Surrender

  Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/29/2015

  Allied soldiers entering the territory of the Third Reich discover the horrors of the concentration camps and lay siege to Berlin.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  8.0/108 votes

  The Presence of History

  Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 1/5/2016

  After V-E Day, the focus is on the Pacific, and President Truman decides to deploy the atomic bombs that destroyed the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, ending the war.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown