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All Episodes of World War II with Tom Hanks

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Explores WWII from Germany's invasion of Poland through the atomic age, examining pivotal battles, wartime leaders like Churchill and Roosevelt, and the human cost of total war.

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Season 1

8.5/104 votes
The Beginning
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 5/25/2026
In September 1939, Germany invades Poland, setting the stage for the most destructive war in history.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
8.5/104 votes
Blitz
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 5/25/2026
After toppling the Netherlands and Belgium, Nazi Germany pushes further west. The Allies scramble to support France as Churchill is forced to defend Britain from the skies and FDR rushes to mobilize wartime production.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
8.4/105 votes
Guadalcanal
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 6/8/2026
United States Marines are given the bloody task of stopping a relentless advance.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
8.2/104 votes
Pearl Harbor
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 6/1/2026
Exploring WWII from Germany's invasion of Poland through the atomic age and examining pivotal battles, wartime leaders like Churchill and Roosevelt and the human cost of total war.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
8.0/103 votes
The War at Sea
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 6/1/2026
Exploring WWII from Germany's invasion of Poland through the atomic age and examining pivotal battles, wartime leaders like Churchill and Roosevelt and the human cost of total war.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
7.8/103 votes
Operation Torch
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 6/15/2026
Thousands of inexperienced U.S. troops face off against the hardened German Afrika Korps.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
7.7/103 votes
Darkness Falls
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 6/8/2026
Hitler's hateful rhetoric leads to anti-Jewish persecution and ultimately, genocide.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
7.7/103 votes
Stalingrad
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 6/22/2026
Operation Blue: the German Army fights to take Soviet oil fields and the city of Stalingrad, becoming one of the deadliest battles ever fought and a major turning point on the Eastern Front.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
7.5/102 votes
Barbarossa
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 5/25/2026
The story of Operation Barbarossa, Hitler's massive surprise invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941, the largest and costliest land offensive in human history.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
7.0/102 votes
Secrets and Lies
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 6/15/2026
Behind the fierce frontline clashes of WWII, a hidden battle rages - one of espionage, deception, and codebreaking. In rural England, a group of brilliant academics work to crack Germany's unbreakable Enigma Code and change the course of the war.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
7.0/101 votes
Italy
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 6/29/2026
The Allies hope to quickly penetrate the Nazi Reich via Italy but endure a months-long slog.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
7.0/101 votes
Battle for the Skies
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 6/29/2026
Allied air forces engage in a fierce and costly battle with the Luftwaffe over the skies of Europe.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
7.0/101 votes
Overlord
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 7/6/2026
The Allies launch Operation Overlord to liberate occupied France and open a true second front.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
7.0/101 votes
Long Road to Tokyo
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 7/6/2026
The Allies and Japan clash in the jungles and plains of Asia, the forgotten theater of World War II.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
7.0/101 votes
Home Front
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 7/13/2026
As the tide begins to turn against the Axis powers, Germany and Japan deploy opposite strategies.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
7.0/101 votes
Resistance
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 7/13/2026
Resistance to Nazi occupation and oppression is a constant throughout the war.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
7.0/101 votes
No Surrender
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 7/20/2026
The Pacific campaign reaches a brutal and bloody fever pitch from 1944 to 1945.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
7.0/101 votes
Last Days of the Reich
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 7/20/2026
The war in Europe reaches a climax as Allied armies advance towards Berlin, and Hitler orders his people to fight to the last man.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
7.0/101 votes
Endgame
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 7/27/2026
The most terrible weapon ever created will change the course of the war in the Pacific.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
7.0/101 votes
Fallout
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 7/27/2026
The end of WWII and the dawn of the nuclear age see two victors turn from allies into adversaries.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown