• 2014
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Episode list

The World Wars
Trial by Fire
Sun, May 25, 2014
  • S1.E1
  • Trial by Fire
A chronological look at the events that occurred during the world wars. 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.
8.1 /10
A Rising Threat
Mon, May 26, 2014
  • S1.E2
  • A Rising Threat
A look at what happened during the third hour of the world wars. 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.
8.1 /10
Episode #1.4
Sun, Apr 27, 2014
  • S1.E4
  • Episode #1.4
8 /10
Trial by Fire

S1.E1 ∙ Trial by Fire

Sun, May 25, 2014
A chronological look at the events that occurred during the world wars. 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.
8.1 /10
A Rising Threat

S1.E2 ∙ A Rising Threat

Mon, May 26, 2014
A look at what happened during the third hour of the world wars. 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.
8.1 /10
Never Surrender

S1.E3 ∙ Never Surrender

Tue, May 27, 2014
A look at what happened in the fifth hour of the world wars. 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.
7.9 /10
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Last Days in Vietnam

Last Days in Vietnam

During the final days of the Vietnam War, North Vietnamese forces closed in on Saigon as South Vietnamese resistance crumbled. An unlikely group of heroes emerged as Americans and South Vietnamese took matters into their own hands.

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Village of Death: Oradour-sur-Glane 1944

Village of Death: Oradour-sur-Glane 1944

On June 10, 1944, a German SS division arrived in the French village of Oradour-sur-Glane and massacred 643 innocent civilians.

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They Shall Not Grow Old

They Shall Not Grow Old

A documentary about World War I with never-before-seen footage to commemorate the centennial of the end of the war.

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The Soviet Story

The Soviet Story

The Soviet Story offers an alternative history of an Allied power, which helped the Nazis to fight Jews and which slaughtered its own people on an industrial scale.

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Why We Fight

Why We Fight

Is American foreign policy dominated by the idea of military supremacy? Has the military become too important in American life? Jarecki's shrewd and intelligent polemic would seem to give an affirmative answer to each of these questions.

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Shoah

Shoah

Claude Lanzmann's epic documentary recounts the story of the Holocaust through interviews with witnesses - perpetrators as well as survivors.

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