Season 1

1. Winter of the World: 1914

2022-11-08 · 50m

In 1914, Archduke François-Ferdinand, of the House of Habsburg, was assassinated by a Slavic nationalist. The game of alliances makes war inevitable.

2. The End of the Road: 1914-1918

2022-11-08 · 50m

During WWI, men had to endure combat and extreme conditions; civilians dealt with food shortages and raids. The insidiousness of ethnic cleansing raised its head, and a young Adolf Hitler took note.

3. Too Much Greed: 1919-1929

2022-11-15 · 50m

Stalin rises as the leader of the Bolsheviks, and in Munich, the German Workers Party takes a new name: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter, or 'Nazi' as it would come to be called.

4. We Will Be the Winners: 1929 - 1935

2022-11-15 · 50m

Hitler and Stalin begin to shape the course of history. President Roosevelt attempts to raise his country out of the Depression, and the world teeters on the brink of yet another World War.

5. Nothing But Force: 1935-1939

2022-11-22 · 55m

Hitler's invasion of the Rhineland was a gamble that paid off as his push west remained unchecked; while the leaders of Europe attempt 'peace', Kristallnacht signalled the horrors yet to come to many.

6. It's Impossible for Us to Lose: 1939-1941

2022-11-22 · 50m

After a snub in Munich, the Soviets make a pact with the Germans; with the invasion of Poland, the pretence of peace is gone as France and the UK declare war on Germany.

7. Road to World Domination: 1941-1944

2022-11-29 · 60m

Operation Barbarossa's endgame does not come to fruition; with the world distracted, Japan launch their attack on Pearl Harbor, forcing American isolationists to join the war in earnest.

8. Hope of a Lasting Peace: 1944-1949

2022-11-29 · 55m

War in Europe ends with Soviet and American troops surrounding the German army; in the Pacific, it takes the devastating nuclear bombs of Hiroshima and Nagasaki to force the Japanese surrender.