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- Season 1 overviewOct 31, 1973-May 8, 197425 episodesSeason 1 episodes1. New Germany Oct 31, 1973
- Adolf Hitler gives 1930s Germany new strength and hope.
- 2. Distant War Nov 7, 1973
- Unprepared Britain sends forces to Norway; Churchill becomes prime minister.
- 3. France Falls Nov 14, 1973
- Fall of France is the result of continued reliance on World War I techniques.
- 4. Alone Nov 21, 1973
- British morale plunges as 350,000 allied troops are barely rescued at Dunkirk.
- 5. Barbarossa Nov 28, 1973
- Germany turns against Russia, but fatal German delays hold the advance.
- 7. On Our Way: USA Dec 12, 1973
- FDR cannot enter the war until Hitler declares war on the US.
- 8. The Desert: North Africa Dec 19, 1973
- Montgomery's Desert Rats defeat Rommel's Afrika Korps at Alamein.
- 9. Stalingrad Jan 2, 1974
- The German army's defeat at Stalingrad dispels the myth of German invincibility.
- 10. Wolf Pack: U-Boats in the Atlantic Jan 9, 1974
- Germans nearly starved the British into submission.
- 11. Red Star: The Soviet Union Jan 16, 1974
- Survivors recall the 890-day siege of Leningrad and the war's 20 million Soviet casualties.
- 12. Whirlwind: Bombing Germany Jan 23, 1974
- How Britain's bomber attacks on Germany affected industry, civilians and the war effort.
- 13. Tough Old Gut: Italy Jan 30, 1974
- Allied victory in Sicily revives the British.
- 14. It's A Lovely Day Tomorrow: Burma Feb 6, 1974
- British colonial forces in Burma make the longest retreat in British history.
- 15. Home Fires: Britain Feb 13, 1974
- While its soldiers fight on foreign soil, the British homeland wages a daily war of survival.
- 16. Inside the Reich: Germany Feb 20, 1974
- Germany enters a period of prosperity as its forces occupy Western Europe without reprisal at home.
- 17. Morning Feb 27, 1974
- American, British and Canadian forces invade the beaches of Normandy.
- 18. Occupation: Holland Mar 13, 1974
- Under Nazi rule, the people of the Netherlands are at first treated fairly.
- 19. Pincers Mar 20, 1974
- The German war machine is caught in the middle as Allied forces advance.
- 20. Genocide Mar 27, 1974
- The Nazis' efforts to exterminate the Jews, the effect on the survivors and the world's reaction.
- 21. Nemesis: Germany Apr 3, 1974
- Allied forces attacking Germany from the west meet little resistance.
- 22. Japan Apr 10, 1974
- Early victories encourage the Japanese to fight even when the scales tip against them in 1944.
- 23. Pacific Apr 17, 1974
- The Allies attack the Japanese in the Pacific and are surprised by the defenders' fanaticism.
- 24. The Bomb Apr 24, 1974
- B-29 drops first uranium bomb on Hiroshima, four days later a second bomb hits Nagasaki.
- 25. Reckoning May 1, 1974
- At Yalta, the four armies of occupation agree to supervise Germany's recovery.
- 26. Remember May 8, 1974
- Survivors remember the millions of combatants and civilians killed.
Episode list. The World at War. Top-rated. Wed, Mar 27, 1974. S1.E20. Genocide: 1941-1945. The history of the Nazi persecution of the Jews, showing events leading to the "Final Solution".
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Below is a complete The World at War episode list that spans the show's entire TV run. Photos from the individual The World at War episodes are listed along with the The World at War episode names when available, as are the dates of the original airing of the episode.
