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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.
