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From the attack on Pearl Harbor to D-Day, the most pivotal events of World War II come to life in this vivid docuseries featuring colorized footage.
Original Release
05/02/2019 on Netflix
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Derek Jacobi | Narrator |
Geoffrey Wawro | Self - Professor of Military History, University of North Texas |
James Holland | Self - Author, The War in the West / Self - Author, 'The War in the West' |
Saul David | Self - Professor of Military History, University of Buckingham |
Sönke Neitzel | Self - Professor of War Studies, University of Potsdam |
Phillips O'Brien | Self - Professor of Strategic Studies, University of St. Andrews / Self - Professor of Strategic Studies, University of St. Andrews (as Phillips Payson O'Brien) |
Max Hastings | Self - Author, Inferno: The World at War / Self - Author, All Hell Let Loose / Self - Author, Overlord: D-Day and the Battle for Normandy 1944 |
Justin Bronk | Self - Royal United Services Institute, London |
Craig L. Symonds | Self - Professor of Maritime History, U.S. Naval War College |
Peter Lieb | Self - Historian, Potsdam, Germany / Self - Historian, Potsdam Germany |
# | Title | Air Date |
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1 | Blitzkrieg | Thursday, 02 May 2019 |
2 | Battle of Britain | Friday, 08 November 2019 |
3 | Pearl Harbor | Friday, 08 November 2019 |
4 | Battle of Midway | Friday, 08 November 2019 |
5 | Siege of Stalingrad | Friday, 08 November 2019 |
6 | D-Day | Friday, 08 November 2019 |
7 | Battle of the Bulge | Friday, 08 November 2019 |
8 | Dresden Firestorm | Friday, 08 November 2019 |
9 | Liberation of Buchenwald | Friday, 08 November 2019 |
10 | Hiroshima | Friday, 08 November 2019 |
Directors
Kasia Uscinska, Joshua Whitehead, Nicky Bolster, Ailsa Fereday, Sam Taplin, Katie Boxer
Cast
Name | Character |
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Derek Jacobi | Narrator |
Geoffrey Wawro | Self - Professor of Military History, University of North Texas |
James Holland | Self - Author, The War in the West / Self - Author, 'The War in the West' |
Saul David | Self - Professor of Military History, University of Buckingham |
Sönke Neitzel | Self - Professor of War Studies, University of Potsdam |
Phillips O'Brien | Self - Professor of Strategic Studies, University of St. Andrews / Self - Professor of Strategic Studies, University of St. Andrews (as Phillips Payson O'Brien) |
Max Hastings | Self - Author, Inferno: The World at War / Self - Author, All Hell Let Loose / Self - Author, Overlord: D-Day and the Battle for Normandy 1944 |
Justin Bronk | Self - Royal United Services Institute, London |
Craig L. Symonds | Self - Professor of Maritime History, U.S. Naval War College |
Peter Lieb | Self - Historian, Potsdam, Germany / Self - Historian, Potsdam Germany |
Jochen Hellbreck | Self - Professor of History, Rutgers University |
Laura Lawfer Orr | Self - Co-Author, Never Call Me a Hero |
Michael Lynch | Self - University of Leicester |
Timothy Orr | Self - Associate Professor of Military History, Old Dominion University, U.S. |
Tami Davis Biddle | Self - Author, Rhetoric and Reality in Air Warfare / Self - Professor of History, U.S. Army War College |
Jonathan Parshall | Self - Co-Author, Shattered Sword / Self - Co-Author, Shattered Sword: The Untold Story of the Battle of Midway |
Joshua Levine | Self - Author, Operation Fortitude: The Greatest Hoax of the Second World War / Self - Author, The Secret History of the Blitz |
David Glantz | Self - Military Historian (as Colonel David M. Glantz (Ret.)) / Self - Military Historian |
Sayuri Gutherie Shimizu | Self - Professor of History, Rice University |
Samuel Hideo Yamashita | Self - Professor of History, Pomona College |
Producers
Name | Role |
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David McNab | Executive Producer |
Alan Griffiths | Executive Producer |
Phil Hunt | Executive Producer |
Compton Ross | Executive Producer |
Tom Harberd | Producer |
Katie Boxer | Producer |
Kasia Uscinska | Producer |
Joshua Whitehead | Producer |
Nicky Bolster | Producer |
Ailsa Fereday | Producer |
Sam Taplin | Producer |
Editors
Jeremy Brettingham, Keith Brookshaw, Mark Easton, Scott McEwing, Steve Clark, John Moratiel, Duncan Thomsen