The World Wars (miniseries)
A six-hour miniseries covering both World Wars and the interwar era.
The World Wars, a three-part miniseries totaling six hours, debuted on the History Channel over three nights starting Memorial Day, May 26, 2014. Jeremy Renner narrates, combining reenactments, archival footage, and interviews with historians and political figures. President Barack Obama introduced the series via a pre-recorded message.
Quick Facts
- Genre
- Historical Drama; Docudrama
- Writer
- David C. White
- John Ealer
- Alec Michod
- Chelsea Coates
- Jordan Rosenblum
- David Schaye
- Director
- John Ealer
- Narrator
- Jeremy Renner
- Theme music
- The 13 Brotherhood
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Episodes
- 3
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Did You Know?
- An extended version divided into six episodes aired on H2 and in more than 160 countries on June 22, 2014.
- The episodes 'Trial by Fire' and 'Never Surrender' share names with episodes from the original three-part series.
- The miniseries was released on DVD and Blu-ray on September 9, 2014, with over an hour of deleted scenes.
Overview
The miniseries covers the thirty-year period from 1914 to 1945, documenting both World Wars and the interwar era in a continuous timeline. It takes a personality-driven approach, focusing on key World War II figures such as Hitler, Mussolini, Patton, Stalin, Churchill, and Roosevelt, and chronicles how their experiences as younger men in the First World War shaped them into the leaders they became in World War II.
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