Season 01
18 episodes · Sep 1, 2018
WW II year 1939
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S1E1Week 001 -The Polish-German War - WW2 - September 1, 1939
Sep 1, 201812mWhen Germany invades Poland on September 1 1939, the world is already at the brink of a new world war…
S1E2Week 002 - World War Two Begins - WW2 - September 8, 1939
Sep 8, 201812mThe German-Polish war is the match that ignites the flames that finally burn British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain's appeasement efforts to the ground.
S1E3Week 003 - Poland on Her Own - WW2 - September 15, 1939
Sep 15, 201811mWhen the Wehrmacht and the SS continue devastating Poland and her people in the first weeks of September, her last chance is her western allies.
S1E4Week 004 - The Russians are Coming! - The Soviet Invasion of Poland - WW2 -September 22, 1939
Sep 22, 201812mWhen the USSR crushes the plans of the Allies for Poland and the Japanese plans in China in the same week, it is Germany that benefits.
S1E5Week 005 - Poland is Crushed - WW2 - 29 September, 193
Sep 29, 201811mFacing two enemies at once, Poland finds itself in a crushing vice after less than a month of war and the Polish forces must flee their own country to live to fight another day.
S1E6Week 006 - Poland Falls and China Rises - WW2 - October 6, 1939
Oct 6, 201811mIn the West, the sun sets on Poland as the last forces surrender, but her defenders are already regrouping abroad. In the East, the sun rises on China as Japan meets yet another defeat.
S1E7Week 007 - The Baltic in Stalin's Squeeze - WW2 - 13 October, 1939
Oct 13, 201810mWhile the Third Reich and USSR consolidate their Polish conquest, their leaders are wary of each other but turn the attention to the next prize. Stalin moves to the North and Hitler pushes for an attack in the West.
S1E8Week 008 - The Submarine War - WW2 - October 20, 1939
Oct 20, 201811mFor the men in the navies of the warring nations in Europe, there was nothing phony about WW2 in October 1939 - mortal danger was immediately under the cold surface at the receiving end of a torpedo or a depth charge...
S1E9Week 009 - Stalin's Murderous Adventures - Occupation of Poland - WW2 - October 27, 1939
Oct 27, 201811mThe persecution, incarceration, enslavement and murder of the Polish people in occupied Poland is driven by ideological hatred for both Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia, but it's also a personal matter for Joseph Stalin.
S1E10Week 010 - Molotov's Heel on Finland and the Phoney War - WW2 - 3 November, 1939
Nov 3, 201810mTen weeks into World War Two, and the Allied ground forces are bored in France. In North-Eastern Europe, Poland's suffering has no end and Finland is in the crosshairs of the USSR.
S1E11Week 011 - Hitler Almost Killed - WW2 - 10 November, 1939
Nov 10, 201810mAs Hitler drives for a fast invasion he faces covert and open resistance, even an assassination attempt. In the background British and German agents and double agents play a game of betrayal and counter-betrayal.
S1E12Week 012 - The Mysterious Threat to the Royal Navy - Magnetic Mines - WW2 - 17 November, 1939
Nov 17, 201811mWhile the Finnish and the Soviets seem to be moving ever closer to war, the Royal Navy is losing ships at a frightening rate to an explosive threat not yet understood.
S1E13Week 013 - Will the Kriegsmarine Rule the Waves? - WW2 - 24 November, 1939
Nov 24, 201810mThe European Allies seek a countermeasure to the mysterious German mines, in China the Japanese advance, and in Poland it is the beginning of the Warsaw Ghetto.
S1E14Week 014 - The Winter War - WW2 - December 1, 1939
Dec 1, 201810mOn the last day of November 1939 the Red Army of the USSR invades Finland and the Winter War begins.
S1E15Week 015 - The Invasion of Finland - WW2 - 8 December 1939
Dec 8, 201811mWhen the Red Army invades Finland they get a cold reception and a pretty nasty surprise. It looks like team Stalin might just be skating on some very thin ice.
S1E16Week 016 - Perkele! Finland Strikes Back - WW2 - 15 December 1939
Dec 15, 201811mIn the second week of the Winter War, during multiple counteroffensives, including the famous Sausage War, the Finnish Defence Forces dash any hopes of a quick victory that the Red Army and Stalin might have had.
S1E17Week 017 - Trouble in China - WW2 - 22 December 1939
Dec 22, 201811mWhile the Winter War continues with a Soviet armoured attack at Summa and the Lähde Road and the British attack the Germans from the skies in the first official aerial battle of World War Two, there's trouble in China. Chiang Kai Shek is looking for ways to gain a new advantage on the Japanese.
S1E18Week 018 - Stalin’s Unexpected Bedfellows - Soviet Relations in East Asia - WW2 - 29 December 1939
Dec 29, 201812mThe Chinese Nationalists under command of Chiang Kai Shek is desperately looking to make new or restore old, allies to aid them in their fight against the Japanese. Meanwhile, the Soviets are still struggling to turn the Winter War against the Finnish in their favor.