The World at War

HD 1973

The World at War

Distant War (September 1939–May 1940) 1 Season 2 Episode

HD 60 min 1973

8.2

In Eastern Europe, the full force of the Nazi machine rolls on - but in Britain, an uneasy calm settles on the nation. It is the 'phoney' war, with the sound of distant guns thundering ominously on the horizon…

Country

United Kingdom

Genre

Documentary

Released

31 Oct, 1973

Cast

Laurence Olivier

A New Germany (1933–1939)

Distant War (September 1939–May 1940)

France Falls (May–June 1940)

Alone (May 1940–May 1941)

Barbarossa (June–December 1941)

Banzai! Japan (1931–1942)

On Our Way: U.S.A. (1939–1942)

The Desert: North Africa (1940–1943)

Stalingrad (June 1942 - February 1943)

Wolfpack: U-Boats in the Atlantic (1939–1943)

Red Star: The Soviet Union (1941–1943)

Whirlwind: Bombing Germany (September 1939–April 1944)

Tough Old Gut: Italy (1943 - 1944)

It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow: Burma (1942–1943)

Home Fires: Britain (1940–1944)

Inside the Reich: Germany (1940–1944)

Morning (June–August 1944)

Occupation: Holland (1940–1944)

Pincers (August 1944–March 1945)

Genocide (1941–1945)

Nemesis (February–May 1945)

Japan (1941–1945)

Pacific - The Island to Island War (February 1942–July 1945)

The Atomic Bomb (February–September 1945)

Reckoning (April 1945)

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