The World at War

HD 1973

The World at War

The Atomic Bomb (February–September 1945) 1 Season 24 Episode

HD 55 min 1973

8.2

Western scientists have developed a new, immensely powerful weapon - the atomic bomb. On August 6th 1945, the Enola Gay delivers the world's first atomic bomb to Hiroshima. The world would be forever altered.

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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