The series
A follow up to The Great War, this series covers the years 1918 to 1939. Using archival footage and interviews with veterans, the history series includes narration by Michael Redgrave. The rise of Hitler in the ashes of 1918 through the Great Depression this series offers viewers a chance to learn the cold, hard truth about the advent of World War ll.
Episodes
Season 1 · 13 episodes · 1966
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Episode 12 Oct 1966
'This is such a time' (Lloyd George)
Focuses on British PM David Lloyd George and the immense political challenges immediately following the First World War.
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Episode 29 Oct 1966
'What hand would not wither?' (Scheidemann)
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Episode 316 Oct 1966
'Boys, you have been betrayed' (Woodrow Wilson)
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Episode 423 Oct 1966
'The sword must be kept sharp' (Von Seeckt)
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Episode 530 Oct 1966
'We are marching to catastrophe' (Clemenceau)
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Episode 66 Nov 1966
'Not nostrums but normalcy' (Warren G. Harding)
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Episode 713 Nov 1966
'...fight to the bitter end' (James Griffiths)
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Episode 820 Nov 1966
'Make room for peace' (Briand)
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Episode 927 Nov 1966
'...The popular masses are dull' (Hitler)
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Episode 104 Dec 1966
'Poppa says there's a depression coming' (Mrs Calvin Coolidge)
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Episode 1111 Dec 1966
'Who can conquer the street...' (Goebbels)
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Episode 1218 Dec 1966
'War is re-enthroned' (The Spectator)
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Episode 1323 Dec 1966
'On the idle hill of summer' (A.E. Housman)
