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  • The Last Days of World War II (2005– )
  • TV Series | Documentary, History, War
The Last Days of World War II (2005– )
TV Series | Documentary, History, War

The Last Days of WWII is a twenty-six part historical documentary covering the final six months of combat in weekly segments to discuss the decisions, battles, strategies, and ultimate legacies of the war.
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Writer
Doug Gordon (writer)
Producers
Ellen Cirona (producer) | Shasa Rogers (producer)
Cinematographer
Doug Hertz (director of photography)
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Updated Feb 2, 2005

Release date (First episode)
Feb 2, 2005 (United States)

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Cast

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115 cast members
Name Episodes Known for
Greg Stebner
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
20
Kerry Smith
Self - Professor, Brown University Self - Professor, Brown University   See fewer
15
Max Hastings
Self - Author, 'Armageddon' Self - Author, 'Armageddon'   See fewer
15
Gregory J.W. Urwin
Self - Professor, Temple University Self - Professor, Temple University   See fewer
14
William Atwater
Self - Curator, US Army Ordnance Museum Self - Curator, US Army Ordnance Museum   See fewer
13
Alan Brinkley
Self - Professor, Columbia University Self - Professor, Columbia University   See fewer
12
Omer Bartov
Self - Professor, Brown University Self - Professor, Brown University   See fewer
10
Richard Rhodes
Self - Author, 'The Making of the Atomic Bomb' Self - Author, 'The Making of the Atomic Bomb'   See fewer
9
Donald Dencker
Self - WWII Veteran, Pacific Self - WWII Veteran, Pacific   See fewer
9
Jonathan Steinberg
Self - Professor, Univ. of Pennsylvania Self - Professor, Univ. of Pennsylvania   See fewer
7
James Sheehan
Self - Professor, Stanford University Self - Professor, Stanford University   See fewer
7
Thomas Childers
Self - Professor, Univ of Pennsylvania / Self - Professor, Univ. of Pennsylvania Self - Professor, Univ of Pennsylvania / Self - Professor, Univ. of Pennsylvania   See fewer
7
Jay Lockenour
Self - Professor, Temple University Self - Professor, Temple University   See fewer
6
Alex Kershaw
Self - Author, 'The Longest Winter' Self - Author, 'The Longest Winter'   See fewer
6
Stanley Galler
Self - Manhatton Project Scientist, Los Alamos / Self - Manhattan Project Scientist, Los Alamos Self - Manhatton Project Scientist, Los Alamos / Self - Manhattan Project Scientist, Los Alamos   See fewer
6
Ted Zetlin
Self - WWII Veteran, Europe Self - WWII Veteran, Europe   See fewer
6
Robert Fike
Self - WWII Veteran, Pacific Self - WWII Veteran, Pacific   See fewer
5
Peter Duus
Self - Professor, Stanford University Self - Professor, Stanford University   See fewer
5
Fred Ashworth
Self - Vice Admiral, US Navy (Ret.) Self - Vice Admiral, US Navy (Ret.)   See fewer
5
Charles Armstrong
Self - Associate Professor, Columbia University / Self - Assoc. Professor, Columbia University Self - Associate Professor, Columbia University / Self - Assoc. Professor, Columbia University   See fewer
5
Chester Gusick
Self - WWII Veteran, Europe Self - WWII Veteran, Europe   See fewer
5
James L. Wilson
Self - WWII Veteran, Pacific Self - WWII Veteran, Pacific   See fewer
5
Paul Hennessey
Self - WWII Veteran, Europe Self - WWII Veteran, Europe   See fewer
5
William Leyden
Self - WWII Veteran, Pacific Self - WWII Veteran, Pacific   See fewer
5
Bronia Rubin
Self - Holocaust Survivor Self - Holocaust Survivor   See fewer
4
Paul Murphy
Self - WWII Veteran, Pacific Self - WWII Veteran, Pacific   See fewer
4
Roy Tew
Self - WWII Veteran, Pacific Self - WWII Veteran, Pacific   See fewer
4
McAllister Hull
Self - Explosives Expert, Manhattan Project Self - Explosives Expert, Manhattan Project   See fewer
4
James Spence
Self - WWII Veteran, Pacific Self - WWII Veteran, Pacific   See fewer
4
Theodore Rockwell
Self - Author, 'Creating the New World' Self - Author, 'Creating the New World'   See fewer
4
3
Henry Senger
Self - WWII Veteran, Europe Self - WWII Veteran, Europe   See fewer
3
Linda Goetz Holmes
Self - Author 'Unjust Enrichment' Self - Author 'Unjust Enrichment'   See fewer
3
Harry S. Truman
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
2
Karl Dönitz
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
2
Clement Attlee
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
2
George Elsey
Self - U.S. Foreign Policy Aide, 1945-1947 Self - U.S. Foreign Policy Aide, 1945-1947   See fewer
2
Michael Moroz
Self - WWII Veteran, Pacific Self - WWII Veteran, Pacific   See fewer
2
Roger Neighborgall
Self - WWII Veteran, Europe Self - WWII Veteran, Europe   See fewer
2
Allen Striffler
Self - WWII Veteran, Pacific Self - WWII Veteran, Pacific   See fewer
2
Harry Herder
Self - WWII Veteran, Europe Self - WWII Veteran, Europe   See fewer
2
Leslie Groves
Self - Director, Manhattan Project / Self - Director, Manhatton Project (archive footage) Self - Director, Manhattan Project / Self - Director, Manhatton Project (archive footage)   See fewer
2
Haywood Campbell
Self - WWII Veteran, Europe Self - WWII Veteran, Europe   See fewer
2
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Self - Scientific Director, Manhattan Project (archive footage) Self - Scientific Director, Manhattan Project (archive footage)   See fewer
2
Paul Christie
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
1
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Hirohito
Self (archive footage) (archive sound) Self (archive footage) (archive sound)   See fewer
1
George C. Marshall
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Magda Goebbels
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Ernie Pyle
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Ferdinand Marcos
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Alfred Jodl
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Walter Bedell Smith
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Chester W. Nimitz
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Vidkun Quisling
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
William Joyce
Self (archive sound) Self (archive sound)   See fewer
1
George Earl of Harewood
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Toshikazu Kase
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Tomoyuki Yamashita
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Joseph W. Stilwell
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Reinhard Gehlen
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Claire Chennault
Self (archive footage) (as Major General Claire Chennault) Self (archive footage) (as Major General Claire Chennault)   See fewer
1
Walter Model
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Faubion Bowers
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Helmuth Weidling
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Edward R. Stettinius Jr.
Self - 1st US Ambassador to the United Nations (archive footage) (as Edward Stettinius) Self - 1st US Ambassador to the United Nations (archive footage) (as Edward Stettinius)   See fewer
1
1
1
Robert Guillain
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
1
1
1
1
Vladimir Rusakov
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
1
Emil F. Reinhardt
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Paul Tibbets
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
1
Charles W. Sweeney
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Leonard Cheshire
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
1
1
1
Don Peoples
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
1
Marcia Savella
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
1
Werner Reich
Self - Holocaust Survivor (as Warner Reich) Self - Holocaust Survivor (as Warner Reich)   See fewer
1
Valentin Ildefonso
Self - WWII Veteran, Philippines (as Dr. Valentin Ildefonso) Self - WWII Veteran, Philippines (as Dr. Valentin Ildefonso)   See fewer
1
Richard Dimbleby
Self (archive sound: BBC War Report) Self (archive sound: BBC War Report)   See fewer
1
Darrell Landau
Self - WWII Veteran, Pacific Self - WWII Veteran, Pacific   See fewer
1
James Eagleton
Self - WWII Veteran, Pacific Self - WWII Veteran, Pacific   See fewer
1
Masatake Okumiya
Self - WWII Japanese Naval Officer Self - WWII Japanese Naval Officer   See fewer
1
Gerald Astor
Self - Author 'Operation Iceberg' Self - Author 'Operation Iceberg'   See fewer
1
Wynford Vaughan-Thomas
Self - BBC Correspondent (archive sound) (as Wynford Vaughan Thomas) Self - BBC Correspondent (archive sound) (as Wynford Vaughan Thomas)   See fewer
1
Frank South
Self - WWII Veteran, Europe Self - WWII Veteran, Europe   See fewer
1
Les Evans
Self - RAF Squadron Leader, WWII Self - RAF Squadron Leader, WWII   See fewer
1
Walter Rozamus
Self - Former US Intelligence Officer (as Colonel Walter Rozamus) Self - Former US Intelligence Officer (as Colonel Walter Rozamus)   See fewer
1
John Mitchell
Self - WWII Veteran, Pacific Self - WWII Veteran, Pacific   See fewer
1
Iva Toguri
Self - Tokyo Rose (archive footage) Self - Tokyo Rose (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Sam Goudsmit
Self - Scientist, Manhattan Project (archive footage) Self - Scientist, Manhattan Project (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Otto Erxleben
Self - German Soldier Self - German Soldier   See fewer
1
Fred Murphy
Self - WWII Veteran, Pacific Self - WWII Veteran, Pacific   See fewer
1
Bob Daniell
Self - WWII Veteran, Europe Self - WWII Veteran, Europe   See fewer
1
Fred Eva
Self - British POW, WWII Self - British POW, WWII   See fewer
1
Robert Fentriss
Self - US Navy Photographer Self - US Navy Photographer   See fewer
1
Svetlana Kasakova
Self - Russian Civilian (as Svetlana Kazakova) Self - Russian Civilian (as Svetlana Kazakova)   See fewer
1
Richard D. Winters
Self - WWII Veteran, Europe (as Dick Winters) Self - WWII Veteran, Europe (as Dick Winters)   See fewer
1
Dorothea Thorpe-Schulze
Self - German Civilian (archive footage) Self - German Civilian (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Mark Almond
Self - Lecturer, Oxford University Self - Lecturer, Oxford University   See fewer
1
Lionel Garstin
Self - British Medic (archive footage) (as Dr. Lionel Garstin) Self - British Medic (archive footage) (as Dr. Lionel Garstin)   See fewer
1
Roscoe Brown
Self - WWII Veteran, Europe Self - WWII Veteran, Europe   See fewer
1
Peter Horsey
Self - British Medic (archive footage) (as Dr. Peter Horsey) Self - British Medic (archive footage) (as Dr. Peter Horsey)   See fewer
1
Bill Carrotte
Self - British Guard (archive footage) Self - British Guard (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Wolfgang Leonhard
Self - German Communist, WWII (as Wolfgang Leonhart) Self - German Communist, WWII (as Wolfgang Leonhart)   See fewer
1
Clifford Yorke
Self - British Medic, WWII (as Dr. Clifford Yorke) Self - British Medic, WWII (as Dr. Clifford Yorke)   See fewer
1
Ian Fleming
Self - Former British Intelligence Officer / Self - Novelist (archive footage) (archive sound) Self - Former British Intelligence Officer / Self - Novelist (archive footage) (archive sound)   See fewer
1
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