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Hell on Earth: WWII

We Are At War (Season 1, Episode 1)
TV Episode | Documentary, History, War

Retraces the beginning of the German invasion of Poland and the segregation of the Jews. Mussolini joins Hitler in his fight against the Allies, Winston Churchill is appointed British Prime Minister, and Germany invades France.
Directors
Chris Bamford (co-director) | Serge Ou (co-director)
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Status
Edit Released
Updated Jan 27, 2022

Release date
Jan 27, 2022 (Germany)

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43 cast members
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Rana Mitter
Self - Professor of Modern Chinese History, University of Oxford (as Prof Rana Mitter) Self - Professor of Modern Chinese History, University of Oxford (as Prof Rana Mitter)   See fewer
Jonathan Fenby
Self - Author, 'Alliance: The Inside Story of How Roosevelt, Stalin and Churchill Won the War and Began Another' (as Jonathan Fenby CBE) Self - Author, 'Alliance: The Inside Story of How Roosevelt, Stalin and Churchill Won the War and Began Another' (as Jonathan Fenby CBE)   See fewer
Jonathan Leader Maynard
Self - Lecturer in International Politics, University of Oxford (as Dr Jonathan Leader Maynard) Self - Lecturer in International Politics, University of Oxford (as Dr Jonathan Leader Maynard)   See fewer
Margaret MacMillan
Self - Professor of International History, University of Toronto (as Prof Margaret MacMillan) Self - Professor of International History, University of Toronto (as Prof Margaret MacMillan)   See fewer
Julie Gottlieb
Self - Author, 'Guilty Women: Foreign Policy & Appeasement' (as Dr Julie Gottlieb) Self - Author, 'Guilty Women: Foreign Policy & Appeasement' (as Dr Julie Gottlieb)   See fewer
Richard Vinen
Self - Author, 'France, 1934-1970' (as Prof Richard Vinen) Self - Author, 'France, 1934-1970' (as Prof Richard Vinen)   See fewer
Thomas Brodie
Self - University of Birmingham (as Dr Thomas Brodie) Self - University of Birmingham (as Dr Thomas Brodie)   See fewer
Patricia Clavin
Self - Professor of International History, University of Oxford (as Prof Patricia Clavin) Self - Professor of International History, University of Oxford (as Prof Patricia Clavin)   See fewer
Aristotle Kallis
Self - Keele University (as Prof Aristotle Kallis) Self - Keele University (as Prof Aristotle Kallis)   See fewer
Saul David
Self - Author, '100 Days to Victory' (as Prof Saul David) Self - Author, '100 Days to Victory' (as Prof Saul David)   See fewer
Stephan Lehnstaedt
Self - Touro College Berlin (as Dr Stephan Lehnstaedt) Self - Touro College Berlin (as Dr Stephan Lehnstaedt)   See fewer
Michael Platow
Self - Research School of Psychology, Australian National University (as Prof Michael Platow) Self - Research School of Psychology, Australian National University (as Prof Michael Platow)   See fewer
Janet Hunter
Self - Department of Economic History, London School of Economics (as Prof Janet Hunter) Self - Department of Economic History, London School of Economics (as Prof Janet Hunter)   See fewer
Vivienne Xangwei Guo
Self - Lecturer in Modern Chinese History, University of Exeter (as Dr Vivienne Xangwei Guo) Self - Lecturer in Modern Chinese History, University of Exeter (as Dr Vivienne Xangwei Guo)   See fewer
Ihar Melnikau
Self - Historian, Minsk, Belarus (as Dr Ihar Melnikau) Self - Historian, Minsk, Belarus (as Dr Ihar Melnikau)   See fewer
Lisa Pine
Self - London South Bank University (as Assoc Prof Lisa Pine) Self - London South Bank University (as Assoc Prof Lisa Pine)   See fewer
Kate Reynolds
Self - Research School of Psychology, Australian National University (as Prof Kate Reynolds) Self - Research School of Psychology, Australian National University (as Prof Kate Reynolds)   See fewer
Thomas Neuhaus
Self - University of Derby (as Dr Thomas Neuheus) Self - University of Derby (as Dr Thomas Neuheus)   See fewer
Robert Gildea
Self - Professor of Modern History, University of Oxford (as Prof Robert Gildea) Self - Professor of Modern History, University of Oxford (as Prof Robert Gildea)   See fewer
Peter Stanley
Self - Professor of History, University of New South Wales (as Dr Peter Stanley) Self - Professor of History, University of New South Wales (as Dr Peter Stanley)   See fewer
Ben Mercer
Self - School of History, Australian National University (as Dr Ben Mercer) Self - School of History, Australian National University (as Dr Ben Mercer)   See fewer
Lizzie Collingham
Self - Author, 'The Taste of War: World War Two and the Battle for Food' Self - Author, 'The Taste of War: World War Two and the Battle for Food'   See fewer
Nir Arielli
Self - Associate Professor of International History, University of Leeds (as Dr Nir Arielli) Self - Associate Professor of International History, University of Leeds (as Dr Nir Arielli)   See fewer
Piers Brendon
Self - Author, 'Winston Churchill: A Brief Life' (as Dr Piers Brendon) Self - Author, 'Winston Churchill: A Brief Life' (as Dr Piers Brendon)   See fewer
Antony Beevor
Self - Author, 'The Second World War' Self - Author, 'The Second World War'   See fewer
Benjamin Carter Hett
Self - Author, 'The Death of Democracy: Hitler's Rise to Power and the Downfall of the Weimar Republic' (as Prof Benjamin Hett) Self - Author, 'The Death of Democracy: Hitler's Rise to Power and the Downfall of the Weimar Republic' (as Prof Benjamin Hett)   See fewer
Kathleen Burk
Self - Professor of Modern and Contemporary History, University College London (as Prof Kathleen Burk) Self - Professor of Modern and Contemporary History, University College London (as Prof Kathleen Burk)   See fewer
Cathi Ogden
Self - Narrator (voice) Self - Narrator (voice)   See fewer
Yannick Lawry
Character Voice (voice) Character Voice (voice)   See fewer
Ella James
Character Voice (voice) Character Voice (voice)   See fewer
Michael Cove
Character Voice (voice) Character Voice (voice)   See fewer
Neville Chamberlain
Self - Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (archive footage) Self - Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (archive footage)   See fewer
Kai-Shek Chiang
Self - Premier of the Republic of China (archive footage) Self - Premier of the Republic of China (archive footage)   See fewer
Winston Churchill
Self - Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (archive footage) Self - Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (archive footage)   See fewer
Galeazzo Ciano
Self - Minister of Foreign Affairs of Italy (archive footage) Self - Minister of Foreign Affairs of Italy (archive footage)   See fewer
Édouard Daladier
Self - Prime Minister of France (archive footage) Self - Prime Minister of France (archive footage)   See fewer
Charles de Gaulle
Self - French General (archive footage) Self - French General (archive footage)   See fewer
Joseph Goebbels
Self - Reichsminister of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda (archive footage) Self - Reichsminister of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda (archive footage)   See fewer
Hermann Göring
Self - Chief of the Luftwaffe (archive footage) Self - Chief of the Luftwaffe (archive footage)   See fewer
Heinrich Himmler
Self - Reichsführer of the SS (archive footage) Self - Reichsführer of the SS (archive footage)   See fewer
Adolf Hitler
Self - Führer of Germany (archive footage) Self - Führer of Germany (archive footage)   See fewer
Benito Mussolini
Self - Prime Minister of Italy (archive footage) Self - Prime Minister of Italy (archive footage)   See fewer
Joseph Stalin
Self - General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (archive footage) Self - General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (archive footage)   See fewer
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