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- How to Lose a War (2023–2023)
- TV Mini-series | Documentary, History, War
How to Lose a War (2023–2023)
TV Mini-series
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Documentary, History, War
'How to Lose a War' offers a fresh perspective on the story of 1939-1945 - the second world war.
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Plot summary
Director
Writers
Producer
Edmund Duff
(producer)
Editors
Melissa Brooks
(assistant editor)
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Blake Deena
(assistant editor)
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Jack Ferguson
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Alexandre Guterres
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Sam Laidlaw
Status
Cast | + Add Cast |
| 72 cast members |
| Name | Episodes | Known for |
|---|---|---|
Adolf Hitler
Self - Führer of Germany (archive footage)
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5
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Benito Mussolini
Self - Prime Minister of Italy (archive footage)
|
5
|
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Hirohito
Self - Emperor of Japan (archive footage)
|
5
|
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Hideki Tôjô
Self - Prime Minister of Japan (archive footage) (as Hideki Tojo)
|
5
|
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Alexander Henry
Self - Author, 'War Through Italian Eyes', University of Nottingham (as Dr Alexander Henry)
|
5
|
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Briony Williams
Self - Narrator (voice)
|
5
|
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Sandra Wilson
Self - Professor of History, Murdoch University
|
4
|
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Richard Hammond
Self - Senior Lecturer, Brunel University (as Dr Richard Hammond)
|
4
|
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Russell A. Hart
Self - Professor of History, Hawai'i Pacific University (as Dr Russell A. Hart)
|
4
|
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Yuma Totani
Self - Historian, University of Hawaii (as Professor Yuma Totani)
|
4
|
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David Stahel
Self - Author, 'Operation Barbarossa and Germany's Defeat in the East', The University of New South Wales (as Dr David Stahel)
|
4
|
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Winston Churchill
Self - Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (archive footage)
|
3
|
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Joseph Stalin
Self - General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (archive footage) (as Iosif Stalin)
|
3
|
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Hermann Göring
Self - Commander-in-Chief of the Luftwaffe (archive footage)
|
3
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Wilhelm Keitel
Self - German Field Marshal (archive footage)
|
3
|
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Giuseppe Finaldi
Self - Senior Lecturer in History, University of Western Australia (as Dr Giuseppe Finaldi)
|
3
|
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Guy Walters
Self - Author and Historian
|
3
|
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Charles Schencking
Self - University of Hong Kong (as Professor Charles Schencking)
|
3
|
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Joseph Goebbels
Self - Minister of Propaganda (archive footage)
|
2
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Heinrich Himmler
Self - Reichsführer of the SS (archive footage)
|
2
|
|
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Self - President of the United States (archive footage)
|
2
|
|
Neville Chamberlain
Self - Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (archive footage)
|
2
|
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Erwin Rommel
Self - Commander, Afrika Corps / Self - Operation Valkyrie Conspirator (archive footage)
|
2
|
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Karl Dönitz
Self - Grand Admiral / Self - Reich President (archive footage) (as Karl Donitz)
|
2
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Isoroku Yamamoto
Self - Admiral of the Imperial Japanese Navy / Self - Marshal Admiral (archive footage)
|
2
|
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Kai-Shek Chiang
Self - Nationalist Leader (archive footage) (as Chiang Kai-Shek)
|
2
|
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Friedrich Paulus
Self - German Field Marshal (archive footage)
|
2
|
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Ken Kotani
Self - Professor, Nihon University
|
2
|
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Tim Benbow
Self - King's College London (as Dr Tim Benbow)
|
2
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Gregg Huff
Self - Author, 'World War II and Southeast Asia: Economy and Society under Japanese Occupation', University of Oxford (as Professor Gregg Huff)
|
2
|
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Eva Braun
Self - Wife of Adolf Hitler (archive footage)
|
1
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Albert Speer
Self - Minister of Armaments (archive footage)
|
1
|
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Self - Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force (archive footage)
|
1
|
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Harry S. Truman
Self - President of the United States (archive footage)
|
1
|
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Douglas MacArthur
Self - General, U.S. Army (archive footage)
|
1
|
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Duke of Windsor
Self - King of the United Kingdom (archive footage)
|
1
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Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg
Self - Operation Valkyrie Conspirator (archive footage) (as Claus von Stauffenberg)
|
1
|
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Chester W. Nimitz
Self - Naval Commander In Chief (archive footage) (as Chester Nimitz)
|
1
|
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Sophie Scholl
Self - White Rose Resistance Member (archive footage)
|
1
|
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Ho Chí Minh
Self - Communist Revolutionary, Vietnam (archive footage)
|
1
|
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Joachim von Ribbentrop
Self - Reichsminister of Foreign Affairs (archive footage)
|
1
|
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Vyacheslav Molotov
Self - Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Soviet Union (archive footage)
|
1
|
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Clara Petacci
Self - Mistress of Benito Mussolini (archive footage)
|
1
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King Victor Emmanuel III
Self - King of Italy (archive footage) (as Victor Emmanuel III)
|
1
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Curtis LeMay
Self - U.S. Army Air Forces (archive footage)
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1
|
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Puyi
Self - Last Emperor of China (archive footage) (as Aisin-Gioro Puyi)
|
1
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Pietro Badoglio
Self - Prime Minister of Italy (archive footage)
|
1
|
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Édouard Daladier
Self - Prime Minister of France (archive footage)
|
1
|
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Walther von Brauchitsch
Self - German Field Marshal (archive footage)
|
1
|
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Hans Scholl
Self - White Rose Resistance Member (archive footage)
|
1
|
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Chiuichi Nagumo
Self - Vice Admiral (archive footage) (as Chuichi Nagumo)
|
1
|
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Kantaro Suzuki
Self - Prime Minister of Japan (archive footage)
|
1
|
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Richard O'Connor
Self - Commander, Western Desert Forces (archive footage) (as Sir Richard O'Connor)
|
1
|
|
King Georgios II
Self - King of Greece (archive footage) (as King George II)
|
1
|
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Bernhard von Lossberg
Self - Germany Army Lieutenant Colonel (archive footage)
|
1
|
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Franz Halder
Self - Chief of Staff, Army High Command (archive footage)
|
1
|
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Semyon Timoshenko
Self - Red Army General (archive footage)
|
1
|
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Shigenori Tôgô
Self - Foreign Minister of Japan (archive footage)
|
1
|
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Rodolfo Graziani
Self - Army Chief of Staff (archive footage)
|
1
|
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Kurt Student
Self - Luftwaffe General (archive footage)
|
1
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Osami Nagano
Self - Admiral of the Imperial Japanese Navy (archive footage)
|
1
|
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Wilhelm List
Self - German Field Marshal (archive footage)
|
1
|
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Korechika Anami
Self - War Minister of Japan (archive footage)
|
1
|
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John Vereker
Self - Commander of the British Expeditionary Force (archive footage)
|
1
|
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Jean Decoux
Self - Governor General, French Indochina (archive footage)
|
1
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Kenji Hatanaka
Self - Attempted Assassin (archive footage)
|
1
|
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Yuitsu Tsuchihashi
Self - Lieutenant General, Imperial Japanese Army (archive footage)
|
1
|
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Maximilian von Weichs
Self - German Field Marshal (archive footage)
|
1
|
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Rana Mitter
Self - Professor of the History and Politics of Modern China, University of Oxford
|
1
|
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Alexander Hill
Self - Professor in Military History, University of Calgary
|
1
|
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Gregory P. Gilbert
Self - Adjunct Associate Professor, UNSW, Canberra (as Dr Gregory P. Gilbert)
|
1
|
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Milan Vego
Self - Professor of Operations, US Naval War College (as Dr Milan Vego)
|
1
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