The Concise History of World War II Part 1: War in the West (Season 1, Episode 1)
TV Episode | Documentary, History, War

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The Concise History of World War II

Part 1: War in the West (Season 1, Episode 1)

TV Episode | Documentary, History, War

Explore the events which lead to the Second World War, from German defeat in 1918 to Hitler's rise to power, and chart the quick successes of Nazi forces, up to the surrender of France.

Writer

Andy Aitken

Producer

Andy Aitken

Editors

Hamish Allison | Simon Blakeley | Simon Hamilton | Ross Hammond | Michael Klaiber

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Updated Dec 31, 2002

Release date

2002 (United Kingdom)

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12 cast members

Name	Known for
Stephen Greif Self - Narrator (voice) Self - Narrator (voice) See fewer	Spartan (2004)
Neville Chamberlain Self - Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (archive footage) Self - Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (archive footage) See fewer	The Windsors & WWII (2023)
Winston Churchill Self - Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (archive footage) Self - Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (archive footage) See fewer	Matinee Theatre (1955)
Édouard Daladier Self - Prime Minister of France (archive footage) Self - Prime Minister of France (archive footage) See fewer	Jornal do INCE n. 1 (1939)
Francisco Franco Self - Caudillo of Spain (archive footage) Self - Caudillo of Spain (archive footage) See fewer	Raza (1942)
Joseph Goebbels Self - Reichsminister of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda (archive footage) Self - Reichsminister of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda (archive footage) See fewer	Der Führer (1932)
Hermann Göring Self - Chief of the Luftwaffe (archive footage) Self - Chief of the Luftwaffe (archive footage) See fewer	Wunder des Fliegens: Der Film eines deutschen Fliegers (1935)
Adolf Hitler Self - Führer of Germany (archive footage) Self - Führer of Germany (archive footage) See fewer	Triumph of the Will (1935)
Benito Mussolini Self - Prime Minister of Italy (archive footage) Self - Prime Minister of Italy (archive footage) See fewer	Hundred Days (1935)
Franklin D. Roosevelt Self - President of the United States (archive footage) Self - President of the United States (archive footage) See fewer	The President's Mystery (1936)
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	One Inch from Victory (1944)
Joachim von Ribbentrop Self - Reichsminister of Foreign Affairs (archive footage) Self - Reichsminister of Foreign Affairs (archive footage) See fewer	Nuremberg (1948)