World War Two: Season 01
World War Two season 1 is a documentary series that chronicles the deadliest conflict in human history in real-time. The series premiered in 2018 and focuses on the events of World War II, specifically the year 1939. The series is presented in a week-by-week format, providing a detailed and blow-by-blow account of the war's progression. The creator of the series is Indy Neidell. The series is categorized as a documen
Season overview
World War Two season 1 is a documentary series that chronicles the deadliest conflict in human history in real-time. The series premiered in 2018 and focuses on the events of World War II, specifically the year 1939. The series is presented in a week-by-week format, providing a detailed and blow-by-blow account of the war's progression. The creator of the series is Indy Neidell. The series is categorized as a documentary and war & politics television show.
Episodes
Week 001 -The Polish-German War - WW2 - September 1, 1939
Sep 1, 2018 · 12 min
When Germany invades Poland on September 1 1939, the world is already at the brink of a new world war…
Week 002 - World War Two Begins - WW2 - September 8, 1939
Sep 8, 2018 · 12 min
The German-Polish war is the match that ignites the flames that finally burn British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain's appeasement efforts to the ground.
Week 003 - Poland on Her Own - WW2 - September 15, 1939
Sep 15, 2018 · 11 min
When the Wehrmacht and the SS continue devastating Poland and her people in the first weeks of September, her last chance is her western allies.
Week 004 - The Russians are Coming! - The Soviet Invasion of Poland - WW2 -September 22, 1939
Sep 22, 2018 · 12 min
When the USSR crushes the plans of the Allies for Poland and the Japanese plans in China in the same week, it is Germany that benefits.
Week 005 - Poland is Crushed - WW2 - 29 September, 193
Sep 29, 2018 · 11 min
Facing two enemies at once, Poland finds itself in a crushing vice after less than a month of war and the Polish forces must flee their own country to live to fight another day.
Week 006 - Poland Falls and China Rises - WW2 - October 6, 1939
Oct 6, 2018 · 11 min
In the West, the sun sets on Poland as the last forces surrender, but her defenders are already regrouping abroad. In the East, the sun rises on China as Japan meets yet another d
Week 007 - The Baltic in Stalin's Squeeze - WW2 - 13 October, 1939
Oct 13, 2018 · 10 min
While the Third Reich and USSR consolidate their Polish conquest, their leaders are wary of each other but turn the attention to the next prize. Stalin moves to the North and Hitle
Week 008 - The Submarine War - WW2 - October 20, 1939
Oct 20, 2018 · 11 min
For the men in the navies of the warring nations in Europe, there was nothing phony about WW2 in October 1939 - mortal danger was immediately under the cold surface at the receivin
Week 009 - Stalin's Murderous Adventures - Occupation of Poland - WW2 - October 27, 1939
Oct 27, 2018 · 11 min
The persecution, incarceration, enslavement and murder of the Polish people in occupied Poland is driven by ideological hatred for both Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia, but it's als
Week 010 - Molotov's Heel on Finland and the Phoney War - WW2 - 3 November, 1939
Nov 3, 2018 · 10 min
Ten weeks into World War Two, and the Allied ground forces are bored in France. In North-Eastern Europe, Poland's suffering has no end and Finland is in the crosshairs of the USSR.
Week 011 - Hitler Almost Killed - WW2 - 10 November, 1939
Nov 10, 2018 · 10 min
As Hitler drives for a fast invasion he faces covert and open resistance, even an assassination attempt. In the background British and German agents and double agents play a game o
Week 012 - The Mysterious Threat to the Royal Navy - Magnetic Mines - WW2 - 17 November, 1939
Nov 17, 2018 · 11 min
While the Finnish and the Soviets seem to be moving ever closer to war, the Royal Navy is losing ships at a frightening rate to an explosive threat not yet understood.
Week 013 - Will the Kriegsmarine Rule the Waves? - WW2 - 24 November, 1939
Nov 24, 2018 · 10 min
The European Allies seek a countermeasure to the mysterious German mines, in China the Japanese advance, and in Poland it is the beginning of the Warsaw Ghetto.
Week 014 - The Winter War - WW2 - December 1, 1939
Dec 1, 2018 · 10 min
On the last day of November 1939 the Red Army of the USSR invades Finland and the Winter War begins.
Week 015 - The Invasion of Finland - WW2 - 8 December 1939
Dec 8, 2018 · 11 min
When the Red Army invades Finland they get a cold reception and a pretty nasty surprise. It looks like team Stalin might just be skating on some very thin ice.
Week 016 - Perkele! Finland Strikes Back - WW2 - 15 December 1939
Dec 15, 2018 · 11 min
In the second week of the Winter War, during multiple counteroffensives, including the famous Sausage War, the Finnish Defence Forces dash any hopes of a quick victory that the Red
Week 017 - Trouble in China - WW2 - 22 December 1939
Dec 22, 2018 · 11 min
While the Winter War continues with a Soviet armoured attack at Summa and the Lähde Road and the British attack the Germans from the skies in the first official aerial battle of Wo
Week 018 - Stalin’s Unexpected Bedfellows - Soviet Relations in East Asia - WW2 - 29 December 1939
Dec 29, 2018 · 12 min
The Chinese Nationalists under command of Chiang Kai Shek is desperately looking to make new or restore old, allies to aid them in their fight against the Japanese. Meanwhile, the