Series synopsis
The World Wars is an American documentary war & politics television series that premiered on History on May 26, 2014. It ended on May 28, 2014. It stars Dean Gosdin, Ian Beyts, David Mitchum Brown and C. Conrad Cady.
The story of three decades of war told through the eyes of various men who were its key players: Roosevelt, Hitler, Patton, Mussolini, Churchill, Tojo, DeGaulle and MacArthur. The series examines the two wars as one contiguous timeline starting in 1914 and concluding in 1945 with these unique individuals coming of age in World War I before ultimately calling the shots in World War II.
Premise
The story of three decades of war told through the eyes of various men who were its key players: Roosevelt, Hitler, Patton, Mussolini, Churchill, Tojo, DeGaulle and MacArthur. The series examines the two wars as one contiguous timeline starting in 1914 and concluding in 1945 with these unique individuals coming of age in World War I before ultimately calling the shots in World War II.
Premise: WW1 made Roosevelt a man. WW2 made him a legend.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Dean Gosdin as Franklin Delano Roosevelt
- Ian Beyts as Winston Churchill
- David Mitchum Brown as Harry S. Truman
- C. Conrad Cady as Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
- Jonathan Hartman as Benito Mussolini
- Don Meehan Jr as Charles DeGaulle
- Michael Perrie Jr. as Young DeGaulle
- Jacopo Rampini as Young Stalin
Supporting cast
- Jeremy Renner as Narrator
- Nabil Viñas as Young Mussolini
- Tom Vickers as Young Churchill
- Joseph Scott Barbarino as Joseph Stalin
- Matt Dearman as Young Patton
- Daniel Martin Berkey as Elder General Douglas MacArthur
- Prescott Hathaway as Young MacArthur
- Kevin McKillip as Young Roosevelt
- Sewell Whitney as General George Marshall
- Judd Bankert as Woodrow Wilson
- Joseph K. Bevilacqua as Field Marshall Bernard Montgomery
- Amanda Schaffer as Eva Braun
Guest cast
- Hugh Scully as Adolf Hitler
- Maximilian Klas as Young Hitler
- Greg Lang as Pres. Roosevelt's Aide
Episodes
This series spans 1 season with 3 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 3 | May 26, 2014 | May 28, 2014 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Trial by Fire An assassin's bullet starts a global conflict that escalates into a deadly war; a new generation of soldiers emerges, including future world leaders such as Winston Churchill, Charles De Gaulle, Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, and Joseph Stalin; tanks and chemical weapons enter the battlefield. |
May 26, 2014 |
| 2 |
A Rising Threat The Allies turn Germany away from France; leaders are dissatisfied with the Treaty of Versailles; Germany's economy collapses with the end of the war; Hitler begins his rise to power; Lenin overthrows the tsarist government in Russia. |
May 27, 2014 |
| 3 |
Never Surrender The entire world plunges into an economic depression; Josef Stalin seizes power; Japan makes plans to dominate Asia; Adolf Hitler begins taking back the territory Germany lost. |
May 28, 2014 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | History |
|---|---|
| First aired | May 26, 2014 |
| Last aired | May 28, 2014 |
| Runtime | 90 minutes |
| Status | ended |
| Schedule | Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday at 21:00:00 |