Series synopsis
World War II: Total War, also known as WWII: Total War is an Australian documentary war & politics television series that premiered on Toute l'Histoire on March 30, 2018. It ended on November 20, 2018. It stars Aaron Cartwright.
A Total War is all encompassing, a war without boundary or limitation. It is a war of material and morale. A war that mobilizes, destroys and displaces civilian populations. The Second World War was a war in which massive armies advanced, confronting whole populations with impossible choices. The manufacture of weapons transformed industry and the workforce; area bombing campaigns reduced cities to rubble; sieges doomed populations to starvation; racial policies sponsored campaigns of genocide. ...
Premise
A Total War is all encompassing, a war without boundary or limitation. It is a war of material and morale. A war that mobilizes, destroys and displaces civilian populations. The Second World War was a war in which massive armies advanced, confronting whole populations with impossible choices. The manufacture of weapons transformed industry and the workforce; area bombing campaigns reduced cities to rubble; sieges doomed populations to starvation; racial policies sponsored campaigns of genocide. Told through archive footage and expert interviews, we learn how WWII shattered the boundaries between home-front and battlefield.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Aaron Cartwright as Narrator
Episodes
This series spans 1 season with 6 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 6 | March 30, 2018 | November 20, 2018 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
A Terrible Precedent The Second World War was the closest the world has come to a complete total war. But it was in the interwar years that nations honed the methods of destruction which were unleashed on a much wider scale in the Second World War. We look to wars in Manchuria, China, Abyssinia and Spain to see how each served as a 'terrible precedent,' revealing elements of total war that soon engulfed the globe. |
March 30, 2018 |
| 2 |
Arsenal of Democracy Total War demands resources - economic, agricultural and industrial. When it became clear that strategies of appeasement would not prevent another war, nations across the globe mobilized. |
November 6, 2018 |
| 3 |
Unprecedented, Unmerciful and Unrelenting WWII shattered the boundaries between battlefield and homefront in much of the world. We examine the impact of occupation and the stories of those who fought to resist their occupiers. |
November 7, 2018 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | Toute l'Histoire |
|---|---|
| First aired | March 30, 2018 |
| Last aired | November 20, 2018 |
| Runtime | 50 minutes |
| Status | ended |