‎How to Lose a War - Apple TV

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Looks at the numerous missteps that turned the Axis powers' devastating victories into crushing defeats.

Documentary · 2023 · 50 min

Starring Briony Williams

EPISODE 1

The Men Who Gave the Orders

Takes a look at the men in charge, whose rampant egos and misguided belief in their own abilities led to their country making fatal mistakes in the war.

44 min · 3 Nov 2023
EPISODE 2

Best Laid Plans

Explores how the seeds of Japan's defeat in 1945 were sown a decade earlier with the occupation of Manchuria in China.

44 min · 10 Nov 2023
EPISODE 3

Conquering Heroes

Explores how the Axis powers' ruthless, brutal occupation, and exploitation of other countries contributed to their demise.

44 min · 17 Nov 2023
EPISODE 4

Tools for the Job

Examines the Axis powers' defeat, focusing on their lack of crucial resources and equipment.

43 min · 24 Nov 2023
EPISODE 5

Home Front

Examines how each Axis power had troubles on their own home front, leading to disaster in the final days of the war.

44 min · 1 Dec 2023

Briony Williams

Narrator
Mike Kenneally

Producer
Harriet Pike

Producer