World War II in Numbers
TV Show · Documentary · War & Military

An exploration of World War II through the sheer numbers involved. The war would cost over a trillion dollars, and 690 million people would serve, 10 times the number who fought in World War I.

2019 · 44m
Starring Max Hastings, Joshua Levine, John Heffernan
Director Mike Ibeji, Ian Levison

Season 1

  • WW2: The True Cost Of War
    EPISODE 1
    WW2: The True Cost Of War
    A look at the story of Franz Honiok. Shot in August 1939,the 43-year-old farmer is often considered the first victim of the war. But the war really began across the planet years earlier, and the forces which propelled the world to war had numbers at their heart.
    44 min
  • The Battle Of Stalingrad
    EPISODE 3
    The Battle Of Stalingrad
    Hitler's ministers told him the war was too costly. Japan knew it had six months to run wild.
    30 min
  • Episode 4
    EPISODE 4
    Episode 4
    When the United States entered the war it was in spite of election campaign promises made by President Roosevelt, but their arrival changed the war all the same.
    30 min
  • Episode 5
    EPISODE 5
    Episode 5
    Hitler had two reasons for attacking Stalingrad - its industrial resources and to eradicate the Jews of the Caucasus.
    30 min
  • Episode 6
    EPISODE 6
    Episode 6
    After Pearl Harbor, the US rebuilt its navy and turned its army, ranked 18th in the world, into one that could win a war.
    30 min
  • Final Days of the Nazis
    EPISODE 7
    Final Days of the Nazis
    The 4,000 men lost at Dieppe drove home just how costly an invasion of France would be.
    45 min

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Cast & Crew

  • Max Hastings
    Self
  • Joshua Levine
    Self
  • John Heffernan
    Narrator
  • M‌I
    Mike Ibeji
    Director
  • I‌L
    Ian Levison
    Director
  • M‌D
    Martin Durkin
    Producer
  • M‌I
    Mike Ibeji
    Producer
  • M‌I
    Mike Ibeji
    Writer

About

World War II in Numbers

Documentary

An exploration of World War II through the sheer numbers involved. The war would cost over a trillion dollars, and 690 million people would serve, 10 times the number who fought in World War I.

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Studio
Channel 5
Released
2019
Rated
Tout public

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Select a country or region

Africa, Middle East, and India

  • Armenia
  • Azerbaijan
  • Bahrain
  • Botswana
  • Brunei Darussalam
  • Cape Verde
  • Egypt
  • Eswatini
  • Gambia
  • Ghana
  • Guinea-Bissau
  • India
  • Israel
  • Jordan
  • Lebanon
  • Mauritius
  • Mozambique
  • Namibia
  • Niger (English)
  • Oman
  • Qatar
  • Saudi Arabia
  • South Africa
  • Sri Lanka
  • Tajikistan
  • Turkmenistan
  • Uganda
  • United Arab Emirates
  • Zimbabwe

Asia Pacific

  • Australia
  • Cambodia
  • Fiji
  • 香港 (廣東話–繁體)
  • Indonesia (English)
  • 日本
  • Lao People's Democratic Republic
  • 澳門 (廣東話–繁體)
  • Malaysia (English)
  • Micronesia, Federated States of
  • Mongolia
  • New Zealand
  • Philippines
  • Singapore
  • 대한민국
  • 台灣
  • Thailand
  • Turkmenistan
  • Vietnam

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