World War II With Tom Hanks, Blitz

S1 E1 • 42m • HDU

In September 1939, enabled by a secret pact between Adolf Hitler and Josef Stalin, Germany invades Poland, plunging Europe back into war. (S1, ep 1)

S1 E2 • 42m • HDU

After over powering the Netherlands and Belgium, Nazi Germany drives west as the Allies scramble to hold the line. Churchill braces for an air assault over Britain, while FDR races to unleash America's industrial might.

S1 E3 • 42m • HDU

The story of Operation Barbarossa, Hitler's massive surprise invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941, the largest and costliest land offensive in human history.

S1 E4 • 42m • HDU

Japan escalates their war in China, drawing increasing US sanctions and widespread outrage. Driven by resource shortages and military ideology, Japan attacks Pearl Harbor in a move that will reshape the course of World War II.

S1 E5 • 42m • HDU

The story of how America's battle to control the seas against the terrifying German U-boats in the Atlantic and Japan's fearsome Navy in the Pacific ultimately turns the tide of the war.

S1 E6 • 42m • HDU

After the attack on Pearl Harbor, Japanese forces sweep across Southeast Asia. On Guadalcanal, United States Marines are given the bloody task of stopping their relentless advance.

S1 E7 • 42m • HDU

As Hitler's reach extends beyond Germany and darkness descends on Europe, his hateful rhetoric leads to anti-Jewish persecution and ultimately, genocide.

S1 E8 • 42m • HDU

The first joint U.S.-British offensive of the war, inexperienced troops and leader Eisenhower face hardened German Afrika Korps and the infamous Erwin Rommel.

S1 E9 • 42m • HDU

A battle rages behind the frontline of WWII. Espionage, deception and codebreaking. A group of academics work to crack Germany's "unbreakable" Enigma Code.

S1 E10 • 43m • HDU

In a brutal WWII clash, Operation Blue drives Germany's push for Soviet oil and Stalingrad, unleashing a fierce battle as rival forces collide for control on the Eastern Front.

S1 E11 • 41m • HDU

The Allies hope to quickly penetrate the Nazi Reich via Italy but instead endure a months-long slog with devastating results.

S1 E12 • 41m • HDU

Allied air forces engage in a ferocious and costly battle with the German Luftwaffe over the skies of Europe.

S1 E13 • 41m • HDU

In Operation Overlord, the Allies mount an invasion of occupied France, paving the way for liberation and the opening of a decisive second front in Western Europe.

S1 E14 • 41m • HDU

There's conflict in the jungles and plains of Asia the 'forgotten theatre' of World War II, as America struggles to bring the fight to Tokyo's door.