1945: The Year That Changed the World
2005 · U&Yesterday · 50 min · 1 season
S01E01 · The Beginning of the End
Wed, 17 Aug, 9:00 pm
Documentary charting the final months of the Second World War on European and Pacific fronts, beginning as tensions mount between the Allies over strategy.
About
The series' narrative thread is an examination of the power struggle between the Soviet Union, Britain and USA over who will WIN THE PEACE. The five programmes follow a chronological order which enable us to track the shifting fortunes of the big three as a new world order is established.
Episodes
- E01
The Beginning of the End
Wed, 17 Aug· 50 minDocumentary charting the final months of the Second World War on European and Pacific fronts, beginning as tensions mount between the Allies over strategy.
- E02
The End of the Dictators
TBA· 50 minThe true horror of the Nazi regime is exposed as the Allies fight the Germans in their homeland and liberate survivors of the concentration camps.
- E03
Victory in Europe
TBA· 50 minThe Soviet Union aim to control large parts of Europe after the Allies' victory, but the US was not prepared to back up British efforts to keep the east out of Stalin's grip.
- E04
The War in the Pacific
TBA· 50 minA look at the end of the war in the Pacific, with the Americans dropping atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki to hasten Japan's surrender.
- E05
The Future Takes Shape
TBA· 50 minA look at how the world changed in the months after the end of the Second World War, with borders drawn and new occupying governments installed.