The World Wars
“WW1 made Roosevelt a man. WW2 made him a legend.”
2014•12•1 Seasons•3 Episodes•7.3•Ended
DocumentaryWar & Politics
The story of three decades of war told through the eyes of various men who were its key players: Roosevelt, Hitler, Patton, Mussolini, Churchill, Tojo, DeGaulle and MacArthur. The series examines the two wars as one contiguous timeline starting in 1914 and concluding in 1945 with these unique individuals coming of age in World War I before ultimately calling the shots in World War II.
Network
History
Origin
US
Cast
Dean Gosdin
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Ian Beyts
Winston Churchill
David Mitchum Brown
Harry S. Truman
C. Conrad Cady
Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
Jonathan Hartman
Benito Mussolini
Don Meehan Jr
Charles DeGaulle
Michael Perrie Jr.
Young DeGaulle
Jacopo Rampini
Young Stalin
Daniel Martin Berkey
Elder General Douglas MacArthur
Jeremy Renner
Narrator
Nabil Viñas
Young Mussolini
Tom Vickers
Young Churchill
Joseph Scott Barbarino
Joseph Stalin
Matt Dearman
Young Patton
Prescott Hathaway
Young MacArthur
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