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Summary Narrated by Jeremy Renner, this three-part, six-hour miniseries covers World War I and World War II by utilizing reinactments, commentary from Sen. John McCain, British Prime Minister John Major, and Gen. Colin Powell, to illustrate the experiences and decisions that went into the wars.

Directed By: John Ealer

Written By: Chelsea Coates, Zachary Herrmann, Claire Lawton, Frederick Rendina, David C. White, David Schaye, Jordan Rosenblum, Keith Palmer, Alec Michod, Christie McConnell

  • TV-14
  • History
  • May 27, 2014
  • 1 h 29 m
  • TV-14
  • History
  • May 27, 2014
  • 1 h 29 m
The World Wars
S1 • Episode 2
A Rising Threat
Air Date: May 27, 2014
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Summary Narrated by Jeremy Renner, this three-part, six-hour miniseries covers World War I and World War II by utilizing reinactments, commentary from Sen. John McCain, British Prime Minister John Major, and Gen. Colin Powell, to illustrate the experiences and decisions that went into the wars.

Created By: Christie McConnell

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Maximilian Klas

Young Hitler, Young Adolf Hitler

Ian Beyts

Winston Churchill

Jacopo Rampini

Young Stalin, Young Joseph Stalin

Jonathan Hartman

Benito Mussolini

Nabil Vinas

Young Mussolini, Young Benito Mussolini

Dean Gosdin

Franklin D. Roosevelt, Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Don Meehan

Charles DeGaulle, Charles de Gaulle

Michael Perrie Jr.

Young DeGaulle, Young Charles de Gaulle

Don Hartman

General George Patton, George S. Patton

Wim De Groof

Field marshal German army (2014), German officer

James William Barker

Prime Minister Chamberlain's Aid, Minister Chamberlain

C. Conrad Cady

Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, Vladimir Ilych Lenin

Mike Adler

Hitlers cook, Dpelganger, Hitler's Cook, dopelganger

Tom Vickers

Young Churchill, Young Winston Churchill

Daniel Martin Berkey

The Elder General Douglas MacArthur, Douglas MacArthur

Steven Mackintosh

Narrated by, Narrator

Hugh Scully

Adolf Hitler, Adolph Hitler

Joseph Scott Barbarino

Joseph Stalin

Prescott Hathaway

Young MacArthur, Young Douglas MacArthur

Kevin McKillip

Young FDR, Young Franklin D. Roosvelt, Young Roosevelt

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