The World Wars (2014): S01E02 – The Price of Glory

Introduction The World Wars is a three-part (later six-part), six-hour event miniseries by the History Channel that premiered on Monday 26 May 2014 (Memorial Day), airing for three consecutive nights. Outline The Allies turn Germany away from France; leaders are dissatisfied with the Treaty of Versailles; Germany’s economy collapses with the end of the war;…

Andrew Marshall

28/06/2020

1–2 minutes

History, Military Documentary, War, World War One, World War Two

Introduction

The World Wars is a three-part (later six-part), six-hour event miniseries by the History Channel that premiered on Monday 26 May 2014 (Memorial Day), airing for three consecutive nights.

Outline

The Allies turn Germany away from France; leaders are dissatisfied with the Treaty of Versailles; Germany’s economy collapses with the end of the war; Hitler begins his rise to power; Lenin overthrows the tsarist government in Russia.

Trivia

The show began with a brief introduction recorded by United States President Barack Obama and a quote by Winston Churchill: “One must regard these 30 years of strife in Europe as part of one story…one story of a 30 years’ war.”

The World Wars Series

You can find a full index and outline of The World Wars here.

Production & Filming Details

Narrator(s): Jeremy Renner.
Director(s): John Ealer.
Producer(s): Stephen David, Russ McCarroll, Paul Cabana, Elaine Frontain Bryant, Christian Murphy, Brian Burstein, David C. White, Tim W. Kelly, and Randy Counsman.
Writer(s): David C. White, John Ealer, Alec Michod, Chelsea Coates, Jordan Rosenblum, and David Schaye.
Music: The 13 Brotherhood.
Cinematography: Roger Chingirian.
Editor(s): Tim W. Kelly and Jonathan Soule.
Production: Stephen David Entertainment.
Distributor(s):History Channel and H2.
Release Date: 22 June 2014.
Running time: 60 minutes.
Country: US.
Language: English.

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