註: 此片於ITV 首播, 部分影片播日期為1974, 但DVD銷售常見為BBC, History Channel的出版的版本
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The rebirth of Germany and growth in power of the Nazi Party leading up to the
outbreak of war. Interviewees include Ewald-Heinrich von Kleist-Schmenzin,
Werner Pusch and Christabel Bielenberg.
【奇怪的战争，1939年9月-1940年5月】Distant War (September 1939 – May 1940)
The invasions of Poland, the Winter War, the sinking of the Graf Spee, the
“phony war” and failure in Norway and the elevation of Winston Churchill to
Prime Minister. Interviewees include Lord Boothby, Lord Butler, Admiral
Charles Woodhouse, Sir Martin Lindsay and Sir John “Jock” Colville.
【法国沦陷，1940年5月-6月】France Falls (May – June 1940)
French politics, the Maginot Line, Blitzkrieg warfare and the Nazi invasion of
France and the Low Countries. Interviewees include General Hasso von
Manteuffel and General André Beaufre.
【单独作战，1940年5月-1941年5月】Alone (May 1940 – May 1941)
The Battle of Britain, retreats in Greece, Crete and Tobruk, and life in
Britain between the evacuation at Dunkirk and Operation Barbarossa.
Interviewees include Anthony Eden, J. B. Priestley, Sir Max Aitken, Lieutenant
General Adolf Galland and Sir John “Jock” Colville.
【巴巴罗萨，1941年6月-12月】Barbarossa (June – December 1941)
After dominating southeastern Europe through force or intrigue, Germany begins
Operation Barbarossa, the massive invasion of Soviet Union. Despite several
quick victories, the invasion ultimately stalls after a failed assault on
Moscow during Russia’s harsh winter. Interviewees include General Walter
Warlimont, Albert Speer, Paul Schmidt and W. Averell Harriman.
【万岁！日本，1931-1942】Banzai!: Japan (1931–1942)
The rise of the Japanese Empire, the Sino-Japanese War, Pearl Harbor and the
early Japanese successes, and the fall of Malaya and Singapore.
【走我的路，美国，1939-1942】On Our Way: U.S.A. (1939–1942)
The opposition by various factions to the United States of America entry into
the war, U-boat attacks on Atlantic convoys and America’s gradiated responses,
the mobilization of America after Pearl Harbor, the loss of the Philippines,
the Doolittle Raid, Midway and Guadalcanal. Interviewees include J. K.
Galbraith, John J. McCloy, Paul Samuelson, Isamu Noguchi, Richard Tregaskis
and Vannevar Bush.
【北非沙漠，1940-1943】The Desert: North Africa (1940–1943)
The desert war, starting with Italy’s unsuccessful invasion of Egypt and the
successive attacks and counter-attacks between Germany and Commonwealth
forces, and the Afrika Korps’s eventual defeat at El Alamein. Interviewees
include General Richard O’Connor, Major General Francis de Guingand and
Lawrence Durrell.
【斯大林格勒，1942年6月-1943年1月】Stalingrad (June 1942 – February 1943)
The mid-war German situation in Southern Russia resulting in the Battle of
Stalingrad, and its ultimate German catastrophe.
【狼群战术，1939–1944】Wolf Pack: U-Boats in the Atlantic (1939–1944)
The submarine war emphasizing mainly the North Atlantic. Tracks the
development of both the convoy system and German submarine strategy.
Interviewees include Grand Admiral Karl Dönitz and Otto Kretschmer.
【苏联红星，1941-1943】Red Star: The Soviet Union (1941–1943)
The rise of the Red Army, mobilisation of Soviet production, the Siege of
Leningrad, the Soviet partisans and the Battle of Kursk.
【旋风轰炸德国，1939年9月】Whirlwind: Bombing Germany (September 1939 – April 1944)
The development of British and American strategic bombing in both success and
setback. Interviewees include Marshal Sir Arthur Harris, Albert Speer, James
Stewart, William Reid, General Curtis LeMay, Werner Schröer, Lieutenant
General Adolf Galland and General Ira C. Eaker.
【回顾往事，1942 – 1944】Tough Old Gut: Italy (November 1942 – June 1944)
Emphasizes the difficult Italian Campaign beginning with Operation Torch in
North Africa, the invasion of Sicily; Salerno, Anzio, Cassino; and the capture
of Rome. Interviewees include General Mark Clark, Field Marshal Lord Harding,
Bill Mauldin, and Wynford Vaughan Thomas.
【一个可爱的日子，明天：缅甸，1942–1944】It’s A Lovely Day Tomorrow: Burma (1942–1944)
The jungle war in Burma and India—what it “lacked in scale was made up in
savagery”. Interviewees include Mike Calvert, Sir John Smyth and Vera Lynn
(the episode title is the name of one of her songs), and Lord Mountbatten of
Burma.
Life and politics in Britain from post-Battle of Britain to the first V-1
attacks. Interviewees include Lord Butler, Lord Shinwell, Lord Chandos, Tom
Driberg, Michael Foot, Cecil Harmsworth King and J. B. Priestley.
【帝国内：德国，1940-1944】Inside the Reich: Germany (1940–1944)
German society and how it changes as its fortunes of war are reversed.
Censorship and popular entertainment, the transformation of German industry,
the recruitment of female and foreign labour, allied bombing, German
dissent—including the 20 July plot, and the mobilisation of the Volkssturm
towards the war’s end. Interviewees include Albert Speer, Otto John, Traudl
Junge, Richard Schulze-Kossens and Otto Ernst Remer.
【六月黎明：1944年8月】Morning (June – August 1944)
The development and execution of Operation Overlord followed by the allied
breakout and battles at Bocage, and Falaise. Interviewees include Lord
Mountbatten of Burma, Kay Summersby, James Martin Stagg and Major General J.
Lawton Collins.
【占领荷兰，1940-1944】Occupation: Holland (1940–1944)
Emphasizes life in the Netherlands under German occupation, when citizens
chose to resist, collaborate or remain passive. Interviewees include Louis de
Jong (who also served as adviser for this episode) and Prince Bernhard of the
Netherlands.
【钳形攻势，1944年8月-1945年3月】Pincers (August 1944 – March 1945)
The allied breakout in France and the failure of Operation Market Garden, the
Warsaw Uprising, the Battle of the Bulge and the crossing of the Rhine.
Interviewees include Lieutenant General Brian Horrocks, Wynford Vaughan
Thomas, General Hasso von Manteuffel, Major General Francis de Guingand, W.
Averell Harriman and Major General J. Lawton Collins.
【大屠杀 1941-1945】Genocide (1941–1945)
Begins with the founding of the S.S. and follows the development of Nazi
racial theory. It ends with the implementation of the Final Solution.
【报应，德国，1945年1月-5月】Nemesis: Germany (February – May 1945)
The final invasion of Germany by both the Western and Eastern allies, the
bombing of Dresden, and the events in the Führerbunker during the fall of
Berlin. Interviewees include Albert Speer, Traudl Junge and Heinz Linge.
【日本，1941-1945】Japan (1941–1945)
Japan’s society and culture during wartime, and how life is transformed as the
country gradually becomes aware of increasingly catastrophic setbacks
including the Doolittle raid, defeat at Midway, the death of Isoroku Yamamoto,
the Battle of Saipan, Okinawa and the relentless bombing of Japanese cities.
【太平洋，1942年2月-1945年7月】Pacific (February 1942 – July 1945)
The successive and increasingly bloody land battles on tiny islands in the
expansive Pacific, aimed towards the Japanese heartland. Following the bombing
of Darwin, the over-extended Japanese are progressively turned back at Kokoda,
Tarawa, Peleliu, the Philippines, Iwo Jima and finally Okinawa.
【核弹，1945年1月-9月】The Bomb (February – September 1945)
The development of the atomic bomb, the ascendency of President Harry Truman,
emerging splits in the Allies with Joseph Stalin, and the atomic bombings of
Hiroshima and Nagasaki, ultimately leading to the surrender of Japan.
Interviewees include Toshikazu Kase, Yoshio Kodama, Marquis Koichi Kido, Major
General Charles Sweeney, Brigadier General Paul Tibbets, Alger Hiss, W.
Averell Harriman, Lord Avon, McGeorge Bundy, John J. McCloy, General Curtis
LeMay and Hisatsune Sakomizu.
【清算 1945】Reckoning (April 1945)
The situation in post-war Europe including the allied occupation of Germany,
demobilisation, the Nuremberg Trials and the genesis of the Cold War. The
episode concludes with summations about the ultimate costs and consequences of
the war. Interviewees include Charles Bohlen, Stephen Ambrose, Lord Avon, Lord
Mountbatten of Burma, Hartley Shawcross and Noble Frankland.
【回忆】Remember
How the war – both good and bad experiences – was experienced and remembered
by its witnesses.
