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  • How to Lose a War The Men Who Gave the Orders (Season 1, Episode 1)
  • TV Episode | Documentary, History, War

How to Lose a War

The Men Who Gave the Orders (Season 1, Episode 1)
TV Episode | Documentary, History, War

Explore the men in charge whose rampant egos and misguided belief in their own abilities led to their country making fatal mistakes in the war.
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Updated Nov 3, 2023

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Nov 3, 2023 (United Kingdom)

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26 cast members
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Tim Benbow
Self - King's College London (as Dr Tim Benbow) Self - King's College London (as Dr Tim Benbow)   See fewer
Russell A. Hart
Self - Professor of History, Hawai'i Pacific University (as Dr Russell A. Hart) Self - Professor of History, Hawai'i Pacific University (as Dr Russell A. Hart)   See fewer
Alexander Henry
Self - Author, 'War Through Italian Eyes', University of Nottingham (as Dr Alexander Henry) Self - Author, 'War Through Italian Eyes', University of Nottingham (as Dr Alexander Henry)   See fewer
Giuseppe Finaldi
Self - Senior Lecturer in History, University of Western Australia (as Dr Giuseppe Finaldi) Self - Senior Lecturer in History, University of Western Australia (as Dr Giuseppe Finaldi)   See fewer
Richard Hammond
Self - Senior Lecturer, Brunel University (as Dr Richard Hammond) Self - Senior Lecturer, Brunel University (as Dr Richard Hammond)   See fewer
Sandra Wilson
Self - Professor of History, Murdoch University Self - Professor of History, Murdoch University   See fewer
Charles Schencking
Self - University of Hong Kong (as Professor Charles Schencking) Self - University of Hong Kong (as Professor Charles Schencking)   See fewer
Yuma Totani
Self - Historian, University of Hawaii (as Professor Yuma Totani) Self - Historian, University of Hawaii (as Professor Yuma Totani)   See fewer
Gregg Huff
Self - Author, 'World War II and Southeast Asia: Economy and Society under Japanese Occupation', University of Oxford (as Professor Gregg Huff) Self - Author, 'World War II and Southeast Asia: Economy and Society under Japanese Occupation', University of Oxford (as Professor Gregg Huff)   See fewer
David Stahel
Self - Author, 'Operation Barbarossa and Germany's Defeat in the East', The University of New South Wales (as Dr David Stahel) Self - Author, 'Operation Barbarossa and Germany's Defeat in the East', The University of New South Wales (as Dr David Stahel)   See fewer
Briony Williams
Narrator (voice) Narrator (voice)   See fewer
Winston Churchill
Self - Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (archive footage) Self - Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (archive footage)   See fewer
Hermann Göring
Self - Commander-in-Chief of the Luftwaffe (archive footage) Self - Commander-in-Chief of the Luftwaffe (archive footage)   See fewer
Hirohito
Self - Emperor of Japan (archive footage) Self - Emperor of Japan (archive footage)   See fewer
Adolf Hitler
Self - Führer of Germany (archive footage) Self - Führer of Germany (archive footage)   See fewer
Wilhelm Keitel
Self - German Field Marshal (archive footage) Self - German Field Marshal (archive footage)   See fewer
Wilhelm List
Self - German Field Marshal (archive footage) Self - German Field Marshal (archive footage)   See fewer
Benito Mussolini
Self - Prime Minister of Italy (archive footage) Self - Prime Minister of Italy (archive footage)   See fewer
Osami Nagano
Self - Admiral of the Imperial Japanese Navy (archive footage) Self - Admiral of the Imperial Japanese Navy (archive footage)   See fewer
Friedrich Paulus
Self - German Field Marshal (archive footage) Self - German Field Marshal (archive footage)   See fewer
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Self - President of the United States (archive footage) Self - President of the United States (archive footage)   See fewer
Hideki Tôjô
Self - Prime Minister of Japan (archive footage) (as Hideki Tojo) Self - Prime Minister of Japan (archive footage) (as Hideki Tojo)   See fewer
John Vereker
Self - Commander of the British Expeditionary Force (archive footage) Self - Commander of the British Expeditionary Force (archive footage)   See fewer
Walther von Brauchitsch
Self - German Field Marshal (archive footage) Self - German Field Marshal (archive footage)   See fewer
Maximilian von Weichs
Self - German Field Marshal (archive footage) Self - German Field Marshal (archive footage)   See fewer
Isoroku Yamamoto
Self - Admiral of the Imperial Japanese Navy (archive footage) (as Yamamoto Isoroku) Self - Admiral of the Imperial Japanese Navy (archive footage) (as Yamamoto Isoroku)   See fewer
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