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The Road to War

Global War (Season 1, Episode 8)
TV Episode | Documentary

The final episode documents how Germany's desire for expansion in Eastern Europe, starting with Poland, developed into a worldwide conflict.
Writer
Charles Wheeler (written by)
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Updated Oct 24, 1989

Release date
Oct 24, 1989 (United Kingdom)

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26 cast members
Name Known for
Charles Wheeler
Self - Narrator (voice) Self - Narrator (voice)   See fewer
Franciszek Bartoszak
Self - Westerplatte Garrison 1939 Self - Westerplatte Garrison 1939   See fewer
Neville Chamberlain
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Winston Churchill
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Joachim Fest
Self - Hitler's Biographer Self - Hitler's Biographer   See fewer
Adolf Galland
Self - German Air Force in France, 1940 Self - German Air Force in France, 1940   See fewer
Andrzej Garlicki
Self - Warsaw University (as Professor Andrzej Garlicki) Self - Warsaw University (as Professor Andrzej Garlicki)   See fewer
Ikuhiko Hata
Self - Takushoku University, Tokyo (as Professor Ikuhiko Hata) Self - Takushoku University, Tokyo (as Professor Ikuhiko Hata)   See fewer
Waldo Heinrichs
Self - Author 'Threshold of War' (as Professor Waldo Heinrichs) Self - Author 'Threshold of War' (as Professor Waldo Heinrichs)   See fewer
Adolf Hitler
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Chihiro Hosoya
Self - International University, Niigata (as Professor Chihiro Hosoya) Self - International University, Niigata (as Professor Chihiro Hosoya)   See fewer
Waclaw Jedrzejewisz
Polish Government Official, 1939 Polish Government Official, 1939   See fewer
Eberhard Jäckel
Self - Author 'Hitler's World View' (as Professor Eberhard Jaeckel) Self - Author 'Hitler's World View' (as Professor Eberhard Jaeckel)   See fewer
Waclawa Kedierska
Self (as Waclawa Kedzierska) Self (as Waclawa Kedzierska)   See fewer
J.A. Graf von Kielmannsegg
Self - German Army in France, 1940 / German Army in Russia, 1941 (as Johann Graf Kielmansegg) Self - German Army in France, 1940 / German Army in Russia, 1941 (as Johann Graf Kielmansegg)   See fewer
Erich Kuby
Self - Author 'When Poland was German 1939-45' / German Army in Russia, 1941 Self - Author 'When Poland was German 1939-45' / German Army in Russia, 1941   See fewer
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
William L. Shirer
Self - CBS Correspondant, Poland 1939 (as William Shirer) Self - CBS Correspondant, Poland 1939 (as William Shirer)   See fewer
Hans von Herwarth
Self - German Army in Poland, 1939 Self - German Army in Poland, 1939   See fewer
Jerzy Waldorff
Self - Journalist in Warsaw, 1939 Self - Journalist in Warsaw, 1939   See fewer
Peter Wilkinson
Self - British Military Delegation to Poland, 1939 (as Sir Peter Wilkinson) Self - British Military Delegation to Poland, 1939 (as Sir Peter Wilkinson)   See fewer
Hermann Göring
Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
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