History's Verdict

History's Verdict

2013 1 Seasons ⭐ 6.5
Documentary War & Politics

A group of history experts from London's King's College has created this documentary series that tries to assess the key political figures of WWII.

Seasons

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1. Stalin

2013-01-05 • ⭐ 6.0

Via stunning contemporary footage, freshly declassified discoveries, a brilliant script, insights from the greatest historians of the past seventy years and the unforgettable word…

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2. Mussolini

2013-01-12 • ⭐ 5.0

A skilled journalist and a master spin doctor, Mussolini created immensely powerful myths about himself and his regime. Myths that have endured for over 70 years, baffling both hi…

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3. Hitler

2013-01-19 • ⭐ 6.0

A magnificent script fuses stunning images of his life and times, newly declassified revelations, testimony from the world's greatest historians and thinkers, and the chilling wor…

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4. Churchill

2013-01-28 • ⭐ 6.0

Beginning with the fall of France in the Summer of 1940, and the defence of the island of Britain itself, Churchill's military decisions and simultaneous diplomatic efforts to gat…

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5. Roosevelt

2013-02-02 • ⭐ 6.0

Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the 32nd President of the United States, leading America through a time of worldwide economic depression and total war.

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6. Hirohito

2013-02-04 • ⭐ 6.0

Extraordinary images, brilliant writing, the latest declassified information, witnesses from among the greatest historians, and the hitherto unknown words of the Emperor himself d…

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7. Himmler

2013-02-09 • ⭐ 6.0

The infamous SS is also examined in detail. Were they just the machinery of murder? What other duties did they perform to help the Nazi war effort, and what about their sense of p…

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8. Montgomery

2013-02-18 • ⭐ 6.0

Rarely explored aspects of his life will be uncovered: his childhood as the son of a Bishop and a mother who didn't love him. His near death experiences in the battlefields of the…

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9. Patton

2013-03-01 • ⭐ 6.0

The son of a rich, distinguished family, the young Patton loved the Classics and history, was an Olympic athlete and "master of the Sword". But he also had revolutionary ideas abo…

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10. De Gaulle

2013-03-02 • ⭐ 5.0

Charles De Gaulle was the leader of Free France from 1940-1944, and was the dominant figure of France during the Cold War era. His memory continues to influence French Politics.

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11. MacArthur

2013-03-10 • ⭐ 5.0

He was a US Army general who was also the only ever Field Marshal of the Philippine Army, and this symbolizes MacArthur's visionary belief that Asia would dominate the future of t…

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12. Rommel

2013-04-21 • ⭐ 5.0

Erwin Rommel has achieved almost legendary status as the German Field Marshall of World war Two? Mainly for his cunning in outwitting and outmanoeuvring his allied enemies he is n…

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13. Eisenhower

2013-04-30 • ⭐ 5.0

Ike's public image is frequently overshadowed by more attention-grabbing colleagues. Cases in point: General Patton, his World War 2 subordinate; and JFK, his successor as Preside…

Top Cast

Jonathan D. Mellor
Jonathan D. Mellor

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