World on Fire 2019

The story of World War II told through the intertwining fates of ordinary people from all sides of this global conflict as they grapple with the effect of the war on their everyday lives.

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    Series 1

    2019

    7 episodes

    Season 1 of World on Fire premiered on September 29, 2019.

    Series 1 tells the story of the first year of the war, starting with the German invasion of Poland in September 1939 and ending with the Battle of Britain.

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    Series 2

    2023

    6 episodes

    Season 2 of World on Fire premiered on July 16, 2023.

    Series two takes viewers from the streets of Britain into occupied France, Nazi Germany, and to the sands of the North African desert, where British troops struggle alongside Indian Sappers and Australian Diggers to adapt to a very different kind of combat.