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The World at War
Season 1 · Episode 2
Distant War (September 1939–May 1940)
8.155mNovember 7, 1973
In Eastern Europe, the full force of the Nazi machine rolls on - but in Britain, an uneasy calm settles on the nation. It is the 'phoney' war, with the sound of distant guns thundering ominously on the horizon…
Episodes
- Episode 1A New Germany (1933–1939)
- Episode 2Distant War (September 1939–May 1940)
- Episode 3France Falls (May–June 1940)
- Episode 4Alone (May 1940–May 1941)
- Episode 5Barbarossa (June–December 1941)
- Episode 6Banzai! Japan (1931–1942)
- Episode 7On Our Way: U.S.A. (1939–1942)
- Episode 8The Desert: North Africa (1940–1943)