History's Verdict

Season 12013

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.

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13 Episodes

E01 Stalin

Via stunning contemporary footage, freshly declassified discoveries, a brilliant script, insights from the greatest historians of the past seventy years and the unforgettable words of the dictator himself and the people who knew him best, we deliver History's Verdict on Stalin.

January 5, 2013

E02 Mussolini

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 his contemporaries and modern historians in equal measure. Myths that have allowed Il Duce to escape history's definitive verdict...until now.

January 12, 2013

E03 Hitler

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 words of the Fuhrer himself and those of his closest henchmen to deliver History's Verdict on Hitler.

January 19, 2013

E04 Churchill

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 gather an alliance, are explored. His defiant stand, at home and abroad, are central to his achievement, and his galvanising effect on his people and armed services is shown to be pivotal to British, and world, history

January 28, 2013

E05 Roosevelt

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

February 2, 2013

E06 Hirohito

Extraordinary images, brilliant writing, the latest declassified information, witnesses from among the greatest historians, and the hitherto unknown words of the Emperor himself deliver History's Verdict on Hirohito.

February 4, 2013

E07 Himmler

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 pride and code of honour? Writer Graham Birrell

February 9, 2013

E08 Montgomery

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 Great War. His campaign against the IRA in the 1920s, which gained him the respect of the Republicans he fought.

February 18, 2013

E09 Patton

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 about how the US Army should fight modern wars. Ideas he tested against reality in action in Mexico and the Great War.

March 1, 2013

E10 De Gaulle

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.

March 2, 2013

E11 MacArthur

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 the world.

March 10, 2013

E12 Rommel

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 now known as the desert fox.

April 21, 2013

E13 Eisenhower

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 President of the United States of America.

April 30, 2013

History's Verdict

E01 Stalin

E02 Mussolini

E03 Hitler

E04 Churchill

E05 Roosevelt

E06 Hirohito

E07 Himmler

E08 Montgomery

E09 Patton

E10 De Gaulle

E11 MacArthur

E12 Rommel

E13 Eisenhower

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E01 Stalin

E02 Mussolini

E03 Hitler

E04 Churchill

E05 Roosevelt

E06 Hirohito

E07 Himmler

E08 Montgomery

E09 Patton

E10 De Gaulle

E11 MacArthur

E12 Rommel

E13 Eisenhower