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World War II: Total WarTotal War was not the cause of the Holocaust but it did provide a means for its execution. This episode will explore what role total war played in this genocide. How it enabled 'ordinary people' to take part in unfathomable horrors against innocent women, children and men under the cloak of war. How the administration of the war facilitated the enactment of a repugnant ideology.

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World War II: Total WarTotal War was not the cause of the Holocaust but it did provide a means for its execution. This episode will explore what role total war played in this genocide. How it enabled 'ordinary people' to take part in unfathomable horrors against innocent women, children and men under the cloak of war. How the administration of the war facilitated the enactment of a repugnant ideology.Restart available0Annihilation: The Destruction of European JewsThe trial of senior officials of the Third Reich begins before an international military tribunal in Nuremberg; 12 Nazis were sentenced to death and seven to prison terms.

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