Name: World War II: Total War
Uploaded: 2019-10-25T22:44:28.000Z
Description: A closer look at the interwar years, which saw nations refine the methods of destruction on a larger scale during World War II.

A closer look at the interwar years, which saw nations refine the methods of destruction on a larger scale during World War II.

Total Content Digital - Combat War

The Second World War was the closest the world has come to a complete total war. But it was in the interwar years that nations honed the methods of destruction which were unleashed on a much wider scale in the Second World War. We look to wars in Manchuria, China, Abyssinia and Spain to see how each served as a 'terrible precedent,' revealing elements of total war that soon engulfed the globe.

A Terrible Precedent

Total War demands resources: economic, agricultural and industrial. It draws upon the labour and the morale of entire populations to meet its needs. When it became clear that strategies of appeasement would not prevent another world war, nations across the globe mobilised for total war. This episode examines and compares the extent of that mobilisation in countries in Europe, Asia and the Pacific.

Arsenal of Democracy

The Second World War shattered the boundaries between battlefield and home-front in much of the world. As nation after nation fell to advancing armies, their people and their resources were subsumed into the total war efforts of occupying forces. In this episode we examine the impact of occupation and the stories of those who fought to resist their occupiers.

Unprecedented, Unmerciful and Unrelenting

Civilians become defenders of targets of aerial warfare and the strategic bombing campaigns utilized in an attempt to end the war.

Fear of the Air

Total 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.

Rejoice in Life

The aftermath of World War II includes destruction, liberation, and millions dead or displaced.

World War II: Total War

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