The Second World War was different from other wars in thousands of ways, one of which was the unparalleled scope of visual documents kept by the Axis and Allies of all their activities. As a result, this war is understood as much through written histories as it is through its powerful images. The Nazis were particularly thorough in documenting even the most abhorrent of the atrocities they were committing--in a surprising amount of color footage. "The World at War" was one of the first television documentaries that exploited these resources so completely, giving viewers an unbelievable visual guide to the greatest event in the 20th century. This is to say nothing of the excellent, comprehensible narrative.

Volume two of a five volume set. Title from container. Videodisc release of the 1973-1974 television production. Produced in cooperation with the Imperial War Museum. Volume three of a five volume set. Volume four of a five volume set. Volume five of a five volume set.

Desert-North Africa, 1940-1943 --Stalingrad, June 1942-Feb. 1943 -- Wolf pack-U-boats in the Atlantic, 1939-1944 -- Red star-The Soviet Union, 1941-1943 -- Whirlwind-Bombing Germany, Sept. 1939-1944 -- Tough old gut-Italy, Nov. 1942-June 1944 -- It's a lovely day tomorrow-Burma 1942-1944 -- Home fires-Britain, 1940-1944 -- Special features.