Great visuals, story delivers no surprises

Great story, amazing characters, superb action, enthralling cinematography. Yes, this is something I am glad I spent money on.

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

The history - particularly the political history - of WW2 has been a life-long interest of mine so it means something when I say that this is probably the single best general documentary of the period I know. I watched the first broadcasts as a teenager in the UK and was spellbound. So much so that when I finally watched episodes again, decades later in the era of YouTube, I found I could still predict some of the narration, which in parts boarders on the poetic - I strongly recommend the opening of the episode on the desert in this respect, but many other parts are just as good. As one might expect after more than forty years of historical research, some aspects must come over as dated, even to the general public. Notable in this respect is the role of the code-breakers at Bletchley Park and Arlington Hall in the Battle of the Atlantic and in the Pacific, which was still classified when the series was made. Nonetheless, for balance between political, military and social history the World at War cannot be beaten. Of course the series is Anglocentric, having been made primarily for a British audience at time before the word globalization had been coined. But put in the context of the early 1970's it was pretty impartial and remains great television. If you are at all interested in the period and have not yet seen this series then I'm jealous that you still have the pleasure of watching it for the first time.

I was only a teenager when this was shown in the 1970 but I was enthralled. Made less than 30 years after the war, there are many interviews with eyewitnesses, giving such compelling human stories and accounts. It follows the whole sequence of the war, rise of Hitler, rise of Japan and right through to the end. Narration by Laurence Olivier is compelling and film footage makes this series the definitive WWII documentary. If you like history this is as must see.

I remember watching this series with my Dad (RIP) back in the 1970s when it was being shown on television on PBS channel 57 (Springfield, Massachusetts). I was only seven or so, but, I remember how well it was organized into chapters; how crystal-clear most of the footage was; and, how well it was narrated and presented.Then...it disappeared from television as quickly as it appeared!?!? As an adult, I began searching for it on television, but, without any luck. So, I found and bought the entire series on Ebay. WOW! It was 'almost' exactly as I remembered it...only 'better' because I now have a better understanding of World War II.This "The World At War" DVD set is a MUST-OWN for all World War II buffs! It explains (what I didn't know before, and, never would have known) how painstakingly the research team plowed through thousands of old footage reels to find and choose what they needed to make each chapter as concise as possible; how the production team, frame-by-frame, cleaned-up and remastered this series back in the 1970s to look new; and, how every conceivable detail was paid attention to so that this World War II documentary was compiled, produced, and, presented in a State-of-the-Art, Class-A, Top-Shelf, unique, and, one-of-a-kind (even today) manner.I was so amazed at how I remembered this series as a child...since, it's just as good or better than it ever was; and, to me, no other World War II documentary series even comes close in depth or detail.I very easily give "The World At War" 10 stars! Thank you, Dad! :)

At the top of IMDb's TV show rating we have 'Planet Earth' and 'The Wire'. To get a score the show needs at least 5,000 votes. This show at the time of writing has just over 3,000...and a score of 96%.So, up in second place with 'The Wire'.This is a truly stunning piece of work. The footage and narration is outstanding and the interviews revealing.A must.Get a copy asap.Second only to 'Breaking Bad' in my opinion as the greatest TV series of all time.