i watch this series when it first come out in the 70 . i be 14 year old and i watch it at my best friend house a my dad do not want to watch it . it become a weekly ritual every sunday and and a anyone will tell you for two fourteen year old to watch a documentary in almost reverential silence must mean that this be something special . the broad sweep of the event of world war 2 make for a difficult subject to document . so the maker break it down into what they consider to be the most significant key happening and devote one episode to each . some episode cover long period such a wolf pack which cover nearly all six year of the battle of the atlantic . while the battle of stalingrad have one episode to itself . this documentary could not be make today quite simply because most of those interview be dead . the list of significant player appear give an amazing insight into the thinking at the time . anthony eden the foreign secretary and carl donnitz and head of the u boat and albert speer and pet architect confident and later armament minister for hitler . in one of the late episodes we see traudl junge and hitler secretary and who be with him in the bunker and it be to her that he dictate his last will and testament she leave the bunker after hitler suicide and escape through the russian line . these and many others play a major role in the realism of the event portray . if i have any criticism of the series it be that the code breaker of bletchly park be not include but the revelation of their part in the war only emerge after the series have be make so i can not blame the programme maker . the opening title and music be magnificent and and lawrence olivier narration lend a natural gravity to the script . the best documentary series ever make . without doubt . unmissable .