The Price of Empire. This landmark series tells the story of two monumental wars fought on opposite ends of the globe, often mislabeled as a single war: The Second World War. In just a few decades these brutal conflicts radically remade our world. Told in 13 episodes through the unparalleled resources of one of the world's great film archives, and brought to life by the testimony, recorded exclusively for the series, of more than fifty eyewitnesses to the war, this is the story of the greatest man made event in history.