The War

A seven-part series focusing on the many ways in which the Second World War impacted the lives of American families.

2008 HD 150min NR United States English

Tom Hanks Bobby Cannavale Josh Lucas Keith David Adam Arkin Robert Wahlberg Eli Wallach Carolyn McCormick Samuel L. Jackson Paul Fussell

Documentary History

miniseries history world war ii post world war ii

S1E2 - When Things Get Tough 2008-03-05

January 1943 - December 1943: Americans mobilize for total war at home and overseas. Factories hum around the clock, while in North Africa and then Italy, inexperienced GIs learn how to fight. Meanwhile, in the skies over Europe, thousands of American airmen gamble their lives against preposterous odds on daylight bombing missions.

S1E4 - Pride of Our Nation / A Volunteer Basis 2008-03-12

June 1944 - August 1944: On June 6, 1944, D-Day, 1.5 million Allied troops take part in the greatest invasion in history, but then bog down in the Norman hedgerows for weeks. Saipan proves the costliest Pacific battle to date, while back home dreaded telegrams from the War Department begin arriving at an inconceivable rate.

S1E7 - A World Without War 2008-03-26

March 1945 - December 1945: A few weeks after the death of President Roosevelt shocks the country, Germany surrenders. Meanwhile, American sailors, soldiers and Marines endure the worst battle of the Pacific - Okinawa. In August, American planes drop atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and the Japanese, too, surrender. Millions return home - to try to learn how to live in a world without war.

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