• 2007
  • TV-14
  • 2h 4m
The War

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

  • 2007
  • TV-14
  • 2h 4m

The War

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Tom Hanks Keith David Katharine Phillips Paul Fussell

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Details

Genres : History War Documentary

Release date : Sep 22, 2007

Countries of origin : United States

Official sites : PBS

Language : English

Filming locations : Sacramento, California, USA

Production companies : Florentine Films WETA

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

Details

Genres : History War Documentary

Release date : Sep 22, 2007

Countries of origin : United States

Official sites : PBS

Language : English

Filming locations : Sacramento, California, USA

Production companies : Florentine Films WETA

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Episodes

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Episode 1 • Sep 22, 2007
A Necessary War
The tranquil lives of the citizens of Mobile, AL; Sacramento, CA; Waterbury,CT; and Luverne,MN are shattered on December 7, 1941, as they, along with the rest of America are thrust into the greatest cataclysm in history.
Episode 2 • Sep 23, 2007
When Things Get Tough
On daylight bombing missions American airmen gamble their lives against preposterous odds to bring the war to the heart of Hitler's domain.
Episode 3 • Sep 24, 2007
A Deadly Calling
In fall 1943, after almost two years of war, the American public is able to see for the first time the terrible toll the war is taking on its troops when Life publishes a photograph of the bodies of three GIs killed in action at Buna.
Episode 4 • Sep 25, 2007
Pride of Our Nation
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.
Episode 5 • Sep 29, 2007
Fubar
Victory in Europe seems imminent, but in Holland, the Vosges Mountains, and the Hurtgen Forest, GIs learn painful lessons as old as war itself--that generals make plans, plans go wrong and soldiers die. Meanwhile, on the island of Peleliu, the Marines fight one of the most brutal, and unnecessary, battles of the Pacific.
Episode 6 • Sep 30, 2007
The Ghost Front
After three years of fighting, bad news from the War Department seems endless; Hitler launches a counterattack in the Ardennes forest of Belgium and Luxembourg.
Episode 7 • Oct 01, 2007
A World Without War
Although the Nazis are on the verge of collapse, President Franklin D. Roosevelt warns Americans the war with Japan could rage on for years.

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