The War 2007
The story of the Second World War through the personal accounts of a handful of men and women from four American towns. The war touched the lives of every family on every street in every town in America and demonstrated that in extraordinary times, there are no ordinary lives.
Episodes
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S1·E1 A Necessary WarDecember 1941 - December 1942: The tranquil lives of the citizens of Mobile, Alabama; Sacramento, California; Waterbury, Connecticut; and Luverne, Minnesota are…
S1·E2 When Things Get ToughJanuary 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…
S1·E3 A Deadly CallingNovember 1943 - June 1944: Americans are shocked by terrible losses on the Pacific atoll of Tarawa, while in Italy Allied forces are stalled for months at Monte Cassino,…
S1·E4 Pride of Our Nation / A Volunteer BasisJune 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…
S1·E5 FUBARSeptember 1944 - December 1944: Victory in Europe seems imminent, but in Holland, the Vosges Mountains, and the Hurtgen Forest, GIs learn painful lessons as old as war…
S1·E6 The Ghost FrontDecember 1944 - March 1945: Americans are shocked by Hitler's massive counterattack in the Ardennes forest - but by mid-March, 1945, they are across the Rhine, while the…
S1·E7 A World Without WarMarch 1945 - December 1945: A few weeks after the death of President Roosevelt shocks the country, Germany surrenders. Meanwhile, American sailors, soldiers and Marines…Cast
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Paul Fussell
Self
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Quentin Aanenson
Self
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Sascha Weinzheimer
Self
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Katharine Phillips
Self
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Olga Ciarlo
Self
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Robert Kashiwagi
Self
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Anne DeVico
Self
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Joe Medicine Crow
Self
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Sam Hynes
Self - Marine Pilot
Crew
- Director
- Ken Burns, Lynn Novick
- Producers
- Lynn Novick
- Executive Producers
- Ken Burns
- Editing
- Paul Barnes, Tricia Reidy, Erik Ewers
Details
- First air date
- Sep 23, 2007
- Last air date
- Oct 2, 2007
- Seasons
- 1
- Episodes
- 7
- Network
- PBS
- Status
- Ended
- Studios
- Florentine Films, WETA
- Country
- United States of America
- Language
- English
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