• Premiered: Sep 2007
  • Episodes: 7
  • Followers: 18
  • Ended
  • PBS
  • at 20
  • Documentary History War

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Season 1
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A Necessary War
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Air date
Sep 23, 2007
December 1941-December 1942 After a haunting overview of the Second World War, an epoch of killing that engulfed the world from 1939 to 1945 and cost at least 50 million lives, the .. show full overview
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When Things Get Tough
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Sep 24, 2007
By January 1943, Americans have been at war for more than a year. The Germans, with their vast war machine, still occupy most of Western Europe, and the Allies have not yet been able to .. show full overview
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A Deadly Calling
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Sep 25, 2007
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.
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Pride of our Nation
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Air date
Sep 26, 2007
By June 1944, there are signs on both sides of the world that the tide of the war is turning. On June 6, 1944 — D-Day — in the European Theater, a million and a half Allied troops embark .. show full overview
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FUBAR
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Air date
Sep 30, 2007
By September 1944, in Europe at least, the Allies seem to be moving steadily toward victory. “Militarily,” General Dwight Eisenhower’s chief of staff tells the press, “this war is over.” .. show full overview
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The Ghost Front
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Oct 01, 2007
By December 1944, Americans have become weary of the war their young men have been fighting for three long years; the stream of newspaper headlines telling of new losses and telegrams .. show full overview
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A World Without War
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Oct 02, 2007
In the spring of 1945, although the numbers of dead and wounded have more than doubled since D-Day, the people of Mobile, Sacramento, Waterbury and Luverne understand all too well that .. show full overview

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