The War

Name: The War
Genre: Documentary, War & Politics, Crime
Released: 2007-09-23
Rating: 8.2
Cast: Keith David, Tom Hanks, Josh Lucas, Bobby Cannavale, Samuel L. Jackson

ENDED1 Season7 Episodes★ 8.2

The War is a documentary series on PBS that premiered in 2007, ending after 1 season and 7 episodes.

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NetworkPBS

First AiredSep 23, 2007

Last AiredOct 2, 2007

GenreDocumentary, War & Politics, Crime

LanguageEnglish

CountryUnited States

ProductionFlorentine Films, WETA

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.

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Cast

Keith David

Narrator (voice)

Tom Hanks

Narrator / Al McIntosh (voice)

Josh Lucas

Narrator (voice)

Bobby Cannavale

Narrator / Babe Ciarlo (voice)

Samuel L. Jackson

Narrator (voice)

Eli Wallach

Narrator (voice)

Robert Wahlberg

Narrator / James A. Fahey (voice)

Adam Arkin

Reader (voice)

Carolyn McCormick

Reader (voice)

Paul Fussell

Self

Quentin Aanenson

Self

Sascha Weinzheimer

Self

Seasons & Episodes1 season · 7 episodes

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Six years in the making, this epic 15-hour film focuses on the stories of citizens from four geographically distributed American towns - Waterbury, Connecticut; Mobile, Alabama; Sacramento, California; and the tiny farming town of Luverne, Minnesota. The four communities stand in for - and could represent - any town in the United States that went through the war's four devastating years. Individuals from each community take the viewer through their own personal and quite often harrowing journeys into war, painting vivid portraits of how the war dramatically altered their lives and those of their neighbors, as well as the country they helped to save for generations to come.

E1A Necessary War

Sep 23, 2007142m★ 8.2

December 1941 - December 1942: The tranquil lives of the citizens of Mobile, Alabama; Sacramento, California; Waterbury, Connecticut; and Luverne, Minnesota are shattered on December 7, 1941, as they, along with the rest of America, are thrust into the greatest cataclysm in history.

E2When Things Get Tough

Sep 24, 2007115m★ 7.8

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.

E3A Deadly Calling

Sep 25, 2007110m

November 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, and a risky landing at Anzio fails utterly. At home, as overcrowded "war towns" boom, economic transformation leads to confrontation and ugly racial violence.

E4Pride of Our Nation / A Volunteer Basis

Sep 26, 2007136m

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.

E5FUBAR

Sep 30, 2007124m

September 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 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.

E6The Ghost Front

Oct 1, 2007117m

December 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 Russians are 50 miles from Berlin. In the Pacific, after weeks of desperate fighting, Iwo Jima is secured, and American bombers begin a full-fledged air assault on Japan.

E7A World Without War

Oct 2, 2007125m★ 8.2

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.

About The War

The War is a documentary, war & politics, crime series on PBS. The show first aired on Sep 23, 2007 and currently has 1 season and 7 episodes. The War has ended. It has a rating of 8.2/10 based on 70 votes. The cast includes Keith David, Tom Hanks, Josh Lucas, Bobby Cannavale, Samuel L. Jackson.