Basic Info
First Air: September 23, 2007
Rating: ⭐ 8.0/10 (62 votes)
Status: Ended
Seasons & Episodes
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 7
Last Episode
Name: A World Without War
Season: 1, Episode: 7
Air Date: 2007-10-02
Runtime: 125 min
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.
The War
2007
1 seasons
7 episodes
⭐ 8.0/10
62 votes
Overview
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.
Genres
Documentary
War & Politics
Crime
Production Countries
- United States of America
Spoken Languages
- English en
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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
Crew
Ken Burns
Executive Producer
Lynn Novick
Producer
Ken Burns
Director
Lynn Novick
Director
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