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(Change Layout)The War  
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Season 1
1 :01x01 - A Necessary War (December 1941-December 1942) (Sep/23/2007)
Sen. Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii) remembers the attack on Pearl Harbor (he was 17); Glenn Frazier, from Mobile, Ala., recalls the Bataan Death March; and Sid Phillips, also from Mobile, gives grunt's-eye-view of the battle for Guadalcanal. Also: a summary of the war and its costs (some 50 million lives); the internment of some 110,000 Japanese- Americans.
Director: Ken Burns
Writer: Ken Burns
 
2 :01x02 - When Things Get Tough (January 1943-December 1943) (Sep/24/2007)
The events of 1943, including U.S. forces engaging Rommel's panzer divisions in North Africa, where success eludes them until Patton takes command. Also: bombing raids over Europe; the Allied invasion of Sicily and southern Italy. On the home front, Mobile, Ala., experiences a population explosion; and women join the workforce.
Director: Ken Burns
Writer: Ken Burns
 
3 :01x03 - A Deadly Calling (November 1943-June 1944) (Sep/25/2007)
The November 1943 Army-Marine Corps assault on Tarawa in the Pacific and the reaction to color footage of the battle shown in the U.S. are recalled. Also: The drive north in Italy stalls at Monte Cassino, leading to a risky plan to land Allied forces behind enemy lines at Anzio. Back home, racial violence erupts in Mobile, Ala.; blacks train for combat, but generally are assigned to service posts; a policy reversal permits Japanese-American men, previously labeled “enemy aliens,” to volunteer.
Director: Ken Burns
Writer: Ken Burns
 
4 :01x04 - Pride of Our Nation (June 1944-August 1944) (Sep/26/2007)
The events of June 6, 1944 (D-Day), when Allied troops stormed the beaches of Normandy, are recalled by several veterans who took part. While the casualty toll is huge, the victory enables the Allies to push the Germans out of France. In the Pacific, the Marines face their bloodiest battle yet on Saipan, where even Japanese civilians seem to prefer death to surrender.
Director: Ken Burns
Writer: Ken Burns
 
5 :01x05 - FUBAR (September 1944-December 1944) (Sep/30/2007)
By September 1944, Allied success in Europe leads some to believe the war will soon end, but U.S. and British forces on the German border face a fuel shortage; a plan to drop airborne troops behind enemy lines goes awry; and the Battle of Hurtgen Forest results in many casualties. Also: The Japanese-American 442nd Regimental Combat Team endures brutal combat in the Vosges Mountains; and in the Pacific, the Battle of Peleliu rages and MacArthur returns to the Philippines.
Director: Ken Burns
Writer: Ken Burns
 
6 :01x06 - The Ghost Front (December 1944-March 1945) (Oct/01/2007)
On Dec. 16, 1944, the Nazis launch a counteroffensive in the Ardennes Forest in Belgium and Luxembourg. This Battle of the Bulge (as it came to be known) catches the Allies by surprise. By March 1945, however, the Allies have dropped more bombs on Germany than in the preceding three years; and ground troops cross the Rhine. In the Pacific, the Marines are locked in a ferocious battle with the Japanese on Iwo Jima.
Director: Ken Burns
Writer: Ken Burns
 
7 :01x07 - A World Without War (March 1945-September 1945) (Oct/02/2007)
The final months of World War II are chronicled, including the death of President Roosevelt; the discovery of Nazi concentration camps by U.S. and British troops; and the Germans' surrender on May 8, 1945. In the Pacific, however, the war drags on, with a fierce fight for the Japanese island of Okinawa; and the prospect of a years-long struggle for Japan itself. Everything changes in August, however, when the U.S. drops atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Director: Ken Burns
Writer: Ken Burns
 
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