The War

2006 · M · History

THE WAR tells the story of WWII through the personal accounts of a handful of men and women from four American towns. The series explores the most intimate human dimensions of the greatest cataclysm in history–a worldwide catastrophe that touched the lives of every family on every street in every town in America.

Directed by: Ken Burns

Featuring: Samuel L. Jackson, Keith David, Tom Hanks, Josh Lucas, Bobby Cannavale, Eli Wallach, Adam Arkin, Robert Wahlberg, Carolyn McCormick, Paul Fussell, Quentin Aanenson, Sascha Weinzheimer, Katharine Phillips, Olga Ciarlo, Robert Kashiwagi, Anne DeVico & Joe Medicine Crow

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