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A World Without War

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.
Season 1 Episode 7 Length 2:07:27 Premiere: 8/8/12

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The War

About The War

The War is 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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A Necessary War

Premiered On: 09/23/2007

After Pearl Harbor, millions of men enlist in the armed forces. In the Philippines, American and Filipino forces retreat onto Bataan, and thousands are imprisoned in Manila. Japanese Americans on the West Coast are forced into internment camps, while German U-boats decimate Allied shipping off the East Coast. After the Battle of Midway, American land forces face the Japanese for the first time at Guadalcanal. Viewer discretion advised.

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When Things Get Tough

Premiered On: 09/24/2007

By January 1943, American troops are in North Africa, ready to battle Axis armies before invading southern Europe. Gen. George Patton assumes command, and American soldiers begin to beat back the Germans. In the U.S., workers flock to cities like Mobile and Waterbury, where factories run around the clock for the war effort, and more and more women enter the workforce. American airmen face preposterous odds on daylight bombing missions; Allied troops invade Sicily and southern Italy, where German resistance stiffens; and Allied leaders draw up plans for the invasion of France as Hitler strengthens his coastal defenses. Viewer discretion advised.

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A Deadly Calling

Premiered On: 09/25/2007

Seeing American combat casualties in the media for the first time strengthens public resolve to do what is necessary to end the war. Despite American victories, the Japanese empire still stretches 4,000 miles, and the Marines mount a frontal assault on the tiny Pacific atoll of Tarawa. Booming ?wartowns? experience social tensions; African Americans are admitted to the Marine Corps; and Japanese-American men, originally designated as ?enemy aliens,? are permitted to form a special combat unit. Allied forces are stalled for months in the mountains south of Rome, but finally liberate the city. Viewer discretion advised.

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Pride of Our Nation

Premiered On: 09/26/2007

On D-Day in the European theater, Allied troops embark on one of the greatest invasions in history. The Germans are in full retreat by mid-August 1944, and Paris is liberated on August 25. In the Pacific, the Marines fight the costliest battle to date on the island of Saipan. At home, War Department telegrams begin arriving at a rate inconceivable a year earlier. Viewer discretion advised.

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FUBAR

Premiered On: 09/30/2007

On the Western Front, a scheme to drop thousands of airborne troops behind enemy lines in Holland ends in disaster. American soldiers battle to survive in Germany's Hurtgen Forest, and the 442nd Regimental Combat Team is assigned to an overly ambitious general and decimated in brutal combat. Before MacArthur invades the Philippines at Leyte, the 1st Marine Division is ordered to take the nearby island of Peleliu. Internees at the Santo Tom?s camp in Manila thrill as American planes bomb Japanese ships, but months of bloody fighting lie ahead before the Philippine Islands can be liberated. Viewer discretion advised.

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Season 1 Episodes

A World Without War
S1 E7 Length 2:07:27 Premiere Date 8/8/12

The Ghost Front
S1 E6 Length 1:59:26 Premiere Date 8/7/12

FUBAR
S1 E5 Length 2:06:58 Premiere Date 8/6/12

Pride of our Nation
S1 E4 Length 2:19:15 Premiere Date 8/5/12

A Deadly Calling

S1 E3 Length 1:52:42 Premiere Date 8/2/12

When Things Get Tough
S1 E2 Length 1:57:14 Premiere Date 8/1/12

A Necessary War
S1 E1 Length 2:24:51 Premiere Date 9/22/07

A World Without War | Preview
Preview Length 00:30 Premiere Date 10/1/07

Mobile Shipyards
Clip Length 09:56 Premiere Date 9/22/07

African-Americans Troops Training
Clip Length 04:10 Premiere Date 9/22/07

The War Comes Home to Luverne
Clip Length 01:24 Premiere Date 9/22/07

D-Day in Luverne
Clip Length 05:10 Premiere Date 9/22/07

The Four Towns
Clip Length 11:00 Premiere Date 9/22/07

Wartown
Clip Length 12:43 Premiere Date 9/22/07

Rationing and Recycling
Clip Length 07:22 Premiere Date 9/22/07

Babe Ciarlo in Anzio
Clip Length 05:52 Premiere Date 9/22/07

That's War
Clip Length 01:26 Premiere Date 9/22/07

'Knew I'd Killed Men'
Clip Length 01:42 Premiere Date 9/22/07

Kinship
Clip Length 05:22 Premiere Date 9/22/07

Made into an enemy
Clip Length 07:14 Premiere Date 9/22/07

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