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THE WAR, a seven-part documentary series directed and produced by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick, explores the history and horror of the Second World War from an American perspective by following the fortunes of so-called ordinary men and women who become caught up in one of the greatest cataclysms in human history.
Preview Season 1 Episode 2 Length 00:30 Premiere: 09/23/07

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Season 1 Episodes

A World Without War

S1 E7 Length 2:07:27 Premiere Date 08/08/12

The Ghost Front

S1 E6 Length 1:59:26 Premiere Date 08/07/12

FUBAR

S1 E5 Length 2:06:58 Premiere Date 08/06/12

Pride of our Nation

S1 E4 Length 2:19:15 Premiere Date 08/05/12

A Deadly Calling

S1 E3 Length 1:52:42 Premiere Date 08/02/12

When Things Get Tough

S1 E2 Length 1:57:14 Premiere Date 08/01/12

A Necessary War

S1 E1 Length 2:24:51 Premiere Date 09/22/07

When Things Get Tough | Preview

Preview Length 00:30 Premiere Date 09/23/07

Mobile Shipyards

Clip Length 09:56 Premiere Date 09/22/07

African-Americans Troops Training

Clip Length 04:10 Premiere Date 09/22/07

The War Comes Home to Luverne

Clip Length 01:24 Premiere Date 09/22/07

D-Day in Luverne

Clip Length 05:10 Premiere Date 09/22/07

The Four Towns

Clip Length 11:00 Premiere Date 09/22/07

Wartown

Clip Length 12:43 Premiere Date 09/22/07

Rationing and Recycling

Clip Length 07:22 Premiere Date 09/22/07

Babe Ciarlo in Anzio

Clip Length 05:52 Premiere Date 09/22/07

That's War

Clip Length 01:26 Premiere Date 09/22/07

'Knew I'd Killed Men'

Clip Length 01:42 Premiere Date 09/22/07

Kinship

Clip Length 05:22 Premiere Date 09/22/07

Made into an enemy

Clip Length 07:14 Premiere Date 09/22/07

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