The War
This 14-part series by Ken Burns brings an intimate, human perspective to the story of the Second World War through the personal accounts of a handful and men and women from four American towns.
This 14-part series by Ken Burns brings an intimate, human perspective to the story of the Second World War through the personal accounts of a handful and men and women from four American towns.
Ken Burns' epic look at America during WWII begins with the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
On the east coast, German U-boats menace Allied shipping just offshore. The United States seems unprepared for this...
American troops land in North Africa and test themselves for the first time against the German and Italian armies.
Allied forces invade Sicily, but as they advance northward, they are met with bad weather and challenging terrain.
In November 1943, US Marines capture the tiny Pacific atoll of Tarawa, but at a terrible cost.
African-Americans, incensed at the segregation of the armed forces, put pressure on the military to make some...
On June 6, 1944 - D Day - a million and a half Allied troops embark on the invasion of France.
In late July, Allied forces break out of the hedgerows in Normandy, and by mid-August, the Germans are in full...
On the Western Front, American and British troops massed on the German border are desperately short of fuel, having...
In the late fall of 1944 American soldiers suffer terrible losses when they are ordered into the forbidding and...
In Europe, the allies are totally unprepared for Hitler's massive counterattack in the Ardennes Forest of Belgium...
On the volcanic island of Iwo Jima, U.S. Marines face 21,000 Japanese defenders who, without reinforcement, have...
Allied forces rapidly push across Germany from the East and West, and American and British troops discover the true...