D-Day Invasion
On June 6, 1944, D-Day in the European Theater, a million and a half Allied troops embark on one of the greatest invasions in history; the invasion of France.
'Knew I'd Killed Men'
Fighter pilot Quentin Aanenson recalls the first time he knew he'd "killed men."
The Four Towns
An introduction to the four towns featured in THE WAR – Mobile, Alabama; Sacramento, California; Waterbury, Connecticut; and Luverne, Minnesota.
Made into an enemy
In Sacramento, soon after Order 9066 was issued, hand-lettered signs went up all over town, saying “Japs must go.”
Making Of | Wynton Marsalis On Music
Wynton Marsalis talks about composing original music for “The War.”
The Holocaust
Ray Leopold, Burnett Miller, Dwain Luce and others discuss the horror of the Holocaust and how it haunts them still.
Making Of | 'What was it like?'
Ken Burns talks about his goal for the film, to discover, “What was it like?”
Iwo Jima
America needed to take Iwo Jima to secure a base for US Bombers. The Marines landed on Feb 15, 1945 and the fighting would last for nearly a month and cost the United States 6,821 lives.
Making Of | Adding Sound
The filmmakers talk about the process of adding sound to the silent archive video footage they had for “The War.”
Here Lie Three Americans
In the September 20, 1943 issue, LIFE magazine published the first image of dead American servicemen that American civilians had been allowed to see in the twenty-one months since Pearl Harbor.
Pearl Harbor: The Attack
Daniel Inouye was preparing to go to church with his family when the attack on Pearl Harbor began.
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