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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 nor ordinary lives.

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The War
Previews
8 VIDEOS

A World Without War - Preview
0:30 Air Date 08/08/12

The Ghost Front - Preview
0:30 Air Date 08/07/12

FUBAR - Preview
0:30 Air Date 08/06/12

Pride of Our Nation - Preview
0:30 Air Date 08/05/12

A Deadly Calling - Preview
0:30 Air Date 08/02/12

When Things Get Tough - Preview
0:30 Air Date 08/01/12

A Necessary War - Preview
0:30 Air Date 07/31/12

PBS Previews “The War”
26:49 Air Date 07/31/12
Shorts
32 VIDEOS

Reluctant
1:11 Air Date 07/31/12

Adding Sound
1:51 Air Date 07/31/12

Chocolate Roast Beef
1:50 Air Date 07/31/12

Growing Up
2:12 Air Date 07/31/12

Intimidating
2:21 Air Date 07/31/12

Iwo Jima
11:23 Air Date 07/31/12

Joining Up
4:39 Air Date 07/31/12

The Holocaust
7:45 Air Date 07/31/12

What was it like
0:46 Air Date 07/31/12

Why “The War” will be remembered
2:32 Air Date 07/31/12

Wynton Marsalis on the film’s music
1:22 Air Date 07/31/12

The War: American Anthem
5:12 Air Date 09/23/07
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