The War S01E02 · When Things Get Tough

Overview

January 1943 - December 1943: Americans mobilize for total war at home and overseas. Factories hum around the clock, while in North Africa and then Italy, inexperienced GIs learn how to fight. Meanwhile, in the skies over Europe, thousands of American airmen gamble their lives against preposterous odds on daylight bombing missions.

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1. 1 1. A Necessary War2007-09-23 · 2h 22mDecember 1941 - December 1942: The tranquil lives of the citizens of Mobile, Alabama; Sacramento, California; Waterbury, Connecticut; and Luverne, Minnesota are shattered on Decemb
2. 2 2. When Things Get Tough2007-09-24 · 1h 55mJanuary 1943 - December 1943: Americans mobilize for total war at home and overseas. Factories hum around the clock, while in North Africa and then Italy, inexperienced GIs learn h
3. 3 3. A Deadly Calling2007-09-25 · 1h 50mNovember 1943 - June 1944: Americans are shocked by terrible losses on the Pacific atoll of Tarawa, while in Italy Allied forces are stalled for months at Monte Cassino, and a risk
4. 4 4. Pride of Our Nation / A Volunteer Basis2007-09-26 · 2h 16mJune 1944 - August 1944: On June 6, 1944, D-Day, 1.5 million Allied troops take part in the greatest invasion in history, but then bog down in the Norman hedgerows for weeks. Saipa
5. 5 5. FUBAR2007-09-30 · 2h 4mSeptember 1944 - December 1944: Victory in Europe seems imminent, but in Holland, the Vosges Mountains, and the Hurtgen Forest, GIs learn painful lessons as old as war itself - tha
6. 6 6. The Ghost Front2007-10-01 · 1h 57mDecember 1944 - March 1945: Americans are shocked by Hitler's massive counterattack in the Ardennes forest - but by mid-March, 1945, they are across the Rhine, while the Russians a
7. 7 7. A World Without War2007-10-02 · 2h 5mMarch 1945 - December 1945: A few weeks after the death of President Roosevelt shocks the country, Germany surrenders. Meanwhile, American sailors, soldiers and Marines endure the