When Things Get Tough

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The War
24th September 2007 1 hour 55 mins Season 1 Episode 2

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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Season 1 · Episode 3

A Deadly Calling

November 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 risky landing at Anzio fails utterly. At home, as overcrowded "war towns" boom, economic transformation leads to confrontation and ugly racial violence.
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01 Keith David profile Keith Davidas Narrator (voice) 02 Tom Hanks profile Tom Hanksas Narrator / Al McIntosh (voice) 03 Josh Lucas profile Josh Lucasas Narrator (voice) 04 Bobby Cannavale profile Bobby Cannavaleas Narrator / Babe Ciarlo (voice) 05 Samuel L. Jackson profile Samuel L. Jacksonas Narrator (voice) 06 Eli Wallach profile Eli Wallachas Narrator (voice) 07 Robert Wahlberg profile Robert Wahlbergas Narrator / James A. Fahey (voice) 08 Adam Arkin profile Adam Arkinas Reader (voice) 09 Carolyn McCormick profile Carolyn McCormickas Reader (voice) 10 Ken Burns profile Ken BurnsDirector 11 Lynn Novick profile Lynn NovickDirector
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