Season 1
(2008)
Overview
Six years in the making, this epic 15-hour film focuses on the stories of citizens from four geographically distributed American towns - Waterbury, Connecticut; Mobile, Alabama; Sacramento, California; and the tiny farming town of Luverne, Minnesota. The four communities stand in for - and could represent - any town in the United States that went through the war's four devastating years. Individuals from each community take the viewer through their own personal and quite often harrowing journey…
Cast
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as James A. Fahey (Voice)
as Babe Ciarlo (Voice)
as Al McIntosh (Voice)
as Self
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as Self - Marine Pilot
Episodes
A Necessary War 7.5
March 5, 2008
December 1941 - December 1942: The tranquil lives of the citizens of Mobile, Alabama; Sacramento, California; Waterbury…
When Things Get Tough 7.5
March 5, 2008
January 1943 - December 1943: Americans mobilize for total war at home and overseas. Factories hum around the clock, wh…
A Deadly Calling 7.5
March 12, 2008
November 1943 - June 1944: Americans are shocked by terrible losses on the Pacific atoll of Tarawa, while in Italy Alli…
Pride of Our Nation / A Volunteer Basis 7.5
March 12, 2008
June 1944 - August 1944: On June 6, 1944, D-Day, 1.5 million Allied troops take part in the greatest invasion in histor…
FUBAR 7.5
March 19, 2008
September 1944 - December 1944: Victory in Europe seems imminent, but in Holland, the Vosges Mountains, and the Hurtgen…
The Ghost Front 7.5
March 19, 2008
December 1944 - March 1945: Americans are shocked by Hitler's massive counterattack in the Ardennes forest - but by mid…
A World Without War 7.5
March 26, 2008
March 1945 - December 1945: A few weeks after the death of President Roosevelt shocks the country, Germany surrenders. …