"Only the soldier really lives the war." (Eric Sevareid)
It is hard to imagine the scope of a war that took 50 to 60 million lives including 400,000 Americans. It touched every corner of the globe. During the 1940's, everyone was affected by the Second World War.
Ken Burns studies the effects that "the greatest cataclysm in human history" had on residents of these four cities: Mobile, Alabama. Sacramento, California. Waterbury, Connecticut. Luverne, Minnesota. The series is an attempt to explain "the things men do in war and the things war does to men" (https://www.pbs.org/thewar/about_letter_from_producers.htm)
Resident expert Geoffrey Ward wrote the script for Ken Burns series The War and provides much of the commentary. The War series is divided into seven episodes:
Episode One: A Necessary War
Episode Two: When Things Get Tough
Episode Three: A Deadly Calling
Episode Four: Pride of Our Nation
Episode Five: FUBAR
Episode Six: The Ghost Front
Episode Seven: A World Without War
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