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The War
Behind the Scenes | Building the Sound of War
Every frame of archival combat footage in The War arrived without sound. After the picture was locked, the filmmakers spent more than a year building what they call their most sophisticated soundtrack ever, matching machine guns, German 88s and passing planes so viewers feel a fraction of what the soldiers experienced.
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1:28:19
President Johnson escalates the war while promising the public that victory is in sight.
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2:07:27
Germany and the Japanese surrender too and millions try to learn to live without war.
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1:59:26
By mid March, 1945, they are across the Rhine, while Russians are 50 miles from Berlin.
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On D-Day, 1.5 million Allied troops take part in the greatest invasion in history.
