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The War
Behind the Scenes | Inside the Edit of 'The War'
Ken Burns and Lynn Novick set out to honor veterans by letting them bear witness to their own stories in the most direct and unsentimental way. Here, they and their editors show how a daunting volume of material was organized, cut and cut again, until what once ran longer became The War's 14 and a half hours.
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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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2:19:15
On D-Day, 1.5 million Allied troops take part in the greatest invasion in history.
