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The War
Behind the Scenes | Why Ken Burns Made 'The War'
After the success of The Civil War, Ken Burns was reluctant to make another war film and risk being typecast. But calls kept coming from families of veterans who were just beginning to talk, or who had died leaving letters behind, and from men who had landed at Omaha Beach. Their stories wore down his resolve and led to The War.
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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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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.
