
The story of the Second World War through the personal accounts of a handful of men and women from four American towns. The war touched the lives of every family on every street in every town in America and demonstrated that in extraordinary times, there are no ordinary lives.
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Air Date: 2007-09-23
December 1941 - December 1942: The tranquil lives of the citizens of Mobile, Alabama; Sacramento, California; Waterbu...
Air Date: 2007-09-24
January 1943 - December 1943: Americans mobilize for total war at home and overseas. Factories hum around the clock, ...
Air Date: 2007-09-25
November 1943 - June 1944: Americans are shocked by terrible losses on the Pacific atoll of Tarawa, while in Italy Al...
Air Date: 2007-09-26
June 1944 - August 1944: On June 6, 1944, D-Day, 1.5 million Allied troops take part in the greatest invasion in hist...
Air Date: 2007-09-30
September 1944 - December 1944: Victory in Europe seems imminent, but in Holland, the Vosges Mountains, and the Hurtg...
Air Date: 2007-10-01
December 1944 - March 1945: Americans are shocked by Hitler's massive counterattack in the Ardennes forest - but by m...
Air Date: 2007-10-02
March 1945 - December 1945: A few weeks after the death of President Roosevelt shocks the country, Germany surrenders...