The War TV Schedule
Find out what time The War is on TV tonight and this week at the UK TV Listings Guide.
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The War is scheduled to air at these times (may include spoilers):
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Thu 18
The Ghost Front - Winter 1944-1945 — The War
Hitler takes an enormous gamble as Nazi forces fight the war on two fronts, braving the worst winter in memory to tackle the Allies to the west in the Ardenne Forest of Belgium and Luxemburg as the Russian army gets closer to Berlin. In the Philippines thousands of prisoners starve while they await liberation at the Japanese Santo Tomas internment camp in Manila
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Thu 18
Terrible Choices: Winter - Spring 1945 — The War
The violence in the Pacific in early 1945, when Japanese soldiers were ordered to kill as many Americans as possible before their own deaths. Meanwhile, in Europe two armies headed for Berlin as hundreds of thousands of allied troops raced from the west, hoping to reach the German capital before Russia's Red Army advanced from the east
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Thu 18
The Ghost Front - Winter 1944-1945 — The War
Hitler takes an enormous gamble as Nazi forces fight the war on two fronts, braving the worst winter in memory to tackle the Allies to the west in the Ardenne Forest of Belgium and Luxemburg as the Russian army gets closer to Berlin. In the Philippines thousands of prisoners starve while they await liberation at the Japanese Santo Tomas internment camp in Manila
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Thu 18
Terrible Choices: Winter - Spring 1945 — The War
The violence in the Pacific in early 1945, when Japanese soldiers were ordered to kill as many Americans as possible before their own deaths. Meanwhile, in Europe two armies headed for Berlin as hundreds of thousands of allied troops raced from the west, hoping to reach the German capital before Russia's Red Army advanced from the east
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Fri 19
A Long, Tough Road - Spring 1945 — The War
The Allies discover the horrors of the Nazi concentration camps at Buchenwald, Dachau and Mauthausen-Gusen as they close in on Berlin, while Hitler realises the scale of his defeat and kills himself ahead of Germany's surrender. In the Pacific, kamikaze pilots wreak havoc on the US fleet sailing toward Japan as American forces battle to take the island of Okinawa
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Fri 19
A World Without War - May to December 1945 — The War
The final stages of the Second World War in the Far East as the Japanese rulers refused to concede defeat despite the agony of their people, culminating in the dropping of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. With the conflict finally at an end, hundreds of thousands of servicemen were able to return home - where they had to learn to live without the structures of military life
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Fri 19
A Long, Tough Road - Spring 1945 — The War
The Allies discover the horrors of the Nazi concentration camps at Buchenwald, Dachau and Mauthausen-Gusen as they close in on Berlin, while Hitler realises the scale of his defeat and kills himself ahead of Germany's surrender. In the Pacific, kamikaze pilots wreak havoc on the US fleet sailing toward Japan as American forces battle to take the island of Okinawa
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Fri 19
A World Without War - May to December 1945 — The War
The final stages of the Second World War in the Far East as the Japanese rulers refused to concede defeat despite the agony of their people, culminating in the dropping of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. With the conflict finally at an end, hundreds of thousands of servicemen were able to return home - where they had to learn to live without the structures of military life
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Fri 26
A Necessary War: December 1941 - December 1942 — The War
Ken Burns' documentary sin which the inhabitants of communities in Alabama, California, Connecticut and Minnesota recall the effects of the Second World War on their lives. It begins with the 12 months before the attack on Pearl Harbour, which belatedly brought their country into the conflict that cost the lives of more than 50 million people worldwide
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Fri 26
A Very Fearful Time: March 1942 - December 1942 — The War
Documentary examining how ordinary American citizens began to fear the worst when U-boats were found patrolling the United States' east coast and few encouraging reports came through from early combat zones overseas, before the country's navy finally started to halt Japan's expansion in the Pacific
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Fri 26
The Worst Is Yet to Come: January 1943 - June 1943 — The War
The documentary series examining the lives of four American communities during the Second World War continues, focusing on events that occurred one year after the US Army became involved in the conflict. Includes personal testaments and archive footage
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Fri 26
When Things Get Tough: July 1943 - December 1943 — The War
Recalling the American airmen who took on daylight bombing missions over the heart of Hitler's Germany, targeting the enemy in their homeland in spite of terrible odds of survival
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Fri 26
A Helluva War: November 1943 - February 1944 — The War
The tiny Pacific atoll of Tarawa was occupied by the Japanese during World War Two, but was invaded by US Marines in November 1943. The programme recalls how after three days of intense fighting, and at a terrible cost to human life, the island was finally secured by the Americans
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Fri 26
A Deadly Calling: January 1944 - June 1944 — The War
Examination of the Allied campaign in Italy during early 1944. Unable to break through Nazi lines, troops were stalled in the mountains below Rome during the long winter months and into the spring. Elsewhere too, the invasion was going badly, as the landing at Anzio ended in failure with thousands of soldiers exposed to enemy fire and penned in by German forces
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Fri 26
Pride of Our Nation - June 6 1944: D-Day — The War
Inhabitants of four American towns in Alabama, California, Connecticut and Minnesota recall the events of D-Day, in which more than 150,000 men landed on French soil to take part in the bloodiest conflict in US history since the Civil War
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Sat 27
A Volunteer Basis - June 1944 - August 1944 — The War
The Allies make slow progress through Europe during the summer of 1944, finding themselves bogged down in the Normandy countryside. In the Pacific, American forces on the island of Saipan fight their costliest battle to date, but the mood is buoyed by the eventual Nazi retreat and the liberation of Paris on August 25, ending four years of occupation
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Sat 27
Fubar - Autumn 1944 — The War
The plan to end the war in Europe by winter 1944 founders as Allied forces massed on the German border find themselves perilously short of fuel, leading commanders to take a risky gamble and parachute thousands of additional troops behind enemy lines. In the Pacific, General MacArthur heads one of the most brutal campaigns of the conflict while taking the island of Peleliu
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Sat 27
Life's Accidents - Autumn 1944 — The War
Examining General MacArthur's campaign to liberate the Philippines and his resultant popularity back home in America - which belied the scale of the bloodshed necessary for victory. The documentary also studies the US Army's losses in late autumn 1944, while trying to force its way through the heavily defended Hurtgen Forest and Vosges Mountains, which lie on Germany's eastern border
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Sat 27
The Ghost Front - Winter 1944-1945 — The War
Hitler takes an enormous gamble as Nazi forces fight the war on two fronts, braving the worst winter in memory to tackle the Allies to the west in the Ardenne Forest of Belgium and Luxemburg as the Russian army gets closer to Berlin. In the Philippines thousands of prisoners starve while they await liberation at the Japanese Santo Tomas internment camp in Manila
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Sat 27
Terrible Choices: Winter - Spring 1945 — The War
The violence in the Pacific in early 1945, when Japanese soldiers were ordered to kill as many Americans as possible before their own deaths. Meanwhile, in Europe two armies headed for Berlin as hundreds of thousands of allied troops raced from the west, hoping to reach the German capital before Russia's Red Army advanced from the east
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Sat 27
A Long, Tough Road - Spring 1945 — The War
The Allies discover the horrors of the Nazi concentration camps at Buchenwald, Dachau and Mauthausen-Gusen as they close in on Berlin, while Hitler realises the scale of his defeat and kills himself ahead of Germany's surrender. In the Pacific, kamikaze pilots wreak havoc on the US fleet sailing toward Japan as American forces battle to take the island of Okinawa
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Sat 27
A World Without War - May to December 1945 — The War
The final stages of the Second World War in the Far East as the Japanese rulers refused to concede defeat despite the agony of their people, culminating in the dropping of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. With the conflict finally at an end, hundreds of thousands of servicemen were able to return home - where they had to learn to live without the structures of military life
