World War II With Tom Hanks
Reexamine the most devastating conflict in human history through the lens of a new century.
Explores WWII from Germany's invasion of Poland through the atomic age, examining pivotal battles, wartime leaders like Churchill and Roosevelt, and the human cost of total war.
- Language
- English
- Studio
- HISTORY
- Genres
- Historical
- Episodes
- 23
- Views
- 5.4M
Episodes on YouTube
- Clip 1 · The Dawn of the Nuclear Age
- Clip 2 · The Atomic Bomb Changes the Course of the War
- Clip 3 · The War in Europe Reaches a Climax
- Clip 4 · The Pacific Campaign Reaches a Fever Pitch
- Clip 5 · Resistance & Oppression in Nazi Occupied France
- Clip 6 · How Germany and Japan Took Different Paths to Defeat
- Clip 7 · The Jungle Battle That Changed the Pacific Campaign
- Clip 8 · The Allies Undertake Operation Overlord
- Clip 9 · Invasion of Northern Europe
- Clip 10 · The Weather is a HUGE Issue on D-Day
- Clip 11 · Ferocious Battle Over the Skies of Europe
- Clip 12 · Who Controls the Skies?
- Clip 13 · The End of Benito Mussolini
- Clip 14 · Hitler's Biggest Military Disaster
- Clip 15 · Codebreaking Turns the Tide Against Germany
- Clip 16 · Operation Torch Thrusts America into North African Combat
- Clip 17 · How Europe Descended Into the Holocaust
- Clip 18 · The Bloody Battle of Guadalcanal Begins
- Clip 19 · The Minutes that Changed World War II
- Clip 20 · The Attack on Pearl Harbor Changed Everything
- Clip 21 · Inside the Biggest Invasion in Human History
- Clip 22 · Churchill Defends Britain from the Blitz
- Clip 23 · Germany Invades Poland in 1939