The Color of War
The Color of War
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The Color of War

2001
1 season
17 episodes
DocumentaryWar & Politics

A series featuring actual color footage of World War II.

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A series featuring actual color footage of World War II.

  • Into the Breach

    1.Into the Breach

    11-11-200145m
  • Face to Face

    2.Face to Face

    18-11-200145m

    Five out of every six men serving in WWII never saw combat, serving instead in the vast support services. But the men who were at the front lived through some of the greatest horro...

  • Air War

    3.Air War

    25-11-200145m

    Of all the assignments a serviceman might find himself undertaking in WWII, flying seemed to offer the greatest promise of glory. What was not initially apparent was that flying wo...

  • Battleground

    4.Battleground

    02-12-200145m

    A WWII infantryman was engaged in combat for an hour each day on average, but he fought the environment around the clock, from the Arctic Circle to desert sands and fetid jungles.

  • At Ease

    5.At Ease

    09-12-200145m

    WWII veterans describe their brief interludes of "everyday" life while at the front, with intimate films from archives and personal collections illustrating their treasured wartime...

  • Anchors Aweigh

    6.Anchors Aweigh

    16-12-200145m

    For the sailors who fought in World War II, combat at sea differed radically from any previous conflict. The jobs they performed were far more complex and technically more demandin...

  • Why We Fight

    7.Why We Fight

    23-12-200145m
  • Fueling the Fire

    8.Fueling the Fire

    16-12-200145m
  • Silent and Deep

    9.Silent and Deep

    06-01-200245m

    As WWII raged across Europe and the Pacific, one branch of the U.S. military went quietly about its business, moving with such secrecy that it was dubbed the "Silent Service". The...

  • Homefront

    10.Homefront

    16-12-200145m

    The millions of combatants in the various armed services of WWII bore the brunt of the devastating war, but the civilian populations of the countries involved also endured their sh...

  • The Price of War

    11.The Price of War

    20-01-200245m

    Even as WWII raged on, another, more desperate, battle was being waged just behind the front lines...a battle to save lives. The victories and losses of this crusade are the storie...

  • Victory

    12.Victory

    27-01-200245m

    For Allied servicemen, the last year of WWII proved the most difficult. Though victory was nearly assured, some of the roughest battles lay ahead. These men desperately wanted to r...

  • Aftermath

    13.Aftermath

    10-02-200245m

    After the unconditional surrender of Germany and Japan in 1945, the U.S. emerged as leader of the free world. In the aftermath of the war, U.S. servicemen faced daunting new respon...

  • Man and Machine

    14.Man and Machine

    10-02-200245m

    WWII was the first fully mechanized war--with soldiers in tanks and other armored vehicles pounding across a lethal, modern battlefield. But the very importance of these vehicles t...

  • Clearing the Way

    15.Clearing the Way

    20-01-200245m

    WWII's unsung heroes, combat engineers paved the way to victory in every theater of operations. From Navy Seabees who built airfields on remote coral outcroppings in the Pacific, t...

  • Covering War

    16.Covering War

    24-01-200245m
  • Dressed to Kill

    17.Dressed to Kill

    02-03-200245m

    Continuing the epic journey into the depths of WWII, our award-winning all-color series returns to recount stories unearthed from archives and personal collections of the "Grea...

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