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Best War TV Series of the 1980s

125 War series that started in the 1980s, ranked by popularity

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125 series

Blackadder Goes Forth

★ 8.8
65K 6 1989–1989
British TV · War & military

Das Boot

★ 8.8
40K 3 1985–1985
War & military · Tense · Survival

'Allo 'Allo!

★ 8.4
29K 85 1982–1992
Sitcom · British TV · Slapstick

Tour of Duty

★ 8.3
6K 59 1987–1999
War & military · Gritty

The Winds of War

★ 8.1
5K 7 1983–1983
War & military · Event miniseries

China Beach

★ 8.2
4K 62 1988–1991
War & military

Heimat: A Chronicle of Germany

★ 8.7
4K 11 1984–1984
Family saga · Real history

War and Remembrance

★ 8.3
4K 12 1988–1989
War & military · Real history

The Blue and the Gray

★ 7.5
2K 3 1982–1982
Drama · History · War

A Town Like Alice

★ 8.3
1K 3 1981–1981
Drama · Romance · War

Tenko

★ 8.5
978 30 1981–1984
Drama · History · War

Fortunes of War

★ 7.7
963 7 1987–1987
Drama · War

Anzacs

★ 8.1
915 6 1985–1985
Drama · History · War

World War III

★ 6.6
876 2 1982–1982
Drama · Thriller · War

Raafat Al Haggan

★ 8.5
851 56 1988–1991
Drama · History · War

Piece of Cake

★ 8.1
837 6 1988–1988
Drama · War

Till We Meet Again

★ 6.9
747 3 1989–1989
Drama · Romance · War

Vietnam

★ 7.6
661 10 1987–1987
Drama · War

Napoleon and Josephine: A Love Story

★ 7.1
583 3 1987–1987
History · Romance · War

Bitva za Moskvu

★ 7.3
572 4 1985–1985
Drama · History · War

The Boat

★ 9.0
509 6 1987–1987
Drama · War

Wish Me Luck

★ 7.7
504 23 1987–1990
Drama · History · War

Mussolini and I

★ 6.3
502 4 1985–1985
Biography · Drama · War

Lincoln

★ 7.0
491 2 1988–1988
Drama · History · War
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