The War
The War Episode Ratings Heatmap
| Avg | E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | E5 | E6 | E7 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | 8.6 | 8.6 | 8.5 | 8.6 | 8.7 | 8.6 | 8.6 | 8.8 |
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"World War Two remembered voice by voice"
Ken Burns's seven-part chronicle of the Second World War as lived by ordinary Americans, told through the memories of soldiers and families from four small towns. There's no grand strategic overview here; instead it moves town by town, year by year, letting firsthand testimony, letters, and period photographs carry the weight. The pace is deliberate and somber, built for sustained attention rather than binging. What makes it land is the intimacy: war reduced to individual fear, loss, and endurance rather than maps and generals, scored with a mournful, elegiac tone throughout.
the raw, unfiltered firsthand testimony from veterans and families who actually lived it.
you want tactical overviews of battles rather than personal, emotionally heavy storytelling.
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All Seasons
| Ep | Title | Rating | Yours | Votes | Runtime | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ▶ | 1 | A Necessary War | 8.6 | 282 | 143 min | |
| ▶ | 2 | When Things Get Tough | 8.5 | 237 | 115 min | |
| ▶ | 3 | A Deadly Calling | 8.6 | 220 | 111 min | |
| ▶ | 4 | Pride of Our Nation | 8.7 | 222 | 137 min | |
| ▶ | 5 | Fubar | 8.6 | 202 | 125 min | |
| ▶ | 6 | The Ghost Front | 8.6 | 195 | 118 min | |
| ▶ | 7 | A World Without War | 8.8 | 200 | 125 min |