The seventh of the series by Ken Burns tells several different stories: The Battle of Okinawa and the kamikaze planes that inflicted heavy loses on the Navy. The death of President Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman takes over. The Soviets begin the final assault on Berlin and the suicide of Adolph Hitler. The concentration camps are liberated with the Holocaust is made known to the world. Victory Europe Day is celebrated, but the war against Japan goes on. USS Indianapolis is sunk after delivering atomic bomb; only 300 of 1100 survive. 800 went into the water but sharks and hyperthermia claimed many. The bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The Japanese surrender and victory Japan Day. The return of the service men to civilian life. Some do better than others and shell shock leaves permanent scars. African Americans return to a segregated world. Japanese are freed from the holding centers. Civilian prisoners are freed in the Phillipines but many starve before the liberation. Prisoners in Japan are freed. Some were thought dead.
The War #1 A Necessary War
The War #2 When Things Get Tough
The War #3 A Deadly Calling
The War #4 Pride of Our Nation
The War #5 FUBAR
The War #6 The Ghost Front
The War #7 A World Without War
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