Schedule

The War: A Long Tough Road

Spring 1945. In the Pacific, Americans fight on the island of Okinawa while kamikaze pilots wreak havoc on the fleet offshore. In Europe, allied forces rapidly push across Germany from the east and west, and American and British troops discover the true horrors of the Nazis' industrialised barbarism at Buchenwald, Dachau, Mauthausen and other concentration camps. Finally, on 8 May, with their country in ruins and their Fuhrer dead, the Germans surrender. A series by Ken Burns. Part 13 of 14.

The War: A World Without War

May to December 1945. In June, the battle on Okinawa ends yet Japan's rulers, despite the agony their people are enduring, resist unconditional surrender. On 6 August 1945, an American plane drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Two days later, Russia declares war against Japan. A second atomic bomb is dropped on Nagasaki and, finally, Japan surrenders. In the following months, hundreds of thousands of American servicemen and women return home. A series by Ken Burns. Part 14 of 14.

The Vietnam War: The Weight of Memory (March 1973-Onward)

While the Watergate scandal rivets Americans’ attention and forces President Nixon to resign, the Vietnamese continue to savage one another in a brutal civil war. When hundreds of thousands of North Vietnamese troops pour into the South, Saigon descends rapidly into chaos and collapses. For the next forty years, Americans and Vietnamese from all sides search for healing and reconciliation. A film by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick. Part 10 of 10.

America the Bountiful: Pheasants in South Dakota

Capri Cafaro joins a pheasant hunt and discovers South Dakotans’ love for the state bird. She also samples a famous pheasant sandwich that can trace its origins back to World War II.

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