Name: World War II with Tom Hanks
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Tom Hanks

For eighty years, the Second World War has remained the most devastating and defining conflict in history. 'World War II with Tom Hanks' re-examines the war through the lens of a new century.

World War II with Tom Hanks

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Others (Documentary), History • 2026 • 13

In Operation Torch, the first joint U.S.-British offensive of the war, thousands of inexperienced U.S. troops face off against the hardened German Afrika Korps and the infamous Field Marshall Erwin Rommel.

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As Hitler’s reach extends beyond Germany and darkness descends on Europe, his hateful rhetoric leads to anti-Jewish persecution and ultimately, genocide.

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After the attack on Pearl Harbor, Japanese forces sweep across Southeast Asia. On Guadalcanal, United States Marines are given the bloody task of stopping their relentless advance.

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The story of how America’s battle to control the seas against the terrifying German U-boats in the Atlantic and Japan’s fearsome Navy in the Pacific ultimately turns the tide of the war.

World War II with Tom Hanks Ep05

Japan escalates its war in China, drawing increasing US sanctions. Driven by resource shortages and military ideology, Japan attacks Pearl Harbor in a move that will reshape the course of World War II.

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Operation Barbarossa, Nazi Germany’s surprise invasion of the Soviet Union, launches on June 22, 1941. In what is the largest military operation in history, Hitler aims to capture their economic resources.

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After defeating Poland, Hitler looks west, planning an attack into France that will take advantage of a weak point in their defences. British Prime Minister Churchill scrambles to evacuate Allied troops.

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In September 1939, enabled by a secret pact between Adolf Hitler and Josef Stalin, Germany invades Poland with its lightning style of tank warfare, plunging Europe back into war.