The War

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DVD cover.

TV series (2006)

Starring:
No Actor are seen as only pictures and movies of the first half of the XXth century are shown.
Commentaries are done by actors who could change from a country to another.

"The Second World War was fought in thousands of places, too many for any one accounting. This is the story of four american towns and how their citizens experienced that war." (from each episode's begining).

Please note this page is based on the european version, which is made of a 14 parts serie (14 x 52 mn). The original US one has only seven (7 x 90 mn).

Episode One

A Necessary War

Vought F4U-1D Corsair

Assembly line of Vought F4U Corsair.

Douglas A-20J

Stock of glass nozes for Douglas A-20J.

Aichi E13A1

Relief of a sunk Aichi E13A1, named Jake by the allies.

Nakajima B5N

Nakajima B5N

Archive footage of the take-off of the B5N ready to attack Pearl Harbor.

Consolidated PBY Catalina

Consolidated PBY Catalina after the air assault on Pearl Harbor.

Boeing F4B

Despite out of service in 1941, several planes were still used for instruction of mechanics.

Unidentified Aircraft

A japanese aricraft pulling up, probably a Aichi D3A Val or a Nakajima B5N.

Vought OS2U Kingfisher & Curtiss SOC-1 Seagull

Both are in the background; in the center for the Vought and on the right of the picture for the Curtiss.

File:TheWar1 21mn03 Pearl-Harbor.JPG

Consolidated PBY Catalina, Vought OS2U Kingfisher & Curtiss SOC-1 Seagull after the attack of the 7th december 1941.

Boeing B-17C Flying Fortress

One of the Fortress destroyed during the Pearl Harbor raid.

A C or E model of the B-17.

Boeing B-17C

Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 Sparviero

To explain how the War clashes, the Spanish Civil War is evocated.

File:TheWar1 28mn53 SM79-Spain.JPG

SM.79 Sparviero wearing the color of the Nationalist.

Unidentified Aircraft

Still to illustrate the civil war held between 1936 and 1939, a dogfight between two unidentified aircraft.

Junkers Ju-87B Stuka

What seems to be a scene from a german propaganda movie.

Unidentified Aircraft

Unidentified Aircraft

Unidentified Aircraft

As the narrator speaks about the Battle of Britain, an unknown aircraft tracked by spots.

Mitsubishi Ki-1-II Army Type 93-2

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Mitsubishi Ki-1-II Army Type 93-2

Kawasaki Ki-3

File:TheWar1 35mn55 Kawasaki-Ki-3.JPG

Kawasaki Ki-3

Unidentified Aircraft

Japanese air parade.

Kawanishi H6K

File:TheWar1 37mn34 Kawanishi-H6K.JPG

Kawanishi H6K named Mavis by the allies.

Mitsubishi A6M Zero

Mitsubishi Ki-51

Mitsubishi Ki-51 Type 99 Attacker or Sonia for the allies.

Lockheed P-38 Lightning

the wreck of a Lockheed P-38 Lightning.

Unidentified Aircraft

File:TheWar1 42mn13 JapDive.JPG

Probably Nakajima Ki-27.

Curtiss P-40 Warhawk

A Curtiss P-40 chasing a Mitsubishi A6M.

Nakajima Ki-84

Nakajima Ki-84 Hayate, alias Franck in the Allied reporting name.

Douglas TBD Devastator

Should be USAF Seversky P-35 but the longer engine's cowling makes think to the Douglas Devastator.

Grumman F4F Wildcat

A Wildcat under the snow, probably during a war bond campaign.

Episode Two

A Very Fearful Time (uncompleted analysis)

Junkers Ju-87B Stuka

Unidentified Aircraft

Not from a He 111, B-26, B-24

Heinkel He 111

Heinkel 111 G -or a later version- dropping bombs.

Douglas SBD-1 Dauntless

Episode Three

The Worst Is Yet To Come (uncompleted analysis)

Mitsubishi A6M Zero

Grumman F6F Hellcat

Grumman F4F Wildcat

Wildcats banking.

Lockheed P-38 Lightning

a pair of Lockheed P-38 Lightning.

a Lockheed P-38 Lightning dropping two bombs.

Junkers Ju-87B Stuka

Messerschmitt Me 210

North American B-25 C Mitchell

Supermarine Spitfire V

A Spitfire V with the specific Tropical filter.

Unidentified Aircraft

Boxes of allied twin engine bombers taking off.

Douglas DB-7 Boston

A RAF Boston.

Douglas A-20 Havoc

A USAAF Havoc.

Consolidated B-24 Liberator

Assembly line of the Pratt & Whitney R-1830 which powered the B-24.

Episode Four

When Things Get Tough

Consolidated B-24 Liberator

Assembly line of the B-24.

Assembly line of the B-24.

Boeing B-17 F Flying Fortress

Yo-yo 'It Always comes Back' a B-17 F (42-30375) of the 365th BS / 305th BG(H)

Short S.29 Stirling

Short S.29 Stirling of the RAF.

Short S.29 Stirling of the RAF.

Avro Lancaster

A Lancaster of the Royal Air Force with the underbelly H2S radar.

Messerschmitt Bf 109 E

Bf 109 E

Messerschmitt Bf 109 G

Messerschmitt Bf 109 F or G.

Bf 109 G

Bf 109G6-R2

Republic P-47D Thunderbolt

Focke-Wulfe Fw 190A

Messerschmitt Bf 110

The pilot of a Bf 110 photographed by its navigator.

Douglas A-20 Havoc

A picture probably taken in the same place than this seen in the first episode.

various aircrafts

From left to right, a Bell P-39 Airacobra , a Curtiss P-40 Warhawk, a North American B-25 Mitchell ? and a Curtiss-Wright C-46A Commando.

and now, we can see a Curtiss-Wright C-46A Commando, a Lockheed P-38 Lightning and a Consolidated B-24 Liberator.

Unidentified Aircraft

A small blimp during a war bond collect.

Fieseler Fi 156 C-3 Storch

Mussolini boarding the Fieseler Fi 156C-3/Trop, W.Nr.1268, SJ + LL

Fieseler Fi 156C-3/Trop, SJ + LL, taking off from the Gran Sasso.

Junkers Ju-52/3m

Mussolini unboarding from a Junkers Ju-52/3m on 15th september 1943.

Unidentified Aircraft

Perhaps A-36 Apache

Supermarine Spitfire Mk Vc

MX*P, a Spitfire Mk Vc from 307th FS, 31st FG.

Episode Five

A Helluva War

Unidentified Aircraft

Probably a japanese aircraft to illustrate fightings in Tarawa.

Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress

Unidentified Aircraft

A USN fires its AAA towards a japanese aircraft.

Episode Six

A deadly Calling

Junkers Ju-87B Stuka

North American B-25C/D Mitchell

North American T-6 Texan

Republic P-47B Thunderbolt

Republic P-47D Thunderbolt

P-47D of 65th FS,57th FG based at Alto, Corsica.

P-47D-15, march 1944.

Republic P-47N Thunderbolt

P-47N s/n 44-88335.

Messerschmitt Bf 109 G

Focke-Wulfe Fw 190A

Unidentified Aircraft

Probably a plane from the PT (Primary Training) category.

Unidentified Aircraft

Consolidated B-24 Liberator

Martin 187 Baltimore

Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress

Episode Seven

Pride Of Our Nation

Unidentified Aircraft

Baloons over a harbor where ships are uploaded for the forecoming D Day.

Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress

B-17F of 303rd BG, baptised Hell's angels, s/n 41-24577.

Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress

Airspeed AS.51 Horsa I

Line up of Airspeed Horsa the day before D-Day.

Airspeed Horsa tug by Douglas C-47.

Horsa crashed at Sainte-Marie-du-Mont, killing eight soldiers of the 82nd Airborne HQ.

Lockheed P-38 Lightning

Grumman TBF Avenger

Republic P-47B/C Thunderbolt & North American P-51 B/C Mustang

North American P-51 B/C Mustang

Douglas C-47 Skytrain

Waco CG-4A

Martin B-26 Marauder

Hawker Typhoon

Consolidated B-24 J Liberator

Short S.29 Stirling

Short Stirling tugging a Airspeed Horsa.

Unidentified Aircraft

During Overlord, some L-4, L-5 and a handfull of Auster were bring into the beaches on '1 1/2 tons' trucks with the dismantled wings put along the fuselage.

Episode Eight

A Volunteer Basis

Republic P-47C Thunderbolt

A picture which shall be better seen in Episode 14.

Heinkel HE 45

Gun camera during straffing what seems to be Heinkel HE 45 use for primary training or night harassment duties.

Hawker Typhoon

Douglas C-47 Skytrain

Same aircraft at landing, in front of a blimp.

Curtiss SB2C Helldiver

Grumman F6F Hellcat

One of the most famous crash landing occured to this Hellcat.

Unidentified Aircraft

Unidentified Aircraft

What could be a Kawanishi N1K2.

Mitsubishi A6M Zero

Unidentified Aircraft

A japanese twin engine aircraft.

Unidentified Aircraft

Another Kamikaze.

Nakajima B6N Tenzan

The same aircraft, seen too in Flying Leathernecks.

North American P-51 B/C Mustang

Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-R2

A Gustav variant with the R2 set (underwing gondola for 20mm canon).

Consolidated B-24 Liberator

Stream of Liberators.

Martin B-26 Marauder

Airspeed AS.51 Horsa I

Douglas SBD Dauntless

Episode Nine

FUBAR

Vought OS2U Kingfisher & Curtiss SOC-1 Seagull & Consolidated PBY Catalina

Ford airfield after the raid of 7th december 1941.

Waco CG-4A

Hadrian in two rows, bordered by C-47.

Consolidated B-24 Liberator

Unidentified Aircraft

Curtiss P-40 Warhawk

Movie poster of Flying Tigers, as the War is too a matter of spirit and moral.

Mitsubishi Ki-21-II

Mitsubishi Ki-21-II named Sally by the Allies, a footage already used in The Fighting Seabees.

Unidentified Aircraft

Probably a Nakajima B6N.

The same footage seen in episode 8, this time in full color.

Unidentified Aircraft

Could be a Mitsubishi J2M ?

Unidentified Aircraft

The first landing in at Iwo Jima : a TBF or F6F ?

Douglas C-47 Skytrain

Hawker Tempest

Armstrong Whitworth A.W.41 Albemarle

Armstrong Whitworth Albemarle.

Armstrong Whitworth Albemarle ready the night of 5 to 6 june 1944.

Airspeed AS.51 Horsa I

a Horsa at start, tug by an Albermale.

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See also

• The War at Wikipedia