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Pride of our Nation

Season 1 Episode 4 | 2hr 19m 15s

On June 6, 1944, D-Day, 1.5 million Allied troops take part in the greatest invasion in history, but then bog down in Norman hedgerows for weeks. Saipan proves the costliest Pacific battle to date, while back home dreaded telegrams for the War Department begin arriving at an inconceivable rate.

Aired: 08/04/12 | Expires: 09/24/20
Corporate funding is provided by General Motors, Anheuser-Busch, and Bank of America. Major funding is provided by Lilly Endowment, Inc.;PBS; National Endowment for the Humanities; CPB; The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations; The Pew Charitable Trusts; The Longaberger Foundation; and Park Foundation, Inc.
Extras
Joe Medicine Crow, the last war chief of the Crow Tribe of Montana is profiled in The War.
Germany and the Japanese surrender too and millions try to learn to live without war.
By mid March, 1945, they are across the Rhine, while Russians are 50 miles from Berlin.
Victory in Europe seems imminent.
Americans are shocked by losses on the Pacific and Allied forces are stalled.
Americans mobilize for total war at home and overseas
Watch a preview of Episode Seven: A World Without War, March 1945 - Dec. 1945.
Watch a preview of Episode Six: The Ghost Front, Dec. 1944 - March 1945.
Watch a preview of Episode Five: FUBAR, Sept. 1944 - Dec. 1944.
Watch a preview of Episode Four: Pride of Our Nation, June 1944 - Aug. 1944.
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  • The War Season 1
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President Johnson escalates the war while promising the public that victory is in sight.
Germany and the Japanese surrender too and millions try to learn to live without war.
By mid March, 1945, they are across the Rhine, while Russians are 50 miles from Berlin.
Victory in Europe seems imminent.
Americans are shocked by losses on the Pacific and Allied forces are stalled.
Americans mobilize for total war at home and overseas
The lives of Americans are changed forever on Dec. 7, 1941.