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When Things Get Tough

The War

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Air Date: Mon, 24 Sept 2007

Average Rating: ⭐ 7.8 (5 votes)

PBS

Season 1 - Episode 2

When Things Get Tough

Average Rating: ⭐ 7.8 (5)

January 1943 - December 1943: Americans mobilize for total war at home and overseas. Factories hum around the clock, while in North Africa and then Italy, inexperienced GIs learn how to fight. Meanwhile, in the skies over Europe, thousands of American airmen gamble their lives against preposterous odds on daylight bombing missions.

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