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Ken Burns' documentary sees the inhabitants of communities in Alabama, California, Connecticut and Minnesota recall the effects of the Second World War on their lives

How ordinary Americans began to fear the worst when U-boats were found patrolling the United States' east coast and few encouraging reports came through from overseas

The documentary series examining American communities during the Second World War continues, focusing on events that occurred one year after the US became involved in the conflict

Recalling the American airmen who took on daylight bombing missions over the heart of Hitler's Germany

Recalling how US Marines took the tiny Pacific atoll of Tarawa in November 1943 after three days of intense fighting - and at a terrible cost to human life

Examination of the Allied campaign in Italy during early 1944. Unable to break through Nazi lines, troops were stalled in the mountains below Rome during the long winter months

Servicemen from four American communities recall their experiences of D-Day, in which more than 150,000 men took part in the invasion of France

Documentary examining the events that inspired the 1963 film The Great Escape. Beginning with how prisoners built three tunnels and prepared 200 men for escape

Roger Bushell and the X Committee are left devastated when their tunnel is discovered and destroyed by ferrets but news of another successful escape spurs the team on