Episode 3 - A Deadly Calling (November 1943 - June 1944) (2007)

Directed by

Lynn Novick, Ken Burns

Genre

documentary

Country

United States

Runtime

2h 04m

Rating

8.0 of 10 from 5 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary episode covers the American homefront and combat in 1943 and 1944. It shows how war production transformed cities but racial tensions led to riots. It also follows segregated African American and Japanese American units into battle, and depicts costly campaigns in the Pacific and Italy.

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