US EditionNew ‘World War II with Tom Hanks’ Trailer Just Dropped
The 20-episode series covers battles, leaders, espionage, and the Holocaust, reaching 200 territories in 40 languages as part of the History Honors 250 campaign.
- Tom Hanks narrates a 20-episode World War II series premiering on May 25, on the History Channel, with over 20 hours of footage.
- Framed as a reexamination, the documentary's editorial aim is to uncover new dimensions of the conflict, including hidden wartime facets like espionage and codebreaking more than 80 years after WWII ended.
- Produced by Nutopia and A+E Factual Studios Group with Motion Entertainment, the series features executive producers Gary Goetzman and Pulitzer-Prize winning historian Jon Meacham, with The National WWII Museum, New Orleans, contributing and Claire Barrett serving as historian.
- The series spans global theaters from Stalingrad and Normandy to the Atlantic, Mediterranean, and Pacific, blending leaders' decisions with soldiers' and civilians' experiences, culminating in the atomic age and Cold War aftermath.
- Distributed across 200 territories and 40 languages, the series is part of the History Honors 250 campaign and the network released a trailer ahead of the premiere.
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New ‘World War II with Tom Hanks’ trailer just dropped
The History Channel is set to drop its whopping 20-part series over Memorial Day weekend.
Tom Hanks' WWII Documentary: History Channel's New Series Explores Global Conflict
Archyde The weight of World War II, a conflict that continues to shape global understanding, is set to be re-examined in a landmark documentary event. World War II with Tom Hanks,… You can read the full story here: Tom Hanks’ WWII Documentary: History Channel’s New Series Explores Global Conflict.
With rare archive material, moving contemporary witnesses and epic narratives, Hollywood star Tom Hanks wants to make history tangible.
History Channel announced the global premiere of the documentary series “World War II with Tom Hanks”, a major production of...
World War II with Tom Hanks to Premiere on HISTORY
The HISTORY Channel will premiere World War II with Tom Hanks on Monday, May 25 at 8 pm ET/PT, launching with three back-to-back episodes and kicking off a global rollout across 200 territories in 40 languages, reaching nearly 400 million households worldwide. The landmark 20-episode documentary series reexamines World War II through the lens of a new century, offering a deeply human portrait of how the modern world was forged in the fires of gl…
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