Tom Hanks Just Can’t Quit World War II (and It’s Keeping Him Up at Night)
Tom Hanks is set to narrate a new documentary series titled 'World War II With Tom Hanks', which will debut on Memorial Day. The 20-part series aims to provide a comprehensive view of the Second World War, covering significant events from 1939 to 1945. This project, co-executive produced by historian Jon Meacham, seeks to highlight the importance of remembering the war's lessons in today's context of rising far-right politics and Holocaust denial.
- ▪The documentary series will cover every major theater of World War II.
- ▪It is the first docuseries to take a global perspective on the war since 1974.
- ▪The series benefits from new footage and accounts that have emerged over the past 80 years.
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Tom Hanks on the set of World War II With Tom Hanks, co-created by the History Channel and the National World War II Museum in New Orleans A&E Television Networks LLC/Art Streiber Share on Facebook Share on X Google Preferred Share to Flipboard Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Send an Email Print the Article Post a Comment The Second World War is to the History Channel what hurricanes are to the Weather Channel and sharks are to Discovery. But on Memorial Day, the cable stalwart will debut a documentary series altogether more ambitious than any of the stand-alone History Channel WWII docs Tony Soprano used to binge.
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