The War

The story of the Second World War through the personal accounts of a handful of men and women from four American towns. The war touched the lives of every family on every street in every town in America and demonstrated that in extraordinary times, there are no ordinary lives.

• Ken BurnsDirector
• Lynn NovickDirector

• Keith DavidNarrator (voice)
• Tom HanksNarrator / Al McIntosh (voice)
• Josh LucasNarrator (voice)
• Bobby CannavaleNarrator / Babe Ciarlo (voice)
• Samuel L. JacksonNarrator (voice)
• Eli WallachNarrator (voice)
• Robert WahlbergNarrator / James A. Fahey (voice)
• Adam ArkinReader (voice)
• Carolyn McCormickReader (voice)
• Paul FussellSelf
• Quentin AanensonSelf
• Sascha WeinzheimerSelf