World War II With Tom Hanks

The Allies hope to quickly penetrate the Nazi Reich via Italy but instead endure a months-long slog with devastating results.

Operation Blue: the German Army fights to take Soviet oil fields and the city of Stalingrad—becoming one of the deadliest battles ever fought and a major turning point on the Eastern Front.

Behind the fierce frontline clashes of World War II, a hidden battle rages—one of espionage, deception and codebreaking. In rural England, a group of brilliant academics races to crack Germany’s seemingly unbreakable Enigma code, helping to change the course of the war. See more in this clip from World War II with Tom Hanks, Season 1, Episode 9, “Secrets and Lies.” Behind the fierce frontline clashes of World War II, a hidden battle rages—one of espionage, deception and codebreaking. In rural England, a group of brilliant academics races to crack Germany’s seemingly unbreakable Enigma code, helping to change the course of the war. See more in this clip from World War II with Tom Hanks, Season 1, Episode 9, “Secrets and Lies.”

In Operation Torch, the first joint U.S.-British offensive of the war, thousands of inexperienced U.S. troops—and their untested leader, Eisenhower—face off against the hardened German Afrika Korps and the infamous Field Marshall Erwin Rommel.

As Hitler’s influence extends beyond Germany and darkness descends across Europe, his hateful rhetoric fuels anti-Jewish persecution and, ultimately, genocide. See more in this clip from Season 1, Episode 7, “Darkness Falls.” New episodes Mondays at 8/7c.

The story of how America’s battle to control the seas against the terrifying German U-boats in the Atlantic and Japan’s fearsome Navy in the Pacific ultimately turns the tide of the war. See more in this clip from Season 1, Episode 5, "The War at Sea."

After toppling the Netherlands and Belgium, Nazi Germany pushes further west. The Allies scramble to support France as Churchill is forced to defend Britain from the skies and FDR rushes to mobilize wartime production. See more in this clip from Season 1, Episode 2, "Blitz." #WorldWarIIWithTomHanks

Japan escalates their war in China, drawing increasing US sanctions and widespread outrage. Driven by resource shortages and military ideology, Japan attacks Pearl Harbor in a move that will reshape the course of World War II. See more in this clip from Season 1, Episode 4, "Pearl Harbor."

The story of Operation Barbarossa, Hitler’s massive surprise invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941, the largest and costliest land offensive in human history. See more in this clip from Season 1, Episode 3, "Barbarossa."