Wartime information, official
Why We Fight
The US government didn't just report the war — it explained it, in documentary series built by its own information units for troops and citizens alike.
1942 – 1945 · 5 stops · 4h 6m
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The first film in the government's own explanatory series, setting out the case.
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One chapter of the same series, covering an ally's fight before America's own entry.
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A companion piece, built to introduce one ally to an American audience.
- 4
The same explanatory instinct, worked instead into radio drama.
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The series' account of the country's own entry into the conflict.
