Documentary TV-documentary ‘World War II with Tom Hanks’ (History Channel) with Takuma Melber

These days ‘World War II with Tom Hanks’ a 20-part documentary series aired globally. The documentary is narrated by famous actor Tom Hanks whose interest in the history of World War II is well known. Hanks did not only play the role of captain John H. Miller in the movie ‘Saving Private Ryan’ (1998) but was also the executive producer of the landmark WWII-trilogy ‘Band of Brothers’ (2001), ‘The Pacific’ (2010) and ‘Masters of the Air’ (2024).

For eighty years, the Second World War has remained the most devastating and defining conflict in human history. ‘World War II with Tom Hanks’ is a landmark documentary event that reexamines the war through the lens of a new century. Told over twenty hours and guided by Tom Hanks, whose lifelong passion for this history has shaped some of the most profound screen portrayals of the era, the series captures the full arc of the war — from the rise of fascism in Europe to the fall of Berlin, from Pearl Harbor to Hiroshima, and the uneasy peace that follows. Each episode uncovers new dimensions of the conflict: the decisions that shaped the battlefield, the unseen networks that sustained the war effort, and the aftershocks that still shape our world today. ‘World War II with Tom Hanks’ is the definitive retelling of that story for a new generation: a sweeping, deeply human portrait of how the modern world was forged in the fires of global war.