Tom Hanks documentary series concludes on World War II

The History Channel is airing the final episodes of the documentary series ‘World War II with Tom Hanks’. The 20-episode production is the result of over ten years of work and utilizes restored archival footage, records, and recovered historical audio to examine the conflict.

The concluding episodes focus on the development and use of the atomic bomb in the Pacific, which signaled a new era of destruction and changed the nature of future conflicts. The series also explores the aftermath of the Axis Powers' defeat, the beginning of the nuclear age, and the transition from cooperation to distrust between the United States and the Soviet Union.