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World War II with Tom Hanks

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Date	Combined Rank	Apple Podcasts	Spotify	Pocket Casts	Castbox
Oct 21	#4	#3	#19	#3	#3
Oct 20	#5	#3	#19	#3	#3
Oct 19	#4	#3	#19	#3	#3
Oct 18	#5	#3	#19	#3	#3
Oct 17	#5	#4	#19	#3	#4
Oct 16	#4	#3	#19	#3	#3
Oct 15	#5	#3	#19	#3	#3

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About the show

For eighty years, the Second World War has remained the most devastating and defining conflict in human history. World War II with Tom Hanks 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.