Century of Warfare

Genres - Historical Film, War  |   Sub-Genres - Military & War, Biography  |   Run Time - 60 min.  |   Countries - United States  |  
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Synopsis by Rose of Sharon Winter

This program chronicles the history of American involvement in warfare during the 20th century. Starting with the Spanish American War and ending with the Gulf War, the United States participated in a century of turmoil, marked by two world wars. Wars took a huge toll in lives and suffering in a steady course of conflict, punctuated by a few years of peace. This program evaluates the causes and costs of warfare in the last century. No price for the sake of freedom was ever more dear than that paid in World War II. This episode documents the Allied war effort in the Mediterranean fought against the fascist regime of Mussolini and his Italian army. The program presents personal accounts of soldiers who fought there, along with archival film footage and photographs.

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warfare, war, armed-forces, weapons, Allies, battle [war], Fascism, Italy, Mediterranean, world-war