Why We Fight: War Comes to America

  • 7 10
  • 1945
  • 64min
Why We Fight: War Comes to America
  • Original Title: Why We Fight: War Comes to America

The last episode in the Why We Fight saga focuses on the United States' decision to intervene in the resistance to the Nazis and the forging of the alliance that would defeat them.

Why We Fight: War Comes to America
Awards

AWARDS: Oscar for Best Documentary

Why We Fight: War Comes To America

War Comes to America is the seventh and final film of Frank Capra's Why We Fight World War II propaganda film series.

In the end, it was the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour (December 1941) that dragged the United States into the World War. 

To many Americans it was unclear why they, just as at the end of WW I, would again fight for European interests. This film looks back on how the United States got involved in the war.

All the episodes of the Why We Fight series:

Why We Fight : Prelude to War
Why We Fight: The Nazis Strike
Why We Fight: Divide and Conquer
Why We Fight: The Battle of Britain
Why We Fight: The Battle of Russia (Part One)
Why We Fight: The Battle Of Russia (Part Two)
Why We Fight: The Battle of China
Why We Fight: War Comes to America

Frank Capra
Frank Capra Director
Anatole Litvak
Anatole Litvak Director

Production Companies

United States War Department


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