# World War II with Tom Hanks (2026)

> Tom Hanks presents a sweeping documentary tracing World War II from Germany's invasion of Poland through the atomic age.

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## Facts

- Seasons: 1
- Episodes: 20
- Episode runtime: 44 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: documentary, history
- Network: Sky History
- Cast: Tom Hanks
- TMDB rating: 8.3/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt40385200/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: moderate
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: moderate
- Tone: sober, reflective, serious, informative

## Synopsis

World War II with Tom Hanks (2026) is a US-produced history documentary series created for Sky History, presented on screen by Tom Hanks across twenty episodes of roughly forty-four minutes each. Hanks guides viewers through the full sweep of the conflict, beginning with Germany's invasion of Poland and carrying the story forward to the atomic age. Rather than following a single fictional protagonist, the series builds each episode around pivotal battles and the decisions of wartime leaders such as Winston Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt, weaving archival material and expert perspective into a clear chronological account. Its engine is the question of how a global conflict unfolded and why its choices mattered, and each episode moves through campaigns, strategy, and political decisions. The series is a single season, a completed run of twenty episodes that treats the war as a panorama of coalitions and clashing powers. Its register is sober and reflective, attentive to the human cost of total war as much as to the maps and military movements. Viewers searching for an accessible wwii documentary, a celebrity-hosted history show, or a broad overview of the Second World War will find this series a grounded, serious companion, in the vein of The World at War and Apocalypse: The Second World War.

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