Introduction

War and Remembrance is an American miniseries based on the 1978 novel of the same name written by Herman Wouk.

The miniseries, which aired from 13 November 1988 to 14 May 1989, covers the period of World War II from the American entry into World War II immediately after Pearl Harbour in December 1941 to the day after the bombing of the Japanese city of Hiroshima.

It is the sequel to the 1983 miniseries The Winds of War, which was also based on one of Wouk’s novels.

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Outline

In the aftermath of the attack on Pearl Harbour, Victor “Pug” Henry is assigned the command of a Cruiser (the Task Force Flagship), his son Warren is assigned as a fighter pilot on an aircraft carrier, while son Byron is already serving as an officer on a submarine. Pug asks his wife Rhoda to reconsider her divorce plans, even though he knows about her affair with Palmer Kirby, but Pug also gets a message from Pamela Tudsbury that she wants to rekindle their relationship. Berel Jastrow is captured by the Nazis and taken to Auschwitz in Nazi occupied Poland. In Naples, Italy, Natalie Henry, her son Louis, and her Uncle Aaron Jastrow await evacuation from Europe aboard a refugee boat bound for Palestine. Werner Beck, a German diplomat and Aaron’s former student at Yale, convinces them to return to Siena.

War and Remembrance Series

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Production & Filming Details

• Release Date: 13 November 1988.
• Running time: 1620 minutes (total running time).
• Rating: 15.
• Country: US.
• Language: English.

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