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Why We Fight Movies Online Streaming Guide

Frank Capra’s WWII Propaganda Films.

  • Prelude to War

    May 27, 1942

    Prelude to War was the first film of Frank Capra’s Why We Fight propaganda film series, commissioned by the Pentagon and George C. Marshall. It was made to convince American troops of the necessity of combating the Axis Powers during World War II. This film examines the differences between democratic and fascist states.

  • Why We Fight: The Nazis Strike

    January 1, 1943

    The second film of Frank Capra’s Why We Fight propaganda film series. It introduces Germany as a nation whose aggressive ambitions began in 1863 with Otto von Bismarck and the Nazis as its latest incarnation.

  • Why We Fight: Divide and Conquer

    January 2, 1943

    The third film of Frank Capra’s ‘Why We Fight” propaganda film series, dealing with the Nazi conquest of Western Europe in 1940.

  • Why We Fight: The Battle of Britain

    October 10, 1943

    The fourth of Frank Capra’s Why We Fight series of seven propaganda films, which made the case for fighting and winning the Second World War. It was released in 1943 and concentrated on the German bombardment of the United Kingdom in anticipation of Operation Sea Lion, the planned German invasion.

  • Why We Fight: The Battle of Russia

    November 13, 1943

    The fifth film of Frank Capra’s Why We Fight propaganda film series, revealing the nature and process of the fight between the Soviet Union and Germany in the Second World War.

  • Why We Fight: The Battle of China

    November 1, 1944

    The sixth film of Frank Capra’s Why We Fight propaganda film series illustrates Japan’s occupation of China, including Madame Chiang Kai-Shek’s stirring address before congress, the rape of Nanking, the great 2,000 mile migration, and Claire Chennault’s Flying Tigers.

  • War Comes to America

    June 14, 1945

    The seventh and final film of Frank Capra’s Why We Fight World War II propaganda film series. This entry attempts to describe the factors leading up to America’s entry into the Second World War.

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