i must have see this a dozen time over the year . i be about fifteen when i first saw it in b and w on the local pb station . i buy a dvd set for the child to see and and be make them watch it . they do not teach history in school and and this explain the most critical event of the 20th century . it expand their critical thinking . impartially and with the participant on all side explain in their own word what they do and why and it detail what lead up to the war and the actual war . buy it for your child and along with alistair cooke america . watch it with them and and make them understand . you will be so glad you do .