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How War Came

5.5/10
TMDB8 votes
Original: 8 min

An animated documentary describing the involvement of Japan, Italy and Nazi Germany as the aggressors and instigators of World War II.

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About How War Came

How War Came (1941) is a film in the animation genres. Directed by . The cast includes Raymond Gram Swing, Mel Blanc.

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Runtime
8 minutes
Status
Released
Production countries
United States of America
Production companies
Columbia Pictures
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5.5/10 from 8 TMDB votes. Ratings and reviews are supplied by TMDB. Reviews are attributed to their original authors.

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Well, I’ve seen a few “Janet and John” style depictions of just how the Second World War came about, but none quite so simplistic as this. Japan starts it all off with it’s invasion of Manchuria, then Italy invades Ethiopia and, finally, Hitler takes Austria and the Sudetenland - all with overwhelming force and little resistance either locally or internationally. Perhaps it was aimed at American children, as the…

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Well, I’ve seen a few “Janet and John” style depictions of just how the Second World War came about, but none quite so simplistic as this. Japan starts it all off with it’s invasion of Manchuria, then Italy invades Ethiopia and, finally, Hitler takes Austria and the Sudetenland - all with overwhelming force and little resistance either locally or internationally. Perhaps it was aimed at American children, as the animation is almost as rudimentary as the history, but if you’re looking for detail then you’re going to be disappointed.

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An animated documentary describing the involvement of Japan, Italy and Nazi Germany as the aggressors and instigators of World War II.

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Raymond Gram Swing, Mel Blanc. See the cast cards above for character names.

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