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Production countries: United States
Origin countries: United States
Language: English
Spoken: English
Production: War Activities Committee of the Motion Pictures Industry, U.S. War Department
Budget: N/A
Revenue: N/A

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Production countries: United States
Origin countries: United States
Language: English
Spoken: English
Production: War Activities Committee of the Motion Pictures Industry, U.S. War Department
Budget: N/A
Revenue: N/A

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Why We Fight: Divide and Conquer

Released Documentary War

02 Jan, 1943 (US) 57min

Why We Fight: Divide and Conquer

Released Documentary War

02 Jan, 1943 (US) 57min

Directed by Anatole Litvak, Frank Capra

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

Directed by Anatole Litvak, Frank Capra

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: Prelude to War

6.7

27/05/1942

Why We Fight: The Nazis Strike

6.8

01/01/1943

Why We Fight: Divide and Conquer

7.1

02/01/1943

Why We Fight: The Battle of Britain

7.0

10/10/1943

Why We Fight: The Battle of Russia

7.1

13/11/1943

Why We Fight: The Battle of China

6.9

01/11/1944

War Comes to America

6.7

14/06/1945

Knox Manning

†

Narrator

76 yrs

Murray Alper

†

Bit Role

80 yrs

General Bergeret

Self - in Railway Carriage with Huntziger (archive footage)

Monte Blue

†

Bit Role

76 yrs

Karl Brandt

Self (with jubilant Hitler, to his right) (archive footage)

Maurice Brierre

†

Bit Role

74 yrs

Winston Churchill

†

Self - with de Gaulle and Giraud (archive footage)

90 yrs

Ann Codee

†

Bit Role

71 yrs

Richard Walther Darré

†

Self - Speech (archive footage)

58 yrs

Charles de Gaulle

†

Self - with Churchill and FDR (archive footage)

79 yrs

Walter Huston

†

Narrator

67 yrs

Why We Fight: Divide and Conquer

Why We Fight: Divide and Conquer

Where to watch

Why We Fight

Why We Fight: Prelude to War

Why We Fight: The Nazis Strike

Why We Fight: Divide and Conquer

Why We Fight: The Battle of Britain

Why We Fight: The Battle of Russia

Why We Fight: The Battle of China

War Comes to America

Cast & Crew

Knox Manning

Murray Alper

General Bergeret

Monte Blue

Karl Brandt

Maurice Brierre

Winston Churchill

Ann Codee

Richard Walther Darré

Charles de Gaulle

Walter Huston

Images

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