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Review: 'War' commands attention

How presumptuous of Ken Burns to think he could render World War II in a mere blip of a documentary, weighing in at just 15 hours.

Four hundred and seven thousand U.S. military deaths. Ninety-four divisions engaged in battle. One million pairs of boots on the beaches of Normandy alone. And every man, woman and child in the United States - 137 million - profoundly affected by two vast theaters...

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