Hitler has launched his invasion of Poland, and Byron and Natalie fight to find a way out of the country.
As all this is happening, Adolf Hitler (Gunter Meisner) is preparing to launch his invasion of Poland…which happens shortly after Byron and Natalie have arrived there. Meanwhile, one of his sons, Byron (Jan-Michael Vincent) takes up a job with Jewish historian Aaron Jastrow (John Houseman) and slowly starts to fall in love with his niece, Natalie (Ali MacGraw). In Part One, we are introduced to the Henry family, led by Naval Commander "Pug" Henry (Robert Mitchum) who finds himself and his wife (Polly Bergen) assigned to the American Embassy in Berlin as the episode opens. Here's a brief synopsis of what viewers will get to see in each of the seven episodes ( Warning: Moderate spoilers ahead!): Set in the years leading up to Pearl Harbor, The Winds of War follows the trials and tribulations of the fictional Henry family and chronicles the real-life events that led to America becoming a participant in World War II. But the grandest of all may have been The Winds of War, which many consider to be the best mini-series ever made for television. Their "Novels For Television" were grand affairs and gave us the likes of The Thorn Birds, North and South, and Amerika. In the 1980's, nobody did the mini-series better than ABC. These were not mere two-parters, but long, epic adventures with big Hollywood budgets that spanned a week or more of television time each evening.
A panoramic, engrossing story." - Atlantic Monthly "The depth of the detail Wouk brought to bear on his subjects was impressive" - Financial Times "Wouk is a matchless storyteller with a gift for characterization, an ear for convincing dialogue, and a masterful grasp of what was at stake in World War II.Once upon a time, the major networks used to invest a lot of time and money into multi-part movies for television.
"First-rate storytelling." - New York Times. Like no other books about the war, Wouk's spellbinding narrative captures the tide of global events - the drama, the romance, the heroism and the tragedy of World War II - as it immerses us in the lives of a single American family drawn into the very centre of the maelstrom. Herman Wouk's sweeping epic of World War II, which begins with THE WINDS OF WAR and continues in WAR AND REMEMBRANCE, stands as the crowning achievement of one of America's most celebrated storytellers. A masterpiece of historical fiction - the beginning of the classic story of America's Greatest Generation. Description for The Winds of War Paperback.
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