Ken Burns and Lynn Novick's The War is a seven-part documentary series that explores the history and horror of the Second World War from an American perspective. It follows the fortunes of "ordinary men and women" who become caught up in one of the greatest cataclysms in human history. Tune in or stream the first two episodes starting at 7:00 p.m. tomorrow (7/29). | PBS SoCal

In conjunction with the 100th anniversary of America’s entry into the war on April 6, 1917, The Great War explores how World War I changed America and the world. Drawing on the latest scholarship, including unpublished diaries, memoirs and letters, The Great War tells the rich and complex story of the conflict through the voices of nurses, journalists, aviators and the American troops who came to be known as “doughboys.” Saturdays at 9:30pm AEDT from November 11 until November 25 only on HISTORY