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  • Why We Fight (1942)
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    52 min | Documentary, War
Why We Fight (1942)
Not Rated
52 min | Documentary, War

The official World War II US Government film statement defining the various enemies of the Allies and why they must be fought.
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Updated May 13, 1942

Release date
May 27, 1942 (United States)

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40 cast members
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Victor Bulwer-Lytton
Self (archive footage) (as Lord Lytton) Self (archive footage) (as Lord Lytton)   See fewer
Kai-Shek Chiang
Self (archive footage) (as General Chaing Kai-Shek) Self (archive footage) (as General Chaing Kai-Shek)   See fewer
Walter Darré
Self (archive footage) (as Darré) Self (archive footage) (as Darré)   See fewer
Otto Dietrich
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Hans Frank
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Joseph Goebbels
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Hermann Göring
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Rudolf Hess
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Adolf Hitler
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Saburo Kurusu
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Robert Ley
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Yôsuke Matsuoka
Self (archive footage) (as Yosuke Matsuoka) Self (archive footage) (as Yosuke Matsuoka)   See fewer
Frank McCoy
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Benito Mussolini
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Puyi
Self (archive footage) (as Henry Pu-yi) Self (archive footage) (as Henry Pu-yi)   See fewer
Fritz Reinhardt
Self (archive footage) (as Reinhardt) Self (archive footage) (as Reinhardt)   See fewer
Alfred Rosenberg
Self (archive footage) (as Doctor Alfred Rosenberg) Self (archive footage) (as Doctor Alfred Rosenberg)   See fewer
Haile Selassie
Self (archive footage) (as Emperor Haile Selassie) Self (archive footage) (as Emperor Haile Selassie)   See fewer
Henry L. Stimson
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Julius Streicher
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Fritz Todt
Self (archive footage) (as Todt) Self (archive footage) (as Todt)   See fewer
Isoroku Yamamoto
Self (archive footage) (as Admiral Yamamoto) Self (archive footage) (as Admiral Yamamoto)   See fewer
Robert J. Anderson
Boy Donating Money for Japanese Children (uncredited) Boy Donating Money for Japanese Children (uncredited)   See fewer
Pietro Badoglio
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Aristide Briand
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Galeazzo Ciano
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Heinrich Himmler
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Hirohito
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Herbert Hoover
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Walter Huston
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Frank B. Kellogg
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Pierre Laval
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Erich Ludendorff
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Max Schmeling
German Paratrooper (archive footage) (uncredited) German Paratrooper (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Mamoru Shigemitsu
Self (unconfirmed) (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (unconfirmed) (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Paul von Hindenburg
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August von Mackensen
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Joachim von Ribbentrop
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Wendell Willkie
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