Not dissimilar toThe Wire,Generation Killexcels as a visceral and honest depictionof its subject.

It is among the greatest stories of war in the 21st century that has ever been put to screen.

It has been renewed for two more seasons after emerging fromthe Emmys as a record-breaking success.

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Austin Butler and Nate Mann looking out the window of a place in Episode 9 of Masters of the Air

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Two American soldiers stand by a ruined brick building having a discussion in ‘The Liberator’ (2020).

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The cast of Vikings Season 1

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American soldiers run through an explosive war zone as bombs blast around them on a battleground in the Pacific in ‘The Pacific’ (2010).

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Two American soldiers and a journalist holding a camera stand in a street in Baghdad in ‘Generation Kill’ (2008).

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Two Roman soldiers stand alongside together in ‘Rome’ (2005-2007).

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Toranaga looking menacing in Shogun.

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The captain and crew of a German U-boat stand in the deck of the submarine, packed in tightly as they dive under water in ‘Das Boot’ (1984).

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Richard Winters (Damien Lewis) and Lewis Nixon (Ron Livingstone) sit together by a hill in ‘Band of Brothers’ (2001).

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