Originally titled The War when first released in May 1943, it was renamed after ten episodes.
A total of fifty issues were produced[2] until early 1946 by the Army Signal Corps[citation needed] under the supervision of director Frank Capra.
[2] The Private Snafu series was designated classified and were produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions/Warner Bros. Cartoons,[3][4] UPA,[5] MGM, and Harman-Ising Studio.
An eyewitness account by Jesuit priest Father John Seimes, who had been on the outskirts of Hiroshima, was included.
The short film was produced in 1946 by the United States War Department as issue number 74 of the series.