WWII from Space delivers World War II in a way you've never experienced it before. This HISTORY special uses an all-seeing CGI eye that offers a satellite view of the conflict, allowing you to experience it in a way that puts key events and tipping points in a global perspective. By re-creating groundbreaking moments that could never have been captured on camera, and by illustrating the importance of simultaneity and the hidden effects of crucial incidents, HISTORY presents the war's monumental moments in a never-before-seen context. And with new information brought to the forefront, you'll better understand how a nation ranked 19th in the world's militaries in 1939 emerged six years later as the planet's only atomic superpower.

How could a German Wehrmacht soldier become a celebrated soccer idol of the Britons in the post-war ...

During World War II, a tough officer organizes a commando raid into Germany.

The ever versatile Kazuki Kitamura stars as masterless samurai Kyutaro Madarame, a feared swordsman ...

Filmed in 1962 but not released in the US until 1966 (with 20 of its 108 minutes removed), Conquered...

The story of a resistance fighter in the Nazi era: Communist Hans Löning was arrested in 1933, impri...

The classic movie "The Great Escape" was based on a real life escape attempt during the second world...

A captivating and personal detective story that uncovers the truth behind the childhood of Michaël P...

The Toth family resides in Northern Hungary. The couple has a daughter and a son, the latter a membe...

In 1939, just finished the Spanish Civil War, Spanish republican photographer Francesc Boix escapes ...

Betrayed by an informant, Philippe Gerbier finds himself trapped in a torturous Nazi prison camp. Th...

This is the story of Kaori Kawabuchi, a samurai sword performer, singer and motion capture actor. An...

The NFL has staged 48 Super Bowls. Four photographers have taken pictures at every one of them. In K...

Tucson, Arizona, September 1996. At the request of his son Martin, George Goldsmith tells him of his...

The story of Auschwitz's twelfth Sonderkommando — one of the thirteen consecutive "Special Squads" o...

In the early days of daylight bombing raids over Germany, General Frank Savage must take command of ...

Australian filmmaker Sophia Turkiewicz investigates why her Polish mother abandoned her and uncovers...

On June 11th, 1997, Philippe Kahn created the first camera phone solution to share pictures instantl...

Documentary using archival footage, newsreels and contemporary interviews with women of the WW2 Aust...

When the Nazi high command learns in late 1943 that Winston Churchill will be spending time at a cou...

This war drama depicts the U.S. and Japanese forces in the naval Battle of Midway, which became a tu...