He went off to war an unknown soldier and returned a beloved national hero. Often dismissed as a "do-nothing" president and a good-natured bumbler, Dwight D. Eisenhower -- the last American president to be born in the 19th century -- was actually a skillful politician, a tough Cold War warrior, and one of America's most misunderstood and unappreciated presidents. Two-part documentary from American Experience.

Discover the untold stories of D-Day from the men, women and children who lived through German occup...

A Jewish boy separated from his family in the early days of WWII poses as a German orphan and is tak...

From May 10, 1940, France is living one of the worst tragedies of it history. In a few weeks, the co...

1945: The last days of the war. In a remote mountain hut, Anton, a deserted SS man, and Hannah, a Je...

A pig farm in Lety, South Bohemia would make an ideal monument to collaboration and indifference, sa...

A dying man in his forties recalls his childhood, his mother, the war and personal moments that tell...

Different factions in WWII-era Holland race to find a stash of Nazi gold.

A couple sets up an African game preserve, only to have British and Italian armies fight over the wa...

A young Catholic priest from Boston confronts bigotry, Nazism, and his own personal conflicts as he ...

Two people, a Frenchman and a Jewish German woman, meet on a train while escaping the German army en...

In Montauban in 1944, Julien Dandieu in a surgeon in the local hospital. Frightened by the German ar...

During the Battle of Sutjeska, partisan troops must endure 24 hours of big and heavy attacks on Germ...

Near the end of World War II, Gen. Dietrich von Choltitz receives orders to burn down Paris if it be...

The drama stars Beat Takeshi as General Hideki Tojo, who served as Prime Minister of Japan during Wo...

During the War of 1812 against Britain: General Andrew Jackson has only 1,200 men left to defend New...

A documentary focusing on American conscientious objectors during WWII.

In 1930s Italy, a wealthy Jewish family tries to maintain their privileged lifestyle, hosting friend...

In the German-occupied Paris, Helene is torn between the love for her boyfriend Jean, working for th...

Clark Gable stars in this propaganda short about the Officers Candidate School of the Army Air Force...

Produced by the Army Pictorial Service, Signal Corps, with the cooperation of the Army Air Forces an...