After being freed from a Vietnamese war prison, French Lt. Col. Pierre Raspeguy is sent to help quell resistance forces in Algeria. With the help of the Capt. Esclavier, who has grown weary of war, and Capt. Boisfeuras, who lives for it, Raspeguy attempts to convert a rugged band of soldiers into a formidable fighting unit, with the promise of marrying a beautiful countess if he's made a general.
From May 10, 1940, France is living one of the worst tragedies of it history. In a few weeks, the co...
Two generals prepare for battle at the Plains of Abraham.
Historians, veterans, politicians, and anti-war leaders discuss the history of the military draft in...
When the Dutch initiates an aggression against Indonesia to regain its rule post World War II, a gro...
In 1973 Alister Barry joined the crew of a protest boat (The Fri) to Mururoa Atoll, where the French...
The 'mighty' Hood was the pride of the British Navy for more than 20 years, revered around the world...
How did the USSR - a country considered a second-rate industrial power, economically inferior to Ger...
Nicknamed the "Harlem Hellfighters", these African-Americans wanted to become ordinary citizens like...
Four hard-hitting stores, from the deadliest period in U.S. Army Aviation, since Vietnam. Actual foo...
Skip Liberty enlisted in the Army in 1968. During his tour in Vietnam he shot 3,100 feet of Super 8 ...
Travelling the Western Front, grave to grave, former All Black Andrew Mehrtens shares the story of t...
Guy Martin undertakes a challenge to restore a plane from the Second World War, and recreate a parac...
Mike Brewer sets off on a journey of discovery to find out the story of one of the most remarkable a...
Explore the events of the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis and hear from some of the actual participants in...
Two well-known Quebec artists (filmmaker Jacques Godbout and playwright René-Daniel Dubois) look at ...
A documentary about army cooks and how the everyday needs of thousands of armed stomachs affect the ...
Guy Martin honours the Lancaster bomber crews of World War II, as he tries out several onboard roles...