James Holland moves beyond the D-Day beaches to reassess the brutal 77-day Battle for Normandy that followed the invasion. Challenging some of the many myths that have grown up around this vital campaign, Holland argues that we have become too comfortable in our understanding of events, developing shorthand to tell this famous story that does great injustice to those that saw action in France across the summer of 1944.
The crew of a U.S. Navy ship in World War II goes into battle against the Japanese fleet.
Documentary about the female fighter pilots in the 588th Night Bomber Regiment of the Soviet Union. ...
American troops land unopposed on Italian beaches during World War II, but instead of pushing on to ...
Confronted with death, National Health Service founder Aneurin ‘Nye’ Bevan’s deepest memories lead h...
In North Africa, German Field Marshal Rommel and his troops have successfully fended off British for...
Major Reisman is "volunteered" to lead another mission using convicted army soldiers, sentenced to e...
August 1943, Europe. The tentacles of the German octopus have begun to recoil. As the Nazis retreat,...
It is the summer of 1941. An eastern-Finnish machine gun company receives an order to turn in their ...
A love story offering an intimate look inside the marriage of Winston and Clementine Churchill durin...
This powerful follow-up to “The Gathering Storm” follows Churchill from 1940 to 1945 as he guided hi...
Having been discharged from the Marines for a hayfever condition before ever seeing action, Woodrow ...
In an Arctic village in 1931, British mapmaker Walter Russell selects 12-year-old Eskimo Avik as his...
On October 24, 1940, Philippe Pétain met Adolf Hitler in Montoire and led the French into collaborat...
The Last Ring Home is a made-for-TV documentary that recounts the story of how a WWII hero's last wi...
In the spring of 1945, Japan established a secret base, Unit 731 in Manchuria, where many innocent C...
A by-the-book Captain is ordered to capture a strategic village in Italy. The Italian soldiers are w...
Captain Eric 'Winkle' Brown recounts his flying experiences, encounters with the Nazis and other adv...