September 1st, 1939. Nazi Germany invades Poland. The campaign is fast, cruel and ruthless. In these circumstances, how is it that ordinary German soldiers suddenly became vicious killers, terrorizing the local population? Did everyone turn into something worse than wild animals? The true story of the first World War II offensive that marks in the history of infamy the beginning of a carnage and a historical tragedy.

France, 1914, during World War I. On Christmas Eve, an extraordinary event takes place in the bloody...

During the conflict in the former Yugoslavia many soldiers were convinced to kill fellow citizens in...

In 1940, the Royal Air Force fights a desperate battle against the might of the Luftwaffe for contro...
On the 8th September 1943, thousands of allied prisoners of war escaped into the Italian countryside...

Though both the historical and modern-day persecution of Armenians and other Christians is relativel...

A Nazi propaganda film about the lead up to World War II and Germany's success on the Western Front....

Island of Java, 1942, during World War II. British Major Jack Celliers arrives at a Japanese prison ...

The Crimean (Yalta) conference of the leaders of the three powers - allies in the Anti-Hitler coalit...

There were five Marines and one Navy Corpsman photographed raising the U.S. flag on Mt. Suribachi by...
In 1944 Rudolf Breslauer documented the everyday life in the Westerbork transit camp on film, commis...

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

World War II propaganda short which focuses on the dangers of inadvertent dispersal of military info...

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

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

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

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 ...

This feature documentary examines its own genre, which has often been called Canada's national art f...

Confronted with death, National Health Service founder Aneurin ‘Nye’ Bevan’s deepest memories lead h...

An account of the life and work of the Polish writer Stanisław Lem (1921-2006), a key figure in scie...