World War II

My dad was a World War II vet. Like many others, he was traumatized by combat, and by a nine-month imprisonment in a German...

The show allows prominent historians to tell the story, while intercutting their descriptions with better-than-usual silent...

The state and local political machine was abusing its power and the people in McMinn County, Tennessee, so GIs did something...

Aaron Elster sat down to tell his story of escaping the Holocaust and his Army service in Korea. Forever.

For Marines fighting the Japanese on Iwo Jima, there was no better friend than the M4A3 Sherman Tank.

For 72 consecutive days, sea and air elements of one of the mightiest U.S. naval task forces in history bombarded Iwo Jima.

The USS Bismarck Sea was the only U.S. Navy ship named for the 1943 battle.

The Red Express provided the logistical lifeline to the Allies in Europe.

If it weren't for 12 escapees from a Japanese POW camp, Americans wouldn't know about the incident until after World War II.

The legendary actor John Wayne didn't serve in World War II, even when many of his contemporaries did.