Countless photos, archive footage, historic facts and 5 IWO JIMA veterans have all come together in this authentic account of the Battle of IWO JIMA.

Operation Detachment was to last 5 days and secure the island of IWO JIMA with its airfields. IWO JIMA veterans vividly describe their experience...

Materiel losses during World War 2 were massive. According to one source, Germany produced a staggering 119,907 aircraft of all types and most were destroyed or damaged during the war. The United States lost 52,951 of their 95,000 aircraft in operations over Europe and the Pacific. The Soviet Uni...

What did GI's eat when they were away from mess halls in World War 2? The K-ration was introduced and improved as the war went on. Join us to find out what went in them, how they changed, what the men thought and enjoy a taste test - for better, and worse!

Meet Ships for Liberty, which were vital to supplying the allied effort in World War 2. In the same program, meet the men and women who built them, two Georgia shipyards where they were made, as well as the men who sailed and defended them.”

On August 9th 1945, the United States dropped a nuclear weapon on Nagasaki. After almost 80 years, few are aware of the strange events that led to Nagasaki - of all places - being chosen as a nuclear target. The reality is, the city was not chosen because of any real military significance of valu...

January 1945 - With his plane falling from the sky, navigator John Jenkins parachuted down onto Nazi Germany farmland.  He was alone in the cold with no food or water. With no immediate aid, his chances of escaping back to Ally territory appeared grim.  In this documentary, John retells the story...

Major Robert Henry Cain was the only man awarded the Victoria Cross during Operation Market Garden that survived the battle.

Cain reportedly destroyed 6 German tanks as well as a number of other vehicles and scores of infantry using any weapon system he could get his hands on and in this video ...

In this series Nose Art Stories (Episode 1), we will be looking at some of the best aircraft nose art from World War II and telling their incredible stories. In this first episode, we will cover "The Blond Angel", "Little Lady", "Big Dick", "In the Mood", and "Shoo Shoo Shoo Baby".

This award winning documentary short is based on the award winning book SHOT DOWN: The true story of pilot Howard Snyder and the crew of the B-17 Susan Ruth written by Steve Snyder. After being shot down by German fighters over occupied Belgium on February 8, 1944, Steve's father Howard was missi...

Amidst the closing stages of World War II, the Battle of Aachen unfolds as a critical urban showdown, where American forces clash with determined German defenders in the heart of the ancient city.

Made famous by the movie "A Bridge Too Far", the Market Garden operation took place in September, 1944. Join us to better understand the struggles of the men who made it to the farthest objective - the Bridge at Arnhem.

Chuck Yeager, the famous pilot broke the sound barrier, also was a hero in the second World War. Flying his P-51 Mustang, Glamorous Glenn, he downed an astounding five German Bf-109s in a single mission in October of 1944, making him an ace in a single day.

Douglas Bader was one of the most famous pilots of World War II, and what makes him even more incredible is that he lost both legs in a flying accident. Yet, after he was fitted with prosthetics, he flew Hawker Hurricanes and Spitfires and was one of the top RAF aces in the conflict.

This is the story of Jeremiah O'Keefe, the United States Corsair pilot in WWII who took down five Japanese Kamikaze bombers in a single day at the Battle of Okinawa.

This is the story of Henry E. Erwin, an American airmen on board a B-29 Superfortress when a phosphorous bomb detonated inside the aircraft. He would be awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor when he would save his entire crew from certain death.

This is the story of Erich Hartmann's battle against American and Soviet fighters in World War II, where he tricked American P-51 Mustangs and Yak Fighters into turning on each other.

This is the story of James Francis Edwards, the Canadian RAF Ace that flew the P-40 Kittyhawk in North Africa during World War II.