
Explore the universal drama of war: why leaders and soldiers pick up arms to fight, the technologies that have determined outcomes, the tragedies and triumphs of history’s great battles.
Scores of Canadian soldiers fall in a failed raid on a German port.
A small French force defends against the invading Italian army; the French government retreats to Bordeaux and the Germans take Paris.
Exploring one of the deadliest battles in World War II that saw the Germans attempt to use overwhelming force to split the Allied forces.
A nearly year-long battle in a town in northeast France sees the Germans fail to make headway in northeast France.
In April 1917 the Germans easily repelled an attack by over a million French soldiers.
The Allied forces who survived the gauntlet on the beaches of Normandy face the Hitler Youth as they press on further.
A massive deployment of paratroopers on June 5, 1944, provides support for the Allies in the Normandy invasion, stymieing Germany's attempt to drive them back.
The development and evolution of the tank, from its birth in WWI to modern urban warfare.