Battle of Dunkirk: Operation Dynamo: The Miracle of the Dunkirk Evacuation During World War 2

The veteran tells his grandson about his World War II experiences, without pathos, but with gripping, brutal honesty.SynopsisThe rulers’ mistakes are paid for with the blood of the people. This is shown in history both recent and ancient, time...

The enormous loss of life and physical destruction caused by the First World War led people to hope that there would never be another such catastrophe. How then did it come to be that there was a Second World War causing twice as much loss of life a...

The Second World War was one of the most traumatic events in human history. Across the world, existing conflicts became connected, entangling nations in a vast web of violence. It was fought on land, sea, and air, touching every inhabited continent....

World War II redrew the map of the world. No longer would Europe be the center of power. As the continent exhausted itself in yet another war, two new nations with conflicting ideologies were rising to prominence: the United States of America and th...

After the last shots of World War II were fired and the process of rebuilding Germany and Europe began, the Western Allies and the Soviet Union each tried to obtain the services of the Third Reich's leading scientists, especially those involved in ...

World War 2 began on September 1st, 1939, and from its very first fiery shots, it dictated the tempo of this new and modernized form of warfare. It was a war unlike any other. It was the modern war. It superseded the Great War of the early years of ...

The internment of Japanese Americans in the wake of the attack on Pearl Harbor is second only to slavery in terms of America’s most tragic and regrettable chapters in history. While the forced relocation and internment of Japanese Americans li...

Explore how D-Day started, the aftermath, and the events in between!D-Day, the Allied invasion of German-held Normandy, was one of the most extraordinary achievements not only of the Second World War, but in the whole of military history. Millions o...

The Second World War was the most devastating conflict in human history. From spies and snipers to submarines and air raids. Their stories of bravery and courage have filled thousands of history books.What if you were there?Sink the BismarckYou&rsqu...