World War II begins, and the Germans succeed in invading Poland and France. But it is restrained by the British thanks t...

Using Japanese footage, viewers see the planning, execution, and, ultimately, the celebration of the country's attack on...

Anti-submarine warfare, 1941 to 1943 With war now declared by the U.S., naval forces throughout the states have joined f...

The Japanese are ascendant as they successfully invade the East Indies, Singapore, and the Philippines. But the American...

Malta, the central access point to various locations in the Mediterranean Sea, is a key island possessed by the U.K. but...

The Imperial Japanese had every intention of expanding its Greater Asia Co-Prosperity sphere of influence, and Guadalcan...

After the victory at Guadalcanal, Australia and the U.S. next planned to remove the Japanese from Rabaul, New Britain. T...

Benito Mussolini uses 'mare nostrum' which means 'our sea.' Italy enters the war with Germany. Britain provides military...

The Russians asked the Allies to open a second front to divert some German forces. Operation Torch was then born, with D...

The British Navy engages German U-Boats and the pocket battleship Graf Spee in the South Atlantic. Meanwhile, the United...

The Murmansk Run required the shipping of lend-lease material by convoys to allied Russia. This meant skirting the Germa...

Beginning in August 1943, with more ships of all types available, Admiral Nimitz and Admiral Spruance continued the driv...

In April 1942, the Japanese crafted Operation Mo to take control of New Guinea and thus ensure the isolation of Australi...

In July 1943, Operation Husky, the amphibious landings on Sicily, occurred. which became the start of removing Mussolini...

What was involved in the planning, who was to be involved, and when would the planned Operation Overlord (D-Day) invasio...

Highlighting the June 4, 1944, capture of the German submarine U-505 and her crew 40 crew members and her captain were a...

In June 1944, the U.S. decided to continue releasing islands from Japanese occupation, beginning with Guam and the rest ...

American troops were to free some Japanese-held islands before MacArthur could keep his promise to return to the Philipp...

The Japanese assembled their entire fleet for a desperation gamble to stop the American advance in the Leyte Gulf while ...

The Battle for the Leyte Gulf was only the first step that had been accomplished so that General MacArthur could indeed ...

See the submariners training, relaxation styles, and preparation for warfare. Admiral Lockwood, Commander, Submarines, P...

Visually see intense European and Russian city warfare sights in 1944 as the Allies free city after city from Nazi Germa...

Before the B-29 Flying Fortress' could bomb Japan from airfields on Iwo Jima, it first had to be taken by Marine amphibi...

The oil and minerals contained in Burma were the cause of Imperial Japan's occupation, beginning with China. Now Lord Lo...

Suicide missions were desirous of all Japanese who were believers in the 'Divine Wind' philosophy. Suicide was more pref...

Hiroshima and Nagasaki and their populations experienced the first atomic bombs to explode. Emperor Hirohito tells his p...