World War II

During World War II, there were a lot of jobs that would seem strange in today's technologically focused military.

Roy Davenport earned five Navy Crosses as the lieutenant commander of two submarines, the USS Haddock and USS Trepang.

Erwin Rommel led troops in North Africa as Adolf Hitler's favored general in 1940. Four years later, he was dead by his own...

On May 8, 1945, people flooded the streets, waved banners and hugged American troops as the Allies marked the unconditional...

Most people would be concerned for their own safety with a gun pointed at them. Leonard Funk laughed it off.

To prove that the U.S. Army would be ready, General Marshall took Churchill to the only place that made sense: Fort Jackson.

Gene Bearden, who helped the Cleveland Indians win the 1948 World Series, claimed he was injured as the USS Helena sank...

Army 1st Lt. Vivian "Millie" Bailey commanded a segregated all-female unit during World War II and has been helping service...

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...