With Germany upset about how WWI ended and Japan upset about a lack-of-access to much-needed natural resources, another war sent the world into chaos between 1939-1945. Stories in this collection are about some of those events.
Joan Clarke, who had a high-level position at Bletchley Park, was briefly engaged to Alan Turing. Played by Keira Knightley in "The Imitation Game," J...
On Iwo Jima's D-Day - February 19, 1945 - Basilone was a machine-gun section leader who came ashore on Red Beach 2.
This historical footage, from the National Archives, depicts Sgt.
This clip, incorporating historical footage from the U.
WARNING: THIS CLIP OF HISTORIC FILM FOOTAGE DEPICTS ATROCITIES COMMITTED AGAINST THE PEOPLE OF NANKING.
Joseph Goebbels believed in propaganda and in stirring a crowd to the point of frenzy.
In this film reenactment (based, loosely, on the actual record of U.
Late in World War II, the Empire of Japan developed a new type of weapon. Young Japanese airmen flew planes with no landing gear. Their mission was to...
After Adolf Hitler's rise, in Germany, he quickly consolidated his power base.
Kristallnacht begins in Germany on the 9th of November, 1938. What was it and why did it begin?
WARNING: THIS CLIP CONTAINS VIOLENT ACTIONS TAKEN AGAINST JEWISH PEOPLE IN NOVEMBER OF 1938.
WARNING: THIS CLIP CONTAINS VIOLENT ACTIONS TAKEN AGAINST JEWISH PEOPLE IN NOVEMBER OF 1938.
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