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.

WWII in the Pacific

S1, EP2 "Island Warfare"

The United States achieves naval superiority over Japan by the summer of 1942; Japan refuses to surrender despite the great loss of life.

WWII in the Pacific

S1, EP3 "No Surrender"

Japan refuses to yield as the war turns the United States' way; a secret American weapon offers a way out of the conflict.

Kanji Ishiwara: The Man Who Triggered the War

The beginning of World War II is traced to 1931, when Imperial Japanese Army Gen. Kanji Ishiwara precipitated the Mukden Incident and invaded Chinese-controlled Manchuria.

Lifeline: Pearl Harbor's Unknown Hero

U.S. Navy sailor Joe George, a crewman on the USS Vestal, receives the Bronze Star Medal for his actions that saved six USS Arizona crewmen during the attack on Pearl Harbor.

Doolittle's Raiders: A Final Toast

The surviving members of Doolittle's Raiders -- the flyers who took part in the April 18, 1942, raid on Japan -- hold their final toast.

Battle of Okinawa: Operation Iceberg

Revisiting the final battles of World War II that took place in Okinawa.

History Uncovered

S1, EP1 "Hitler, A Military Genius?"

In the catalogue of common beliefs about World War II, the idea that Hitler was a military genius has endured; he is believed to have conquered and subjected to his authority nearly all of Continental Europe; but this is, in fact, a myth.

History Uncovered

S1, EP3 "Hiroshima Caused Japan to Surrender?"

For most contemporaries, the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were the reason for Japan's surrender.

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