Many military tactics during World War II were based on the assumption that new technologies would lead to decisive battlefield victories, demoralization of the enemy by intensive bombing, or even a quick surrender. Political and military leaders, Allies and Axis alike, believed that "blitzkrieg" was the best way to victory. But in The Blitzkrieg Myth, John Mosier argues that this was not the case. Mosier examines the major European campaigns,...

Captain John Miller must take his men behind enemy lines to find Private Ryan, whose three brothers have been killed in combat. Faced with impossible odds, the men question their orders. Why are eight men risking their lives to save just one? Surrounded by the brutal realities of war, each man searches for his own answer and the strength to triumph over uncertain future with honor, decency and courage.

In this unforgettable narrative of D-Day, Joseph Balkoski describes the minute-by-minute combat as it unfolded on Omaha Beach, allowing soldiers to speak for themselves as they recall their attempts to maneuver bombers through heavy cloud cover, the claustrophobic terror aboard transports, and the relentless fire that greeted them on the beach. Equal parts oral history and meticulous reconstruction, Omaha Beach is the closest the modern reader can...

Tells the dramatic story of the titanic battle for Western Europe from D-Day to the thrust to the heart of the Third Reich.

Takes viewers to the front lines of the European, the Pacific and the African theatres of the deadliest conflict in human history.

Three films showing actual footage of World War II battles in the Pacific inluding footage from Imperial Japan archives.

World War II was the most lethal conflict in human history. Hanson examines how combat unfolded in the air, at sea, and on land to show how distinct conflicts among disparate combatants coalesced into one interconnected global war. He argues that despite its novel industrial barbarity, neither the war's origins nor its geography were unusual. Nor was its ultimate outcome surprising.

The U.S. military's response to the attack on Pearl Harbor including actual wartime footage. Also included are Target Tokyo, a 1945 documentary which follows the first bombing raid on Tokyo by B-29 Superfortresses, and another World War II short film, Air war against Japan. Appointment in Tokyo, a 1945 documentary, features enemy film taken from captured Japanese newsreels, and depicts General Douglas MacArthur's long struggle to fight his way back...

Takes viewers to the front lines of the European, the Pacific and the African theatres of the deadliest conflict in human history. This comprehensive 10-part series chronicles the second half of this global military conflict in a masterfully scripted presentation filled with rare and authentic archive footage produced by internationally acclaimed documentarians, Pacific Media.