Winston Churchill

A deeper look into world leadership during WWII, including Winston Churchill’s agreement to give Stalin a majority of Poland, based on new sources.

This video series documents the fighting between the US and Imperial Japan on the islands between America and Asia, during and immediately after WW2.

Polio at age 39, president at age 50. Explore the public and private life of a determined man who steered the United States through two monumental crises: the Depression and World War II. FDR served as president longer than any other, and his legacy still shapes our understanding of the role of government and the presidency. A film by award winning filmmaker David Grubin.

Genocide is a heartbreaking historical account of the turmoil, violence, and resistance that defined life during the Holocaust.

This immersive documentary brings history to life through vividly restored archival footage and firsthand accounts of WWII Britain during the Blitz.

This film sheds new light on the global upheaval that led to the Korean War in 1950, a moment when the Cold War turned hot, and how today that war’s brutal legacy has forced the world into a deadly nuclear showdown. It is war that has raged for generations. The consequences of the war’s stalemate contribute to a dangerous stand-off between North and South Korea, the United States and China.

Witness the testimony of some of the last ‘Hibakusha’ - survivors of the two atomic bombs – before their voices are lost forever. Combining their personal accounts with archival footage, hear from this shrinking group, most of whom were children when the bombs were dropped. They are only people left to have survived a nuclear bomb; learn how their experiences continue to affect them to this day.

In a tale of double agents and decoys, this documentary reveals, for the first time, the story of King George VI's elaborate ruse to divert German attention away from the Normandy landings in 1944. It also uncovers how the Queen and future Queen Elizabeth II were enlisted in the ruse, and how the royal household managed to lose one of Britain’s greatest secrets of WWII.