DescriptionWhen Allied forces landed at France's beaches on June 6, 1944, commanders feared they might face the deadly German Panzer divisions. But Hitler had taken control of the major part of the Panzer reserves and wouldn't let them move without his permission. And since he always slept late and nobody dared wake him, by the time the Panzers were released, it was too late.
DescriptionWhen Goering rebuilt the Luftwaffe in 1934, he based all his plans on "Blitzkrieg", the use of dive and medium bombers to support armored forces in a series of lightning wars. But he gave little thought to the long-range bombers needed to win an entrenched war. As Britain and Russia fought on, Germany could no longer strike back effectively.
DescriptionOn January 30, 1933, Adolf Hitler was appointed chancellor of Germany, thanks largely to the efforts of the Hitler Youth, whose organized propaganda marches throughout Germany helped the Nazi Party grow in strength. By 1939, it is estimated that more than…
DescriptionEurope, 1945: Hitler is dead; the Third Reich is an open wound. Amid the chaos, a man like no other makes his way south through France and into Spain. No one will stand in his way and live. Only idealistic young Wilson Tripp, American vice consul in th…
DescriptionThis episode chronicles the turbulent life and times of the legendary World War II leader who fought toe-to-toe with the mighty Japanese Navy in the South Pacific. This profile recalls Halsey's spectacular carrier raids, great victory at Leyte Gulf, and his seaborne bombardment of the Japanese Islands.
DescriptionAgainst the background of a deadly undercover war between the Gestapo and Soviet agents during the collapse of the Third Reich, The Expendable Spy is the hair-raising novel of an audacious American who discovers a secret so big and so appalling that his own intelligence office orders his execution. Jack D. Hunter served in WWII in the War Department Intelligence Center as a counterespionage agent. As an undercover agent, he directed "Operation Nursery", the lengthy counterintelligence effort credited with thwarting the only known organized plot to perpetuate the Nazi system after Hitler's downfall.
