Partisans risked everything to free Europe from fascist rule. 

We can see in this passage by British General Frederick Morgan the spirit that ultimately made the Overlord operation an unprecedented historical success.

Field Marshal Lord AlanBrooke's War Diaries, 1939–1945 offers a glimpse into one long day of the exhausting planning for D-Day. 

A humble memorial on a sunny Caribbean island reminds the viewer how far world wars can reach.   

On January 27, 1945, the Soviet Red Army liberated a Nazi concentration camp outside Oswiecim, Poland, known today as Auschwitz-Birkenau.

Arriving in London in January 1944, Eisenhower assembles the strategic and tactical staff that will execute Operation Overlord. 

His portrayal in the 1970 film Patton aside, British General Bernard L. Montgomery was a great asset to General Dwight D. Eisenhower in planning for the D-Day invasion. 

The war correspondent and the entertainer shared a mission to connect with those in service during World War II.  

“On our fighting front, there are no silent nights, but there are plenty of holy nights."

Liberated American POWs relate their experiences in the aftermath at Nagasaki.