World War II

May 8th marks the 75th anniversary of VE Day (Victory in Europe), the end of WWII in Europe. After the War is over, Allied leaders disagree on what is best for the war-torn countries.

Philip Johnston believes Navajos can create an unbreakable code to beat the Japanese in the Pacific during WWII.

A remarkable man died July 2, 2014. His story opens, here, with three men in a raft in the middle of the Pacific Ocean without food and water.

80 years ago - on December 7, 1941 - Americans at Pearl Harbor are unaware they are about to suffer a surprise Japanese attack. Shortly before 8 AM, on that Sunday morning, the devastating attack begins.

When France falls in June of 1940, Germany uses Enigma - a sophisticated coding system - to direct bombers to British targets. This occurs via radio stations, set-up in the occupied French towns of Brest and Cherbourg, beginning 6/27/1940.

Feb/March, of 2015, is the 70th anniversary of the Iwo Jima battle. Thousands of US Marines head toward the island on ships. Their mission is to wrest the strategically significant territory, held by the Japanese, and transfer it to Allied control.

It's the 6th of June, 1944, and everything depends on a full moon and perfect tide levels. Will this attempted invasion work?

U.S. Marines fight desperately to keep the airfield at Guadalcanal.

WARNING: THIS CLIP, AND ITS DESCRIPTION, CONTAINS HISTORICAL FOOTAGE OF WAR AND THE DROPPING OF FIRE BOMBS OVER JAPAN.

Ten weeks after bombing Pearl Harbor, Japanese pilots attacked the northern-Australian city of Darwin. Learn about that and why people use red poppies to decorate graves on Remembrance Day.