From the History Channel.
Using cutting-edge computer technology, unearthed archival film, and eyewitness testimony, this documentary offers a comprehensive analysis of the incredible face-off that stunned the world.
Charlton Heston and Henry Fonda lead an all-star cast, interweaving the dramatic personal stories of the men who fought one of the most important battles of World War II.
For ages 3 and up.
These green army men come in a variety of poses with various weapons for ultra-realistic battles. These classic toy soldiers let your child's imagination and sense of adventure run wild. Buy multiple bags for larger, more complex battles.
This classic documentary series, The Road to WWII, follows the events that inevitably sparked World War II, capturing the drama, the excitement and the juxtapositions of these crucial years between the end of World War I and Pearl Harbor.
Sixty more of the most looneytic Looney Tunes ever unleashed. Plus, 15 bonus shorts to make this the biggest collection of Looney Tunes ever! Indeed, some have never before been on home video! Fifteen cartoons dating from World War II give much more focus than previous sets.
Warner Brothers' Looney Tunes introduced the world to some of the greatest cartoon characters to ever grace the animated cel: Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Elmer Fudd, and many more. This release includes the first six volumes in the Looney Tunes Golden Collection.
Released July 2, 2013, by National Geographic. In this compelling three-part mini-series, the confusion and chaos is explained by those who were there to witness it in extraordinary stories laced with heroes, villains, tragedy and triumph.
From the History Channel: a comprehensive and intimate survey of this epic war featuring nearly 30 of its greatest World War II documentaries, each packed with original archival footage, interviews with military experts and historians, and gripping reenactments.
More than 30 years after its initial broadcast, THE WORLD AT WAR remains the definitive visual history of WWII. Digitally re-mastered for DVD, this is epic history at its absolute best. Includes 12 hours of bonus material and 3 hours of new material.
• They Were Expendable
• Operation Pacific
• Flying Leathernecks
• Back to Bataan
Third Disc is Double-Sided, Leathernecks is on Side A and Back to Bataan is on side B.
From the History Channel.
The quality of much of what is seen in the course of these 10 episodes (each around 45 minutes long) is surprisingly good. Add to that the fact that most of it is in color (not colorized, but originally recorded in that medium, some at the behest of the United States government), and the result is nothing short of astonishing.
• The Battle of El Alamein
• Gung Ho
• Go For Broke
• Corregidor
• Ski Troop Attack
• Casablanca Express
• Desert Commandos
• Bombs Over Burma
• Commandos
• The Battle of the Eagles
• The Dawn Express
• Five For Hell
• Heroes in Hell
• Aerial Gunner
• The Steel Claw
• Minesweeper
• Pacific Inferno
• Submarine Alert
• Black Brigade
• Submarine Base
• Kelly's Heroes
• Where Eagles Dare
• The Dirty Dozen
• Battleground
This Turner Classic Movies set brings four classic WWII films at a very affordable price.
• Desert Victory
• The Nazis Strike
• Here Is Germany
• The Spreading Holocaust
• How Hitler Lost The War
• Hitler's Britain
An excellent documentary film collection at a bargain price.
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Published by National Geographic in 2012, this book brings you closer than ever before to the greatest challenge a generation of Americans had ever faced through the words of those who lived it--both on the battlefield and the home front--creating a dramatic tapestry of the wartime experience.
Includes timelines covering events in all theaters of the war, eyewitness accounts, galleries of weaponry and equipment, and more than 1,200 photographs, maps, and illustrations.
During a routine search mission over the Pacific, Louis Zamperini’s plane crashed into the ocean, and what happened to him over the next three years of his life is a story that will keep you glued to the pages, eagerly awaiting the next turn in the story and fearing it at the same time.
This book grips you like a movie. The true story of the two pilots whose lives collided in the skies: the American — 2nd Lt Charlie Brown, a former farm boy from West Virginia who came to captain a B-17 — and the German — 2nd Lt Franz Stigler, a former airline pilot from Bavaria who sought to avoid fighting in World War II.
In 1944 the OSS set out to recover more than 500 downed airmen trapped behind enemy lines in Yugoslavia. Classified for over half a century for political reasons, the full account of this unforgettable story of loyalty, self-sacrifice, and bravery is now being told for the first time.