On October 3, 1993, Somalian fighters would shoot down two Black Hawk helicopters, leading to an 18-hour gunfight. 'The Battle of Mogadishu: Battalion of Brothers' features brave Army Rangers sharing their stories, some for the first time ever.
Hosted by Joey Jones. 'Sledgehammer: My Father The WWII Hero' tells the story of Eugene Sledge, a WWII veteran who served in the Pacific. After the war, Sledge wrote 'With the Old Breed,' a highly respected memoir. Now, Sledge's youngest son, Henry, is sharing unpublished material from his father's original manuscript along with his own memories of growing up with a WWII legend. Henry's hope is to keep the legacy of his father and all of our WWII heroes alive for generations to come.
Standing on the very shores where Allied soldiers stormed the beach to liberate Europe from the clutches of Nazi Germany, Ronald Reagan gives a speech to D-Day veterans and world leaders.
On September 14th, 2001, several days after the terrorist attacks of 9/11, President Bush visited New York. In that bereaved city, he stood atop Ground Zero's rubble and delivered an impromptu speech that would comfort and unite America.
In commemoration of the 80th anniversary of D-DAY, four Navy SEAL veterans travel to Normandy on a journey of communion with forefathers shared, friends lost and a brotherhood never ending.
Two fugitives are making their way through the Soviet territory occupied by the Germans. Their goal is to find a partisan unit or cross the front line. One of them is a sixteen-year-old boy, Stepan, a local resident. The other is a Soviet officer who escaped captivity, whom Stepan miraculously saved from death.
In today's post-9/11 world, director Robert Taicher searches for the rationale behind the war in Iraq, exploring the failed policies of several administrations in an expertly crafted full-length documentary. What he presents is a raw, provocative look into America's "War on Terror" and its effect on our society, our credibility, and most importantly, our security. As America fights the wrong war at the wrong time, comes a riveting eye-opener. The right film at the right time.
Told through beautifully restored original colour home movies and personal letters, this documentary offers a rare glimpse into life in Northern Ireland during World War II. Helen Ramsey Turtle was a young American mother living on an island outside Belfast. Her letters home to America reveal the horror of the Belfast Blitz, the buzz of American GIs arriving and her own deeply personal story of resilience and optimism in the face of an unexpected diagnosis.
The head of the field hospital, Stupakov, has lost his wife. He devotes all his love exclusively to his daughter Vera, who works as a nurse in the same hospital. However, Stupakov’s love is selfish. Ignoring Vera's feelings, he tries to separate her from the man she loves. But Vera, defying everything, leaves for the active military unit...
During World War I, Herr Dresser, a German-American professor from West Hoboken, New Jersey, invents a "mustache fixer," which stiffens the whiskers, making the wearer look very fierce. Much to the consternation of Dresser's daughter Elsie, a patriotic American, Kaiser Wilhelm calls them to Berlin to begin mass production of the tonic for the German army. Elsie's boyfriend, Teddy Swift, is particularly disturbed by this turn of events and decides to earn enough money to follow her to Germany. When the United States joins the war, Teddy is among the first to enlist, and soon he finds himself in Berlin trying to help Elsie escape from prison. After several narrow escapes, the two make their way to the mustache factory and blow it up. Brought before the Kaiser, they are rescued when American troops storm the palace, and the Kaiser loses his mustache and the war.
Summer, 1940. The Battle of Britain is lost. Operation Sea Lion is now in full effect. Germany invades the coast of Britain, only several fortresses are left standing in the defence against tyranny. Amongst the chaos, two enemy soldiers find themselves trapped in one such fortress together.
Jason lives with his grandmother, a folk healer, along with his older brother and their cousin in a secluded house in Auvergne. As a rumor spreads about the disappearance of a foreign soldier who came to train in the region, the old woman's health begins to deteriorate.
Turkestan, 1919. The prominent Bolshevik Valerian Kuybyshev is appointed commander of the Turkestan Front. The film tells the story of the establishment of Soviet power in Central Asia.
Three expert detectives track down an evil French guy to apprehend him before he can enact his evil plan of killing millions of people and sipping matcha.