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Season 1996
Seven years after the fact, the true story of Desert Storm is coming into view. Despite the dominance of the Coalition victory, the outcome was by no means certain when the fighting
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Seven years after the fact, the true story of Desert Storm is coming into view. Despite the dominance of the Coalition victory, the outcome was by no means certain when the fighting began. DESERT STORM: THE ULTIMATE WAR uses the testimony of many high ranking American officers to tell the complete tale of the first real test of the new military. Among the fighters interviewed are Army Major General Paul J. Kern (Ret.), Naval Admiral R. Stanley Arthur (Ret.), Marine Major General Michael Myatt (Ret.), Army Vice Chief of Staff General Ronald H. Griffith and Air Force pilot and former POW Colonel Dave Eberly. In their remarkable stories, an intimate portrait of the war emerges, much different from the sanitized version the world saw nightly on CNN. Learn of the revolutionary weapons systems that lived up to their billing in their first real test and those that didn't. Trace the progress of the war through stunning combat footage and the testimony of Lt. General Bernard E. Trainor, USMC Ret., co-author of The General's War: The Inside Story of the Gulf War. And discover how the lessons learned in Iraq have already reshaped the American military, further honing a fighting force transformed since Vietnam.
History Sunday Presents: Most Decorated: The Nisei Soldiers.
It was on December 8th 1941, one day after Pearl Harbor that the United States declared war on Japan. That was also the
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History Sunday Presents: Most Decorated: The Nisei Soldiers.
It was on December 8th 1941, one day after Pearl Harbor that the United States declared war on Japan. That was also the start of an undeclared war against many Japanese-Americans. More than 100,000 Japanese-immigrants and their children were taken from their homes and put in relocation centers or internment camps.
But despite the humiliating treatment, several thousand young Japanese men desparately wanted the chance to fight for their adopted country.
On our program Gerald McRaney tells the story of two combat units made up almost entirely of Nisei: second generation Japanese-Americans. Their loyalty was and patriotism questioned was questioned by fellow soldiers, until the Nisei saw action in Italy and France.
The battles against the Japanese were among the deadliest in military history. But Allied soldiers fighting against the Empire of Rising Sun had a 17.5% better chance of surviving than
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The battles against the Japanese were among the deadliest in military history. But Allied soldiers fighting against the Empire of Rising Sun had a 17.5% better chance of surviving than those held in Japanese POW camps! MURDER UNDER THE SUN is a comprehensive look at some of the most shocking and disturbing stories from World War II the Japanese war crimes. By the summer of 1942, the Japanese had captured over 320,000 prisoners. For the next three-and-a-half years, those who survived would live through unimaginable physical, mental and emotional torture. Chilling interviews with former POWs, including Staff Sergeant Lester Tenney, author of My Hitch in Hell, reveal the cruelty and torture that defined life in the Japanese camps. Learn the truth behind some of the most famous stories of World War II, and see footage from the landmark trials where Japanese officers and leaders were sentenced for their actions.
The history of lighter than air transportation culminating in the Hindenburg explosion which gets thoroughly covered and analyzed.
The history of lighter than air transportation culminating in the Hindenburg explosion which gets thoroughly covered and analyzed.
1996x7
Season finale
Heroes Hispanos: Two Centuries of Valor in American History
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A battle history of Hispanic Americans involved in every major conflict in American history.
A battle history of Hispanic Americans involved in every major conflict in American history.
Discover the story of the men behind one of the oldest and most renowned financial service organizations in the world in this documentary from the filmmakers at The History Channel.
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Discover the story of the men behind one of the oldest and most renowned financial service organizations in the world in this documentary from the filmmakers at The History Channel. Their names were Charles Dow, Edward Jones, and Charles Bergstresser, and together these three pioneering reporters would serve as the co-founders of the Dow Jones and it's flagship publication The Wall Street Journal. As their remarkable story plays out, leading financial figures such as Lou Dobbs and Louis Rukeyser weigh in on the legacy that Dow, Jones, and Bergstresser left behind while discussing the evolution of the Dow Jones Industrial Average ad its unique evolution over the previous decades.
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