A young filmmaker joins a tour of WWII veterans from the 29th Infantry through celebrations surrounding the 70th anniversary of D-Day in a quest to...

Steven Okazaki presents a deeply moving look at the painful legacy of the first -- and hopefully last -- uses of nuclear weapons in war. Featuring...

This film captures the affair, full of love, lust, and despair, between Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun, from 1932 until their double suicide in 1945.

A deep dive into the history of the Canadian Government and the Department of National Defence leasing First Nations reserves as practice bombing...

This High Definition, PBS miniseries uses letters, diaries, speeches, journalistic accounts, historical text and military records to document and...

"Austria - First Victim of National Socialism" - this is the core theme of the self-image of the country that first welcomed Hitler with waving...

This feature documentary examines its own genre, which has often been called Canada's national art form. Released in the year of the NFB's 75th...

From May 10, 1940, France is living one of the worst tragedies of it history. In a few weeks, the country folds, and then collapsed in facing the...

Naval historians discuss in detail the events leading up to the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

This film is a factual and chronological account of the events preceding the atomic bombing of Hiroshima during World War II and the significant...

During the Second World War, the allies' key objective was to crack the German army's encrypted communications code. Without a doubt, the key...

Violinist and songwriter Kishi Bashi travels on a musical journey to understand WWII era Japanese Incarceration, assimilation, and what it means to...

On Dec. 5, 1944, American soldiers, led by Harry Stuts, put their guns down for one day and organized a party celebrating the town's centuries-old...

Documentary on the young builders who'll rebuild Britain after the war.

Survivors tell the story of the Babyn Yar massacre from WWII, where some 100,000 people were massacred by German forces.

October 1945. A young Japanese boy in the devastated city of Nagasaki, two months after the atomic bomb, carries on his back the lifeless body of...

Made famous by the 1957 Hollywood movie, the bridges of the River Kwai emblematize one of the most misunderstood events in history. Contrary to the...

At the end of WWI, the treaty of Versailles established the conditions for peace in Europe. The aim for the victorious powers was to make Germany...