Wars of the World

Witness how the bravery and determination of the Allied forces turned the tide of the war in the Pacific, and learn about the lasting impact of this monumental battle on the outcome of World War II. Join us here on 'Wars of The World' as we uncover the secrets, sacrifices, and heroism of the Battle of Midway.

In today's episode we look at the Wounded Knee Massacre. The deadliest mass shooting in American history. Shockingly, this was a massacre of nearly three hundred Lakota people by soldiers of the United States Army. This is their story. Welcome to Wars of the World.

It was an operation with no specific military objective other than to experiment with conducting division-sized amphibious landings against a fortified beach and as a gesture to the Soviet Union who were starting to feel abandoned by their Allies. It is an operation that has become seared into the hearts and minds of the Canadian people for the sacrifice they were asked to make for it.

Despite daunting odds, a force of less than 100 US troops held off more than 10 times their own number of heavily armed hostiles. This is the story of Black Hawk Down.

In this episode, we are going to examine some of the early experiments in air combat in the conflict's earliest days and how these evolved until finally the Germans were able to achieve - for the first time in history - air supremacy over the Allies. This is the story of the Fokker Scourge and the first battle for air supremacy.

Germany's Panzer tanks became icons of Blitzkrieg warfare. In this episode of Wars of the World, we chart their evolution-from the early Panzer I to the versatile Panzer IV-and how shifting tactics and mounting Allied pressure led to the development of heavier, more powerful machines in a desperate bid to turn the tide of war.

While history often focuses on Nazi Germany, other Axis nations shared in its darkest crimes. In this episode of Wars of the World, we examine how Fascist ideology took root in Romania, leading to a deadly alliance with Hitler-and culminating in the horrific 1941 Odessa Massacre, where thousands of innocent lives were taken in one of WWII's most brutal atrocities.

The Battle of Britain was a turning point in WWII-but what if it had ended differently? With the RAF defeated, Hitler planned to invade the British Isles under Operation Sea Lion. In this episode of Wars of the World, we delve into the little-known German preparations to cross the Channel and the obstacles that ultimately kept Britain free from occupation.