War Stories

Col. Oliver North profiles the wars and warriors that shaped American military history

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FREEING FRANCE FROM HITLER

  • The little-known and often-overlooked story of the brave men and women who fought from the beaches of Normandy to the sidewalks of Paris

  • American Heroes: 30th Infantry Division

    Of the 700 men who had walked up Hill 314, only 357 were able to walk down

NORMANDY!

  • FOX News pays tribute to the 29,000 troops who gave their lives to liberate Europe from Adolf Hitler

  • American Heroes

    Veterans remember the Normandy invasion

THE BATTLE OF MIDWAY

THE BLOODY BATTLE FOR THE BOOT

LIFE AND TIMES OF LYNDON BAINES JOHNSON

THE REAL STORY OF HAMBURGER HILL

LAST DAYS OF ADOLF HITLER AND THIRD REICH

  • Learn about the cataclysmic battles that weakened German forces and ultimately contributed to their defeat
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  • American Hero: Richard Marowitz

    On April 29, 1945, the self-described 'skinny Jewish kid from Brooklyn' saw something that he will never forget

THE DOOLITTLE RAID

  • Eighty brave volunteers from the Army Air Corps restored the confidence of a shaken nation and changed the course of World War II
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IN THE JAWS OF HELL

  • During World War II, Eastern Europe was often called 'the lands between', a region defined by its vulnerability to shifts in power between its dominant neighbors

  • American Hero: Bill Fili

    In his free time, Bill Fili builds classic model airplanes. But during World War II, he flew on the real thing
    • Photo essay: Behind the scenes

INSIDE SPECIAL OPS

THE FURIOUS FIGHT FOR DONG HA

  • Vietnam, 1972: Facing the largest communist invasion of the war, US advisors in Vietnam risked everything to halt the Red blitz

  • American Hero: Col. John Ripley

    'War Stories' senior producer Martin Hinton remembers Marine Corps legend Col. John Ripley

RED TAILS: THE SAGA OF THE TUSKEGEE AIRMEN

  • In July of 1941, a small group of Americans, all of them volunteers, gathered at a tiny airfield in Tuskegee, Alabama
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MASTERSTROKE! THE BATTLE FOR INCHON AND SEOUL

LEAVE NO ONE BEHIND

THE SECRET RACE FOR THE ATOMIC BOMB

  • The worldwide race to build the atomic bomb involved scientists, soldiers and spies

  • American Heroes

    The road to the world's first nuclear bomb wasn't an easy one

OPERATION ROLLING THUNDER

THE NAVY'S FIGHTING SEABEES

  • No other branch of the U.S. Navy has served in more theaters of war or tackled more challenging missions than the Seabees
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  • American Heroes

    The Seabees were borne out of necessity and of Rear Admiral Ben Moreel's vision

IWO JIMA

  • More than 60 years after the Battle of Iwo Jima, questions still remain and controversies still rage

  • Fact or Fiction?

    Was the iconic photo of the Iwo Jima flag-raising staged?
    • Photo essay: Iwo Jima

THE DESERT WAR

  • From this bloody first offensive against Hitler emerged a battle-tested American Army
    • Photo essay

  • Out of Defeat, Victory

    It was in North Africa's barren desert landscape that green, American troops faced off against a battle-tested German Army for the first time
 
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