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Secret WWII: Attack on Pearl Harbor | TRAILER
Season 3
As we mark the 85th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor this year, tune in Thursday, November 5, for a new season of The National WWII Museum'…
7 hours ago
Part 10: Finding General Wainwright
Season 2 Episode 5
In August 1945, Japan signals its official surrender, setting off an urgent mission to find the highest-ranking American prisoner of war along with…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Part 9: Secret Surrender in Germany
Season 2 Episode 5
By spring of 1945, Allied forces are closing in on Nazi Germany. In this episode, we explore a secret operation to convince one of Hitler's last ar…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
Part 8: Code and Combat on Iwo Jima
Season 2 Episode 3
In the Pacific theater, the Allies take Iwo Jima, where Navajo Code Talkers play an integral part in this success. Meanwhile, Allied commandoes and…
5 months, 4 weeks ago
Part 7: Spies in the Ardennes
Season 2 Episode 2
By December 1944, troops are fighting through the Ardennes Forest in the Battle of the Bulge, where Allied and Axis forces both employ deception tac…
6 months ago
Part 6: The Race to Stop Nazi Nukes
Season 2 Episode 1
After D-Day on June 6, 1944, the global race is already underway to build the first atomic bomb. In this episode, we explore the efforts happening i…
6 months, 1 week ago
Bonus Episode: Voices of the Secret WWII
Many WWII spies carried out their missions behind enemy lines with no support. Other intelligence agents provided advanced research and analysis tha…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
Part 5: D-Day and Deception
Season 1 Episode 5
A massive build-up of troops and equipment in the United Kingdom was a clear indicator to Adolf Hitler and the Nazi high command that an attack agai…
1 year ago
Part 4: Operation Torch
Season 1 Episode 4
In November 1942, the Allies make their first major move against Adolf Hitler's empire with Operation Torch, an amphibious assault in French North A…
1 year ago
Part 3: Top Secret Warfare
Season 1 Episode 3
A new type of American warfare is about to begin, combining intelligence with guerrilla operations in the Pacific. Under the command of Carl F. Eifl…
1 year ago