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From Sea to Shining Sea: World War II

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Flying Fortress: Planes Return (1:50)

Witness the invincible B-17, the first Flying Fortress to complete 25 missions in WWII.

Monte Cassino: Plan of Operation (3:14)

The Allied plan to breach the Winter Line and break out toward Rome.

From Sea to Shining Sea: World War II (0:49)

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20th Century Battlefields: 1942 Stalingrad (2:49)

Hitler's 6th Army clashes with fanatical Soviet defenders in their opening bid to seize Stalin's city.

20th Century Battlefields: 1942 Stalingrad Strike (3:08)

Stunning CGI graphics bring to life the massive Soviet counterstrike that doomed the German 6th Army.

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Flying Fortress: Planes Return (1:50)

Witness the invincible B-17, the first Flying Fortress to complete 25 missions in WWII.

The Fall of Corregidor (0:22)

Vichy French propaganda film "The Fall of Corregidor," circa 1942.

WWII Major Fronts: D Day Campaign (2:51)

These highlights are from an army documentary about the division's campaigns in World War II

Fortress in the Sea: Bataan Death March Survivor (1:31)

From "Fortress in the Sea": Bataan Death March survivor remembers

Last Battles on the Winter Line (2:49)

Allied forces smash into some of the last strong points of the Winter Line, January 1944.

Monte Cassino: Plan of Operation (3:14)

The Allied plan to breach the Winter Line and break out toward Rome.

Opening Attacks in the Philippines (1:48)

From "Fortress in the Sea": opening attacks in the Philippines

Retaking Corregidor: Part 1 (3:12)

From "Fortress in the Sea": Retaking Corregidor, part 1.

1945 Liberation of Allied Prisoners (3:12)

The liberation of Allied prisoners from Japanese POW camp at Cabantuan, January 1945

Retaking Corregidor: Part 2 (2:41)

From "Fortress in the Sea": Retaking Corregidor, part 2.