HistoryAtWar on MSN

The World War II German Pilot With a $100,000 Bounty

Hans-Ulrich Rudel, the most decorated pilot of World War II and one of history's greatest combat aviators, earned his legendary status as the "Eagle of the Eastern Front." Flying over 2,500 missions, ...
PBS

U.S. History Documentaries About World War 2 and the Making of the Atom Bomb

The United States began developing the atom bomb in military effort called the Manhattan Project. The race to create this weapon kicked off after three chemists in Berlin, 1938, split a uranium atom ...

Honor Flight of the Ozarks documentary will air 3 times in October, November

The documentary, filmed by OPT videographers in August 2023, followed a group of veterans on an Honor Flight of the Ozarks ...
TJ3 History on MSN

Last American WWII Pilot Remembers How It All Began

This is part two of the story of Clarence "Bud" Anderson, America’s last triple ace, and his legendary P-51 Mustang Old Crow. The documentary follows his World War II experiences with the 8th Air ...
insider.si.edu

Beyond Rosie : a documentary history of women and World War II / edited by Julia Brock, Jennifer W. Dickey, Richard J.W. Harker, and Catherine M. Lewis

Introduction -- Into the factories -- New opportunities, new challenges -- Women's auxiliary services -- "Make do and mend" : women and the home front -- The secret war -- Appendix 1: Timeline -- ...
Task & Purpose

‘Lucky’ Luckadoo, last original pilot of World War II’s ‘Bloody Hundredth’ dies at 103

John Luckadoo survived some of the most dangerous missions in World War II. As a member of the 100th Bomb Group of the 8th Air Force, he flew 25 bombing missions over Axis territory during the war.