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In WWII the RAF regularly performed reconnaissance missions on German targets for their bombers. In 1941 the British Crown Film Unit captured this process, from planning to the raid itself. Using real pilots and officers as its cast the film recreates one of these missions. The film went on to win and Academy Award in 1942 for best documentary. War Stories is your one stop shop for all things military history. From Waterloo to Verdun, we'll be bringing you only the best documentaries and stories from history's most engaging and dramatic conflicts. You can find more from us on

The US Navy wasn't always tasked with destroying U-Boats in WWII. In some cases they were actually instructed to capture them because of the vital information that could be gained by having one in their possession. But this was by no means an easy task. In this episode of Battlezone we see how the US Navy went about these operations and how many men it took to track down and capture one of these famous subs. War Stories is your one stop shop for all things military history. From Waterloo to Verdun, we'll be bringing you only the best documentaries and stories from history's most engaging and dramatic conflicts. You can find more from us on

In WWII Gus Maisel and Fred James Steck were enemies. The former a U.S. Army soldier and the latter a German paratrooper. But in 1960s America they are fellow citizens. In this episode of Battleline they look back on their time in combat, realising how close they came to one another in the battle for Sicily in 1943. Also in this episode, two more WWII enemies reflect on their time during one of WWII's most brutal battles, Stalingrad. War Stories is your one stop shop for all things military history. From Waterloo to Verdun, we'll be bringing you only the best documentaries and stories from history's most engaging and dramatic conflicts. You can find more from us on

In summer of 1942, WWII Soviet Russia was suffering terrible anxiety. With the Soviet-German front extending hundreds of miles from the Arctic Ocean down to the Black Sea, fighting was a constant. But no place was this more fierce than Leningrad. Captured by a total of 150 army cameramen, this film shows what those fateful years on the Volga were really like. War Stories is your one stop shop for all things military history. From Waterloo to Verdun, we'll be bringing you only the best documentaries and stories from history's most engaging and dramatic conflicts. You can find more from us on

The city of Nuremberg once symbolised the heart of the Nazi party and its ideals. But by the end of WWII it was in ruins. And it was here that the victorious allies chose to mount the most famous criminal trial in history sentencing Nazi leaders like Hermann Göring, Rudolph Hess and Karl Dönitz to death or long prison terms. War Stories is your one stop shop for all things military history. From Waterloo to Verdun, we'll be bringing you only the best documentaries and stories from history's most engaging and dramatic conflicts. You can find more from us on

This series follows the Vikings everywhere they went, revealing new discoveries that turn Viking history on its head. We tell their incredible story from eye-witness accounts and the foremost experts on Viking warfare and way of life.