Explore the universal drama of war: why leaders and soldiers pick up arms to fight, the technologies that have determined outcomes, the tragedies and triumphs of history’s great battles.

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Parisians rise to help the Allied forces drive Germany out of the city they occupied for four years; Gen. Charles de Gaulle makes a public address in Paris.

Battlefields of the World Wars

The Liberation of Paris

Experts review the positives and negatives of the Allies' invasion of northern France, a long and hard-fought conflict which turned the tide of World War II.

Hedgerow Hell: The Fury of Normandy: 1944

Scores of Canadian soldiers fall in a failed raid on a German port.

The Massacre of Dieppe: 1942

A small French force defends against the invading Italian army; the French government retreats to Bordeaux and the Germans take Paris.

Battle of the Alps: 1940

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