Military History Audio & Video

From humble beginnings as a self-taught prairie lawyer, beloved U.S. President Abraham Lincoln rose to national leadership over a divided Nation during the American Civil War and kept the country together thanks in part to his unparalleled leadership capabilities.

Anne Frank's The Diary of a Young Girl is among the most enduring documents of the 20th century...

Unquestionably, Herodotus has left mankind one of the world's greatest works of literature...

August 6, 1945. Hiroshima, Japan. The first atom bomb was dropped on this city, killing 100,000...

In the Second World War, every bond between man and man was to perish. Crimes were committed by the Hitler regime that find no equal in scale and wickedness with any that have darkened the human record.

To fully grasp the ongoing tensions between the United States and North Korea, it is important to understand the war that ended more than fifty years ago...

This feature-length documentary reveals the unspoken truth about war - it never really ends. Archival images and personal stories portray the lingering devastation of war.

From Neanderthals to Napoleon's sister, each week Footnoting History's team of young academics share their favorite stories from across history. New episodes every Saturday.

Anne Frank’s extraordinary diary, written in the Amsterdam attic where she and her family hid from the Nazis for two years, has become a world classic and a timeless testament to the human spirit.

Winston Churchill said that Russia is a riddle, wrapped inside a mystery, inside an enigma.