WWII Lost Films

Documentary series highlighting what life was really like during the Second World War, featuring the personal stories of soldiers from both sides of the conflict. (1 of 10)

Series highlighting what life was like during WWII. Rookie platoon leader Charles Scheffel suffers his first losses as he battles Rommel's Afrika Korps in Tunisia. (2 of 10)

Series highlighting what life was really like on the frontlines during WWII. In Tarawa, mechanical failure leads to one of the bloodiest battles in the Pacific. (3 of 10)

It's 1944 and the Allies are planning the invasion of France. For pilot Bert Stiles that means joining the decimated 8th Air Force to clear the Normandy skies. (4 of 10)

America is on the offensive, but fighting on the Normandy beaches is ferocious and victory will not come quickly, especially for Lt Charles Scheffel. (5 of 10)

True stories from WWII. As Lt Charles Scheffel leads his unit across France, Marine Nolen Marbrey is wounded in the bloody battle of Peleliu in the Pacific. (6 of 10)

It's 1944 and Sgt Jack Werner is among the men storming the beaches of Leyte in the Philippines to liberate the POWs who have been stranded there. (7 of 10)

True stories from WWII. Reporter Robert Sherrod accompanies Marines on their assault of Iwo Jima and witnesses the horror of the fight and the iconic flag raising. (8 of 10)

True stories from WWII. After surviving the Battle of the Bulge, infantryman Rockie Blunt pushes towards the Rhine and the end of the war. (9 of 10)

It is the final push in Europe, but before the Nazis surrender infantryman Rockie Blunt witnesses one of the greatest tragedies of the war: the concentration camps. (10 of 10)