Story of President Franklin Roosevelt's leadership during the momento us years of World War II and his controversial international policies that helped shape the post-war world. Includes the sad days following his death in April 1945, when the nation mourned one of its most popul ar Presidents.

Remember the glorious triumphs of the stately Prime Minister who led England through its darkest hour and on to victory.

A garish showman manages to marshal an entire nation behind the banner of "Fascism" and lead them into an alliance with the Third Reich.

A portrait of the military strategist who resigned as chief executive of France during WWII, only to return later in 1958 as President of the Fifth Republic.

Profile of the former president of Nationalist China who opposed Mao Zedong, and when the Communists took over the mainland, established a virtual dictatorship on Taiwan.

The slender, fragile woman set herself one goal: the liberation of China. This is the life of the wife of China's revolutionary leader who stood in no one's political shadow.

Master propagandist, warmonger, and Hitler confidant, Goebbels epitomized the Third Reich man. Here is his story, from his early days of triumph to his death with Hitler in a Berlin bunker.

The life of the Italian clergyman who was born in the last century, became Pope on the eve of WWII, and died as the spirit of reform swept the Catholic Church into the 20th century.

Chronicles the turbulent life of the legendary WW2 leader who fought toe-to-toe with the mighty Japanese navy in the South Pacific. Recalls his spectacular carrier raids, his great victory at Leyte Gulf, and his seaborne bombardment of the Japanese Islands.

He rose to be Chief of Staff by WW2 and directed a massive post-war drive that took its name from the dedicated professional soldier who led it.

His victories in North Africa earned him the name "The Desert Fox." Here is the life story of one of Germany's warriors who came to question Hitler's vision late in the war.

The amazing story of the Nazi and war profiteer, who ultimately saved 1,300 Jews from death. Includes interviews with many "Schindler's List" survivors.