In a bold move for political power, Julius Caesar invades Gaul. Using a strategy of divide and conquer, Caesar's army marches through Gaul and seems unstoppable. But then, a young Gallic warrior named Vercingetorix rallies the Gauls together to drive Caesar out of their land for good. Armed inside the Gallic fortress at Alesia, with thousands of warriors, it seems that Vercingetorix has the advantage when Roman and Gallic forces face off. But Caesar will not give up. He orders his troops to surround the fortress with a massive barrier. When the armies finally clash, it's a showdown that will determine the fate of Gaul.

Nomadic horsemen led by Attila the Hun race across Europe, cross the Rhine, and ravage Gaul.

When King Edward the Confessor died without heir, he left England in a state of uncertainty.

January 14-16, 1797: the French Revolution, just four years earlier, left the fledgling French Republic vulnerable to attack by other European nations who wanted to restore a monarch to the throne. Napoleon Bonaparte, a 28-year-old rising star, led 23,000 men against the Austrian army (28,000 men), which had gathered in northern Italy, ready to strike. Napoleon saw that his enemies, although more numerous, were scattered. He countered with what became his trademark tactic: he assumed the central position by getting in between separated enemy forces and then defeated them, individually. The success of this first campaign vaulted him to international prominence. Part documentary, part interactive game, viewers place themselves in the positions of Napoleon and his opponent, General Baron Josef Alvintzy.

Liberated from exile, in 1815, Napoleon raises an army and attacks Belgium, headed towards Brussels. A master of the "divide and conquer" strategy, Napoleon plans to attack a vital communication point between the English and Prussian armies. At the height of a difficult battle, the Duke of Wellington orders his secret cavalry and infantry to charge down from a ridge and destroy Napoleon's offense.

Journey back to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania,1863, to a battle that will become the turning point of the American Civil War. The South's General Robert E. Lee has won battle after battle against the Union Army. A frustrated President Lincoln has just appointed General George Meade as Commander of the Army of the Potomac. Lee is threatening Washington and the North--Meade must succeed! By pushing his army, marshalling his resources, and tactically outwitting a master, Meade enables the Union forces to fight another day.

Angered by the population influx due to the Gold Rush and hasty construction of a railroad through their land, the Sioux tribes rebelled and abandoned the reservations where they had been confined by the federal government. General George Custer, confident that the Sioux would flee, charged a major Sioux village--the site of the rebellion. But Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull led their people in a fierce resistance. The Sioux surrounded Custer's force and destroyed his army. Travel back to 1876 to southern Montana, where the American Indian achieved his greatest victory in battle against the United States government.

When the American warship USS Maine mysteriously blows up in Cuba's Havana Harbor, President McKinley declares war against Spain.

One by one, European nations fall to Hitler. In 1940, the German dictator now sets his sights on Britain, and orders a devastating air attack on the nation as a prelude to a ground invasion. But the British are determined to fight back. With newly developed radar systems, tenacious fighter pilots, and Sir Winston Churchill's powerful messages, Britain takes the blows and valiantly counterattacks. Ultimately, it's the dramatic dogfights in the sky that destroy Germany's air superiority and send them into retreat. Part documentary, part interactive game, viewers take the parts of Winston Churchill and his 700 Spitfire and Hurricane fighters, and Adolf Hitler with 1,260 bombers, 316 dive bombers, and 1,089 fighters.

The fate of a nation hangs in the balance when Germany invades the Soviet Union in 1942.

Part documentary, part interactive game, our series challenges viewers to put themselves in the positions of actual decision-makers at dramatic turning points in history, providing them with the same information and options available to the real-life leaders. In this episode, we recreate the Battle of the Bulge, when, in a sneak attack, German forces stormed Ardennes, where Allied forces were spread thin. It's up to General Eisenhower--and viewers-- to keep the Germans from breaking through!

It was to turn into the bloodiest and most heroic chapter in U.S. Marine Corps history. During WWII, the tiny island of Iwo Jima acted as an advance Japanese airbase, able to identify and attack U.S. bombers on their way to Tokyo. As the Americans advance across the Pacific in 1945, it's seen as a critical stepping-stone to the attack on mainland Japan. Under the command of Lt. General Tadamichi Kuribayashi, a samurai and 30-year veteran, Iwo Jima was garrisoned by 21,000 Japanese soldiers and fortified with a network of underground bunkers, making it impervious to bomber attack. General Holland M. "Howlin' Mad" Smith's battle-hardened Marines clear hidden pockets of resistance. By the time the island is finally cleared and the U.S. flag flies unchallenged over Mt. Suribachi, only 212 Japanese survive.

Supported by Stalin, North Korean dictator Kim Sung-Il launched an invasion of South Korea, and quickly occupied the region. Outraged, U.S. President Harry Truman ordered General Douglas MacArthur to take action.

On the first day of the Tet (lunar New Year) truce, North Vietnamese forces launched a surprise attack, their biggest offensive of the war.

It's 1990. General "Stormin'" Norman Schwarzkopf has been watching Saddam Hussein maneuver in the Middle East.

One of Egypt's greatest pharaohs, Ramses II, confronts the biggest menace to his reign at the Battle of Kadesh (circa 1300 BC). The Hittite King Muwatallish gathered his allies against Ramses' army, positioning his forces in an ambush.

In a bold move for political power, Julius Caesar invades Gaul. Using a strategy of divide and conquer, Caesar's army marches through Gaul and seems unstoppable. But then, a young Gallic warrior named Vercingetorix rallies the Gauls together to drive Caesar out of their land for good. Armed inside the Gallic fortress at Alesia, with thousands of warriors, it seems that Vercingetorix has the advantage when Roman and Gallic forces face off. But Caesar will not give up. He orders his troops to surround the fortress with a massive barrier. When the armies finally clash, it's a showdown that will determine the fate of Gaul.

Nomadic horsemen led by Attila the Hun race across Europe, cross the Rhine, and ravage Gaul.

When King Edward the Confessor died without heir, he left England in a state of uncertainty.

January 14-16, 1797: the French Revolution, just four years earlier, left the fledgling French Republic vulnerable to attack by other European nations who wanted to restore a monarch to the throne. Napoleon Bonaparte, a 28-year-old rising star, led 23,000 men against the Austrian army (28,000 men), which had gathered in northern Italy, ready to strike. Napoleon saw that his enemies, although more numerous, were scattered. He countered with what became his trademark tactic: he assumed the central position by getting in between separated enemy forces and then defeated them, individually. The success of this first campaign vaulted him to international prominence. Part documentary, part interactive game, viewers place themselves in the positions of Napoleon and his opponent, General Baron Josef Alvintzy.

Liberated from exile, in 1815, Napoleon raises an army and attacks Belgium, headed towards Brussels. A master of the "divide and conquer" strategy, Napoleon plans to attack a vital communication point between the English and Prussian armies. At the height of a difficult battle, the Duke of Wellington orders his secret cavalry and infantry to charge down from a ridge and destroy Napoleon's offense.

Journey back to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania,1863, to a battle that will become the turning point of the American Civil War. The South's General Robert E. Lee has won battle after battle against the Union Army. A frustrated President Lincoln has just appointed General George Meade as Commander of the Army of the Potomac. Lee is threatening Washington and the North--Meade must succeed! By pushing his army, marshalling his resources, and tactically outwitting a master, Meade enables the Union forces to fight another day.

Angered by the population influx due to the Gold Rush and hasty construction of a railroad through their land, the Sioux tribes rebelled and abandoned the reservations where they had been confined by the federal government. General George Custer, confident that the Sioux would flee, charged a major Sioux village--the site of the rebellion. But Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull led their people in a fierce resistance. The Sioux surrounded Custer's force and destroyed his army. Travel back to 1876 to southern Montana, where the American Indian achieved his greatest victory in battle against the United States government.

When the American warship USS Maine mysteriously blows up in Cuba's Havana Harbor, President McKinley declares war against Spain.

One by one, European nations fall to Hitler. In 1940, the German dictator now sets his sights on Britain, and orders a devastating air attack on the nation as a prelude to a ground invasion. But the British are determined to fight back. With newly developed radar systems, tenacious fighter pilots, and Sir Winston Churchill's powerful messages, Britain takes the blows and valiantly counterattacks. Ultimately, it's the dramatic dogfights in the sky that destroy Germany's air superiority and send them into retreat. Part documentary, part interactive game, viewers take the parts of Winston Churchill and his 700 Spitfire and Hurricane fighters, and Adolf Hitler with 1,260 bombers, 316 dive bombers, and 1,089 fighters.

The fate of a nation hangs in the balance when Germany invades the Soviet Union in 1942.

Part documentary, part interactive game, our series challenges viewers to put themselves in the positions of actual decision-makers at dramatic turning points in history, providing them with the same information and options available to the real-life leaders. In this episode, we recreate the Battle of the Bulge, when, in a sneak attack, German forces stormed Ardennes, where Allied forces were spread thin. It's up to General Eisenhower--and viewers-- to keep the Germans from breaking through!

It was to turn into the bloodiest and most heroic chapter in U.S. Marine Corps history. During WWII, the tiny island of Iwo Jima acted as an advance Japanese airbase, able to identify and attack U.S. bombers on their way to Tokyo. As the Americans advance across the Pacific in 1945, it's seen as a critical stepping-stone to the attack on mainland Japan. Under the command of Lt. General Tadamichi Kuribayashi, a samurai and 30-year veteran, Iwo Jima was garrisoned by 21,000 Japanese soldiers and fortified with a network of underground bunkers, making it impervious to bomber attack. General Holland M. "Howlin' Mad" Smith's battle-hardened Marines clear hidden pockets of resistance. By the time the island is finally cleared and the U.S. flag flies unchallenged over Mt. Suribachi, only 212 Japanese survive.

Supported by Stalin, North Korean dictator Kim Sung-Il launched an invasion of South Korea, and quickly occupied the region. Outraged, U.S. President Harry Truman ordered General Douglas MacArthur to take action.

On the first day of the Tet (lunar New Year) truce, North Vietnamese forces launched a surprise attack, their biggest offensive of the war.

It's 1990. General "Stormin'" Norman Schwarzkopf has been watching Saddam Hussein maneuver in the Middle East.

One of Egypt's greatest pharaohs, Ramses II, confronts the biggest menace to his reign at the Battle of Kadesh (circa 1300 BC). The Hittite King Muwatallish gathered his allies against Ramses' army, positioning his forces in an ambush.

In a bold move for political power, Julius Caesar invades Gaul. Using a strategy of divide and conquer, Caesar's army marches through Gaul and seems unstoppable. But then, a young Gallic warrior named Vercingetorix rallies the Gauls together to drive Caesar out of their land for good. Armed inside the Gallic fortress at Alesia, with thousands of warriors, it seems that Vercingetorix has the advantage when Roman and Gallic forces face off. But Caesar will not give up. He orders his troops to surround the fortress with a massive barrier. When the armies finally clash, it's a showdown that will determine the fate of Gaul.

Nomadic horsemen led by Attila the Hun race across Europe, cross the Rhine, and ravage Gaul.

When King Edward the Confessor died without heir, he left England in a state of uncertainty.

January 14-16, 1797: the French Revolution, just four years earlier, left the fledgling French Republic vulnerable to attack by other European nations who wanted to restore a monarch to the throne. Napoleon Bonaparte, a 28-year-old rising star, led 23,000 men against the Austrian army (28,000 men), which had gathered in northern Italy, ready to strike. Napoleon saw that his enemies, although more numerous, were scattered. He countered with what became his trademark tactic: he assumed the central position by getting in between separated enemy forces and then defeated them, individually. The success of this first campaign vaulted him to international prominence. Part documentary, part interactive game, viewers place themselves in the positions of Napoleon and his opponent, General Baron Josef Alvintzy.

Liberated from exile, in 1815, Napoleon raises an army and attacks Belgium, headed towards Brussels. A master of the "divide and conquer" strategy, Napoleon plans to attack a vital communication point between the English and Prussian armies. At the height of a difficult battle, the Duke of Wellington orders his secret cavalry and infantry to charge down from a ridge and destroy Napoleon's offense.

Journey back to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania,1863, to a battle that will become the turning point of the American Civil War. The South's General Robert E. Lee has won battle after battle against the Union Army. A frustrated President Lincoln has just appointed General George Meade as Commander of the Army of the Potomac. Lee is threatening Washington and the North--Meade must succeed! By pushing his army, marshalling his resources, and tactically outwitting a master, Meade enables the Union forces to fight another day.

Angered by the population influx due to the Gold Rush and hasty construction of a railroad through their land, the Sioux tribes rebelled and abandoned the reservations where they had been confined by the federal government. General George Custer, confident that the Sioux would flee, charged a major Sioux village--the site of the rebellion. But Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull led their people in a fierce resistance. The Sioux surrounded Custer's force and destroyed his army. Travel back to 1876 to southern Montana, where the American Indian achieved his greatest victory in battle against the United States government.

When the American warship USS Maine mysteriously blows up in Cuba's Havana Harbor, President McKinley declares war against Spain.

One by one, European nations fall to Hitler. In 1940, the German dictator now sets his sights on Britain, and orders a devastating air attack on the nation as a prelude to a ground invasion. But the British are determined to fight back. With newly developed radar systems, tenacious fighter pilots, and Sir Winston Churchill's powerful messages, Britain takes the blows and valiantly counterattacks. Ultimately, it's the dramatic dogfights in the sky that destroy Germany's air superiority and send them into retreat. Part documentary, part interactive game, viewers take the parts of Winston Churchill and his 700 Spitfire and Hurricane fighters, and Adolf Hitler with 1,260 bombers, 316 dive bombers, and 1,089 fighters.

The fate of a nation hangs in the balance when Germany invades the Soviet Union in 1942.

Part documentary, part interactive game, our series challenges viewers to put themselves in the positions of actual decision-makers at dramatic turning points in history, providing them with the same information and options available to the real-life leaders. In this episode, we recreate the Battle of the Bulge, when, in a sneak attack, German forces stormed Ardennes, where Allied forces were spread thin. It's up to General Eisenhower--and viewers-- to keep the Germans from breaking through!

It was to turn into the bloodiest and most heroic chapter in U.S. Marine Corps history. During WWII, the tiny island of Iwo Jima acted as an advance Japanese airbase, able to identify and attack U.S. bombers on their way to Tokyo. As the Americans advance across the Pacific in 1945, it's seen as a critical stepping-stone to the attack on mainland Japan. Under the command of Lt. General Tadamichi Kuribayashi, a samurai and 30-year veteran, Iwo Jima was garrisoned by 21,000 Japanese soldiers and fortified with a network of underground bunkers, making it impervious to bomber attack. General Holland M. "Howlin' Mad" Smith's battle-hardened Marines clear hidden pockets of resistance. By the time the island is finally cleared and the U.S. flag flies unchallenged over Mt. Suribachi, only 212 Japanese survive.

Supported by Stalin, North Korean dictator Kim Sung-Il launched an invasion of South Korea, and quickly occupied the region. Outraged, U.S. President Harry Truman ordered General Douglas MacArthur to take action.

On the first day of the Tet (lunar New Year) truce, North Vietnamese forces launched a surprise attack, their biggest offensive of the war.

It's 1990. General "Stormin'" Norman Schwarzkopf has been watching Saddam Hussein maneuver in the Middle East.

One of Egypt's greatest pharaohs, Ramses II, confronts the biggest menace to his reign at the Battle of Kadesh (circa 1300 BC). The Hittite King Muwatallish gathered his allies against Ramses' army, positioning his forces in an ambush.