TV Guide American Heroes Channel Sunday

The battles that turned the tide in the Pacific and led America to naval supremacy over the Japan in the year following the attack on Pearl Harbor are featured.

The story of America's three-year war against communist giants in Korea is told, highlighting the battles that turned the tide away from a communist victory.

The heroics, key technologies and defining battles of the Vietnam War are broken down, from the first shots fired in the Gulf of Tonkin to the fall of Saigon.

The key things that led to the U.S. and its allies claiming victory over dictator Saddam Hussein as he attempted to conquer Kuwait in 1991 are highlighted.

A comprehensive look is taken into one of the most incredible battles of World War II, the taking of a nondescript hill on the island of Okinawa.

A comprehensive exploration is taken into the 2006 Battle of Ramadi and how Colonel Sean MacFarland's troops' odds could not have been worse.

In the 1930s, American Nazis plagued the United States, from rallies held at Madison Square Garden, to intricate plots involving the theft of weapons secrets.

As one of most highly-sought treasures of the world, gold has led man to often-deadly extremes in his pursuit of it, as profiled in this glittering episode.

The attack that changed the course of history, made heroes of ordinary men, and transformed how the United States would engage with war for the next 75 years.

The story is told of Canadian fighter pilot George Beurling, who was known to break the rules, but became one of the greatest fighter pilots of World War II.

The story is told of Britain's air ace Douglas Bader, whose squadron of Canadian fighter pilots went to battle against Hitler's Luftwaffe in July 1940.

An in-depth look is taken at the crew of the Lancaster ME669, who had the job of dropping mega-tonnes of high-powered explosives over Nazi-occupied Germany.

An in-depth presentation is presented about the Tuskegee Airmen, the brave all-black fighter pilots that beat discrimination from their own military.

The story is presented of how Colonel Robin Olds, a World War II veteran airman, became the hero of the 8th Tactical Fighter Wing of the U.S. Air Force.

Historical analysts paint a picture for how the horrifying bombing of Pearl Harbor caused a largely European conflict to consume the entire globe.

Viewers are provided with the perspective of an Italian dictator that sought conquest en route to a recreation of the expansive Roman Empire.

Historians provide an understanding for how the harrowing events of World War II caused nations on both sides of the conflict to push weaponry research.

Viewers are provided with due perspective into wartime events from 1943, which included the beginning of Hitler's downfall and an invasion of Italy.

Viewers are presented with a unique historical narrative touching upon the ill-preparedness of Hitler's forces for the Allied invasion of France in 1944.

During the course of the summer's end in 1944, the intrepid forces of Allied nations continued their invasion of northwest Europe while pushing towards Germany

American forces are discussed in relation to the invention of new wartime tactics, which resulted from attacks that turned the tide of WWII in the Pacific.

Grandiose parades, soaring speeches and passionate radio announcements from the Second World War are uncovered by military historians.

Archived material and expert commentary is brought together to provide proper perspective for Japan's dire situation during the mid-1940's.

The beginnings of the Second World War are seen as German troops invade Poland to kick off the world's most notorious international war.

American forces are discussed in relation to the invention of new wartime tactics, which resulted from attacks that turned the tide of WWII in the Pacific.

Grandiose parades, soaring speeches and passionate radio announcements from the Second World War are uncovered by military historians.

Archived material and expert commentary is brought together to provide proper perspective for Japan's dire situation during the mid-1940's.

The beginnings of the Second World War are seen as German troops invade Poland to kick off the world's most notorious international war.

Viewers are presented with a unique historical narrative touching upon the ill-preparedness of Hitler's forces for the Allied invasion of France in 1944.

During the course of the summer's end in 1944, the intrepid forces of Allied nations continued their invasion of northwest Europe while pushing towards Germany