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EJ Johnson's story of nine young men who overcame unbelievable odds with the 8th Air Force 490th Bomb Group flying missions over Germany during the 1944-1945 era of World War II - and lived to tell about it. After qualifying as a navigator in the Army Air Corps during World War II, E.J. Johnson went on to serve with the 490th Bomb Group of the Mighty Eighth Air Force. His crew led by Pilot Roy Hann, flew some of the most harrowing campaigns of the war including many to Berlin, the heart of the German war machine.

Under besættelsen var det danske politi aktivt frem til 1944, hvor det blev interneret af tyskerne. De cirka 30 medlemmer arbejdede effektivt og diskret og førte til flere likvideringer af danske modstandsmænd. Niels-Birger Danielsen og Erland Leth Pedersen fortæller den rystende historie om Svend Staal-gruppen og dens mange ugerninger og forbrydelser mod deres eget folk og de frygtelige konsekvenser, deres forræderi fik for de mennesker, der satte livet på spil for deres land.

Engineering Hitler's Downfall features numerous inventions such as the decoding machines developed at Bletchley Park; the hand-held mine detectors that cleared pathways through enemy minefields, firstly at the Battle of el Alamein but also in most subsequent actions; the newly-located factories and tanks that enabled the Russians to repulse the German invasion; the escort carriers and long range aircraft that enabled U-boats to be attacked in the mid-Atlantic; and the 4000 plus Bailey bridges that allowed narrow ravines and rivers as wide as the Rhine to be crossed.

Med Fortrængt grusomhed. Danske SS-vagter 1941-45 dokumenteres det for første gang med udgangspunkt i hidtil ukendt materiale fra danske og udenlandske arkiver, at danske SS-frivillige deltog i krigs- og folkedrabsforbrydelser de nazistiske koncentrationslejre. Nogle danskere blev uddannet og trænet i vold direkte ved kz-lejre som Sachsenhausen, Dachau og Neuengamme, andre blev overført til vagttjeneste i kz-lejre efter at have været sårede ved fronten.

One of the few RAF aircrew to play a central part in two of the Second World War's most momentous events, the Battle of Britain and D-Day, Cyril 'Frank' Babbage was a survivor. He wasn't just an immensely skilled pilot; he was also blessed with extraordinary good fortune.