TV Schedule for Smithsonian Channel USA

The Pacific War in Color The Enemy Underground

By the summer of 1944, the United States is gaining the upper hand in the Pacific War with better training, troop numbers and supply lines; it aims for the heart of Japan's inner defense ring, engaging in a naval battle for Saipan in the Marianas.

The Pacific War in Color Striking Distance

Allied forces move to take the valuable islands of Tinian and Guam that threaten American air operations; meanwhile, Gen. Curtis LeMay is tasked with planning and executing a fire bombing campaign against Japan.

The Pacific War in Color Fire From the Sky

Allies slug it out on the island of Peleliu in a campaign to pave the way for Gen. MacArthur's return to the Philippines; footage shows troops enduring the muddy muck in the Philippines; Japan unveils a devastating new tactic, the kamikaze.

The Pacific War in Color No Surrender

By the spring of 1945, the United States begins to take back the Philippines; on Borneo, the Australians invade Labuan; when the United States invades Okinawa, Japan makes a strong stand and launches the biggest kamikaze attacks of the war.

The Pacific War in Color From the Ashes

President Harry Truman decides to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki; Emperor Hirohito surrenders, and Gen. Douglas MacArthur arrives to oversee the country's occupation; mortal enemies must now become partners in Japan's rebirth.

WWII Battles in Color Blitzkrieg

Rare archive footage charts the German Army in 1940 as it unleashes a new Blitzkrieg tactic.

WWII Battles in Color Barbarossa

Cameras roll as Nazi Germany launches an all-out assault on the Soviet Union.

WWII Battles in Color El Alamein

Footage of life and death on the battlefield of El Alamein and behind the lines in the African desert.

WWII Battles in Color Kursk

The story of the greatest tank battle the world has ever seen.

WWII Battles in Color The Bulge

Eye-witness accounts from those who fought in the US military's bloodiest battle on the European front in World War II.

WWII Battles in Color Berlin

Incredible footage, colourised for the first time, chronicles the final days of the Third Reich and the brutal battle for Berlin, though German defeat looked certain. Nazi soldiers persisted fighting despite the inevitability of their downfall.