Every war has a moment when everything could have gone differently. We find that moment.

World History Files makes full-length documentaries about World War I and World War II, told through the hours, minutes and decisions that changed history: the wrong turn in Sarajevo, the first day of the Somme, the radar warning at Pearl Harbor, the last six hours of WW1, the final days of Berlin.

Inside every film: authentic archival footage and photographs, original animated battle maps, the words of eyewitnesses and research drawn from leading historians. Every source is credited in the description.

New documentaries every Friday and Sunday.

Strictly non-political and educational. We never glorify war or any ideology. We explain how it happened, so that it is never forgotten.

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Real footage. Real stories. The hours that changed history.