Harry Combs started his love affair with aviation at the age of 13 with a $2.50 ride in the cockpit of a mail plane. By his mid-teens, Combs was building his own flight-worthy aircraft. His education led him to try investment banking, a path that he would later modify to successfully run Combs Aircraft. It seems Harry Combs has done it all, from working with President Kennedy on the increasing demand for air travel to rebuilding the struggling Gates...

This presentation of inspiration and American history combines the past glory and achievements of General John J. Pershing with his modern-day impact upon young Americans.

Lt. General Michael Flynn: from elite soldier overseas to waging “spiritual war” in America. With the Associated Press, examine how Flynn emerged as a leading conspiracy theorist, from QAnon to “Stop the Steal” and his ties to Christian nationalism.

They are the unsung heroes of the United States Army, the generals of the Union Army of the Potomac. They bravely fought Robert E. Lee in the summer of 1863 and won the most crucial battle of the American Civil War. This is the story of the Union officers at Gettysburg.

When Hitler’s Army marched into Czechoslovakia, a young Czech army captain joined the Resistance. But he had a secret no one knew...until now. In March 1939, Hitler’s army marched into Prague, Czechoslovakia. Jan Bodon, a young captain in the Czech Army—who also happened to be blond-haired, blue-eyed and fluent in German—was “asked” to join the Nazis. He promptly fled and joined the Czech Resistance Movement instead, and was selected to...

Born into a Bavarian bourgeois family, Heinrich Himmler became the driving force behind the indescribable crimes that made the Nazi regime so unique in modern history. An early henchman of Hitler’s, Himmler turned a small gang of thugs into a monstrous pseudo-religious order and widely feared instrument of terror—the SS. As a compliant servant to his Führer, Himmler controlled an economic empire in which hundreds of thousands of slave workers...

This feature documentary showcases Grant—the man, rather than the legend. Within ten years, Grant’s life takes a stunning turn from a father struggling to make a living to the general who won the Civil War. Grant would later become the 18th president of the United States. It was his early years that defined Grant. He was a man with no money and no prospects. In 1859, at age 37, Grant made a choice to free his only slave rather than sell him for...

Lord Horatio Nelson, one of Britain’s greatest war heroes is best known as the man on top of a huge column in London’s Trafalgar Square. One of history’s most celebrated characters, his achievements are well known; the Battle of Trafalgar and the Nile campaign, as well as his extraordinary record as a commander and a leader of men. But what about Nelson the man? Polite English society was shocked when a batch of letters from Nelson to his mistress,...

This episode of Biography offers insight into Genghis Khan, the savage military and political genius who founded Mongolia and went on to subjugate much of Eurasia.

This A&E Special provides a comprehensive look at George Washington's long military career - from his service in the Virginia militia during the French and Indian War to his role as commander in chief of the Continental Army.