As Europe falls under the sway of Nazi Germany, America is unprepared for war and the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

Platoon leader Charles Scheffel battles Rommel's Afrika Korps in Tunisia, where he suffers his first losses.

Combat journalist Robert Sherrod attends one of the bloodiest battles in the Pacific at the end of 1943.

Pilot Bert Stiles joins the decimated 8th Air Force in 1944 in a bid to help clear the skies above Normandy.

A look at the brutal fighting on the beaches of Normandy that prove to be more deadly than presumed. Despite having America on the offensive, it is discovered that victory will not come quickly, especially for Lt. Charles Scheffel.

Marine Nolen Marbrey is gravely wounded in the bloody battle of Peleliu in the Pacific, as Lt Charles Scheffel leads his unit across France.