Samuels, Charlie

Find out how the ancient Greeks lived and worked.

It's probable that the ancient people in Mesopotamia were the first to use the wheel for transportation around 3200 BC. If that's not impressive enough, the famous Hanging Gardens of Babylon were dreamed up and executed by this ancient culture.

Presents the events leading up to and during the Allied invasion of Normandy in 1944.

Examines the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, in December of 1941, the event that impelled the United States into World War II.

Recounts the events surrounding the Tet offensive from a wide range of perspectives.

An overview of the Vietnam War, featuring time lines that chronicle significant events from the beginning through the fall of Saigon in 1975, and discussing the causes of the conflict, military tactics and technology, and the politica consequences of the war.

With first-hand accounts and full-color photographs, describes the military machines and science behind the waging of World War I, the global conflict that redefined modern warfare and involved some of the biggest battles in history.