8.0Battle 360 - Season 1 (2008)
Documentary about the USS Enterprise and her many battles during World War II.

6.8Carrier (2008)
Nonfiction drama about life onboard a nuclear aircraft carrier.

9.0Combat Diary: The Marines of Lima Company (2006)
An account of life and death on the front lines of the war in Iraq, shot on home video cameras by US soldiers.

N/ACommando - On The Front Line (2007)
Chris Terrill films a group of Royal Marine recruits on their 12-month journey to Afghanistan.

8.4Control Room (2004)
A documentary on perception of the United States's war with Iraq, with an emphasis on Al Jazeera's coverage.

9.2Dear America - Letters Home from Vietnam (1987)
This classic documentary features reenactments of actual letters written by soldiers during the Vietnam war.

8.9Dogfights - Season One (2006)
Notable fighter plane air battles are recreated.

8.0Dogfights - Season Two (2007)
Fighter aircraft face off in some of the most intense battles in the history of warfare.

7.8God Grew Tired of Us (2006)
Four boys from Sudan embark on a journey to America after years of wandering Sub-Saharan Africa.

8.7Hearts and Minds (1974)
Peter Davis' landmark documentary unflinchingly confronts the United States' involvement in Vietnam.

N/AHitler in Colour (2005)
Documentary using original colour footage charts the 12 years Hitler ruled.

7.7Inside the Vietnam War (2008)
A National Geographic inside look at the war in Vietnam.

7.5Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers (2006)
Documentary portraying the actions of U.S. corporate contractors in the U.S.-Iraq war.

8.5Iraq in Fragments (2006)
Stories from modern day Iraq as told by Iraqis living in a time of war and occupation.

7.5Last Stand of the 300 (2007)
Documentary about the legendary battle of Thermopylae in 480 BC.

8.8No End in Sight (2007)
A comprehensive look at the Bush Administration's conduct of the Iraq war and its occupation of the country.

6.7Operation Valkyrie: The Stauffenberg Plot to Kill Hitler (2008)
A dramatization of Claus von Stauffenberg's plot to assassinate Hitler.

8.7Ross Kemp - Return to Afghanistan (2009)
Ross and his team return to one of the world's most dangerous areas, the Helmand Province.

9.5Ross Kemp in Afghanistan (2008)
Kemp follows the British Army's Royal Anglian Regiment during their deployment to Afghanistan.

6.8Secrets of the Dead: Dogfight Over Guadalcanal (2006)
Documentary recreating a 1942 dogfight over Guadalcanal between two ace fighter pilots.

9.5Shoah (1985)
A 9 1/2 hour documentary of the Holocaust using no archive footage.

8.1Six Days in June (2007)
Documentary about the Six Day War in June 1967.

8.6Taxi To the Dark Side (2007)
An in-depth look at the torture practices of the United States in Afghanistan, Iraq and Guantanamo Bay.

8.9The Civil War (1990)
A comprehensive survey of the American Civil War.

8.1The Devil Came On Horseback (2007)
Documentary exposing the genocide raging in Darfur, Sudan as seen through the eyes of a former U.S. marine.

N/AThe First World War (2003)
A comprehensive survey of the history of World War I.

9.1The Fog of War (2003)
Robert S. McNamara talks about the difficult lessons of modern war.

10The Nazis: A Warning from History (1997)
An examination of how a cultured people could have allowed Hitler's rise to power.

7.8The Panama Deception (1992)
A film about the 1989 US invasion of Panama.

7.5The Rape of Europa (2006)
The story of Nazi Germany's plundering of Europe's great works of art during World War II.

6.6The War (2007)
Critically claimed documentarian Ken Burns explores World War II in this seven-part series.

9.3The World at War (1973)
Classic series of accurate documentaries about World War II.

9.1Victory at Sea (1952)
Twenty-six episode series about naval combat during World War 2.

8.8Waltz with Bashir (2008)
Through interviews and animation, director Ari Folman reconstructs the invasion of Lebanon in 1982.

8.7White Light/Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (2007)
A comprehensive account of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki from the people who were there.

8.1Why We Fight (2005)
Why We Fight surveys a half-century of USmilitary conflicts.