Keith Huxen

Dr. Keith Huxen, a historian and project director at The Henry M. Jackson Foundation, takes you into the story of ordinary people doing extraordinary things. From the icy front lines of Soviet Russia to the bombing campaigns against Britain to the fall of the Philippines, these 24 engrossing lectures take you into the shoes of soldiers, sailors, pilots, war correspondents, and citizens struggling to survive a war-torn world.

Japanese suicide pilots struck fear in the hearts of their opponents, but the willingness of kamikazes to take the lives of others through their own deaths raises philosophical questions for all involved. Review the historical debate over the kamikazes and reflect on their legacy that haunts the Pacific War.

How does one account for the crimes of war? What does justice mean when the war is over? Here, review the trials of Nuremberg through the vantage point of an interpreter and observer. Then, shift your attention to a tribunal in Tokyo. Reflect on the legal foundation for international law, going forward.

Dr. Keith Huxen takes you into the story of ordinary people doing extraordinary things. From the icy front lines of Soviet Russia to the bombing campaigns against Britain to the fall of the Philippines, these 24 engrossing episodes take you into the shoes of soldiers, sailors, pilots, war correspondents, and citizens struggling to survive a war-torn world.

Hitler's last, desperate gamble for victory was to launch a surprise winter attack through Belgium's Ardennes Forest. Victory for the Allies came at an incredible price at the Battle of the Bulge, but it sealed the fate of the Third Reich. Step into the shoes of an Army infantry company commander during this bloody encounter.

Wartime Warsaw offers a gateway to the darkest events of the war. Bear witness as the city's Jews were rounded up and put in the ghetto—cramped quarters where the specter of disease and starvation always loomed. Hear the wrenching stories from several of the ghetto's inhabitants.

The sheer toll of death alone cannot account for the atrocities of the Holocaust. The writings of survivors such as writer Elie Wiesel and historian Saul Friedländer bore witness to the events. Through their written works and that of other survivors and witnesses, collected memories have been captured and continue to endure.

War correspondents ranged from radio broadcasters to newspaper writers to photographers and cartoonists. Determined to serve a public hungry for information during a world of censorship and control, journalists covered all aspects of the war and its social impact. Meet some of these correspondents and consider the issues they wrote about.

Shift your attention across the English Channel, where Britain now faced the Nazi war machine alone. Trace the war in London through the eyes of a Jewish child in the East End, a bureaucrat performing unglamorous duties, and a young Oxford student who flew against Hitler's Luftwaffe.

Not only was the war fought around the globe—it was also fought from high in the skies to the depths of the ocean. Venture beneath the unforgiving waters of the Atlantic and Pacific where American submariners conducted a secret, dangerous war. See what life was like in the cramped quarters of these powerful vessels.