In conjunction with the 100th anniversary of America’s entry into the war on April 6, 1917, The Great War explores how World War I changed America and the world. Drawing on the latest scholarship, including unpublished diaries, memoirs and letters, The Great War tells the rich and complex story of the conflict through the voices of nurses, journalists, aviators and the American troops who came to be known as “doughboys.” Saturdays at 9:30pm AEDT from November 11 until November 25 only on HISTORY

July 1944 – American forces plan a major offensive codenamed Operation Cobra. They would attack near St. Lo, achieve a breakthrough, then unleash General Patton and US Third Army to exploit the opening. New episode of World War II: Battles for Europe tonight 7.30pm AEST. | HISTORY