Historical Front

Revitalizing history through storytelling, images, & videos.

Experience stories from the front line of wwii.

  • Footage from Wiliam Wyler’s experiences with the 91st bombardment group in 1943. American bomber crews and German pilots clash in aerial combat.

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  • Combined archival and reenactment footage recounting the Malmedy massacre during the battle of the bulge.

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  • timeline of us naval carrier fleets attack on the Japanese empire during the summer of 1942.

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“The u.s. army air force put up a poster for morale purposes, it had a brave american airmen standing in a boxing stance, LOOKING LIKE GENE TUNNEY OR JACK DEMPSEY READY TO PUNCH SOMEBODY OUT. THERE’S AN incoming focke-wulf AND IT SAID AT THE TOP IN SCREAMING HEADLINES, ‘WHO’S AFRAID OF THE FOCKE-WULF? Well, a hundred guys on base signed it and said, I am.” (Donald L. Miller) (Author, masters of the Air ).

This poster hung inside the officer’s club of the eighth air force. poster design recreated by historical front.

August 17, 1943. U.S. Eighth Air Force conducted a two-pronged bombing raid on the German cities of Regensburg & Schweinfurt. 146 B-17s are the first to take off toward Regensburg, tasked with bombing a BF-109 fighter factory. The two-pronged strategy was devised in an attempt to split Germany’s defensive air power, but flight delays during takeoff that morning caused the Regensburg force to depart 45 minutes earlier than the Schweinfurt force. This gave the German Luftwaffe crucial time to refuel their fighter planes and consolidate a larger defense. The Schweinfurt task force of 222 B-17’s were now left to face the full force of the Luftwaffe, without fighter escort. The unprecedented air battle that ensued, included 300 German fighter planes, the largest force to ever attack an American bomber formation. By the end of the day, American forces had lost 60 b-17s and over 600 men. 

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american airmen fight for their lives in the skies over europe.

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A German soldier on the eastern front encounters more than he bargained for when he finds himself wounded on the streets of war-torn kharkov in 1943, leading him to question his own military’s doctrine.

  • Storytelling

    creative stories that revitalize history’s most pivotal conflicts.

  • Remembering

    the innumerable sacrifices made by so many during wartime, regardless of nationality, ultimately inspires the work we produce.

  • Vizualising

    Some of the most notorious battles that took place during WWII, were captured through photography and filmmaking. This archival footage allows you to explore the fighting men that lived through combat in real time.