I've been watching "WWII in Color: Road to Victory" on Netflix and learning quite a bit about WWII that I had no idea about. Some examples:

UK supposedly entered the war because a german U-boat commander mistakenly sank a civilian ship full of British citizens.

When Roosevelt sent troops to North Africa to fight the Germans in Lybia, instead of welcoming them, the French attacked the Americans. This was in part because the local installed govt. was afraid of what the Germans would do to the some 2+ million french POWs.

While soldiers were sacrificing their lives so larger numbers could be evacuated at Dunkirk, some were having a grand ol' time at the beaches, having parties and live circus entertainment.

When the US troops landed in Africa, they brought with them 6 tons of lingerie to bargain with the locals.

There's a lot more, but overall it's an interesting show that ties a lot of the things together for me. I've learned about the individual events and various parts of WWII battles, but never quite fit them into one picture - a sequence that made sense.

Of course, we don't know the full scope of what happened behind the decisions that were made, but it's still interesting.