Stunning footage gives extraordinary insight to frontline combat, the lives of ordinary soldiers, and their terror in the face of brutal, and mechanized warfare in WWII. The brand-new series WWII Battles in Color premieres tonight at 8 PM. | Smithsonian Channel Aviation Nation

See restored and colorized footage of the people who lived through and took part in the First World War. World War I changed the world forever, but the men and women who experienced it are so often remembered only as names and numbers in history books. In this video, you can see their faces in color and perhaps connect with them in a way you weren’t able to before. See soldiers from the US Army, British Army, French Army, and German Army. In order of the video: 16-year-old German Prisoner of War