TV series
America: Facts vs. Fiction
History as we generally know it is full of holes or half-truths, and a mother lode of juicy details have been lost, distorted, covered up or simply ignored along the way. Former Naval officer and actor Jamie Kaler is on a mission to set the record straight on the most familiar and beloved stories from our nation's and military's past, filling in the blanks, debunking the occasional myth, and exploring why we sometimes get our own history, well, slightly wrong
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Checked Jul 22, 2026
America: Facts vs. Fiction premiered July 10, 2013. We don't have a confirmed streaming, rental or purchase option yet.
Synopsis
History as we generally know it is full of holes or half-truths, and a mother lode of juicy details have been lost, distorted, covered up or simply ignored along the way. Former Naval officer and actor Jamie Kaler is on a mission to set the record straight on the most familiar and beloved stories from our nation's and military's past, filling in the blanks, debunking the occasional myth, and exploring why we sometimes get our own history, well, slightly wrong
Season 4 episodes
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Episode 4
The Great Escape
The "facts" of the Battle of the Alamo and the Battle of Little Big Horn vs. the "fiction".
Where to watch America: Facts vs. FictionEpisode 7
Saluting the Truth
Profiles of U.S. generals, including George Patton and Ulysses S. Grant. Also: a look back at the Roaring '20s and the lawlessness of the 1930s.
Where to watch America: Facts vs. FictionEpisode 9
Bonus Round: Defending the Truth
True tales of women at war, including those that worked at manufacturing jobs, as WASPS, as computers, code breakers and spies and the 500 who died as a result of enemy action. Fact and fiction in historical photographs.
Where to watch America: Facts vs. FictionEpisode 10
Bonus Round: All-American Landmarks
Discovering the real truth behind some of America's greatest landmarks.
Where to watch America: Facts vs. FictionEpisode 11
Bonus Round: Fall into the Truth
Exposing the truth behind favorite Fall holidays Thanksgiving and Halloween.
Where to watch America: Facts vs. FictionEpisode information updated Jul 24, 2026
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More about America: Facts vs. Fiction
Cast
Jamie KalerHimself - HostProduction details
- Status
- Returning Series
- Series type
- Scripted
- Episodes
- 67
- Original language
- English
Networks & production
FocusItaly
Military ChannelUnited States
DMAXItaly- Historical WardrobeUnited States
LionHeart FilmWorksUnited States
Workaholic ProductionsUnited States