Sands of War tells the forgotten story of the Desert Training Center – 18,000 square miles of rugged terrain in the Mojave Desert, where a million soldiers came to train for battle in WWII. Founded by General George S. Patton in 1942, the DTC tested men and machines in a setting as close to real combat as possible. Using both current and rare archival footage and told through the personal experiences of WWII veterans, the program provides a compelling account of the young men and women thrust onto the stage of world conflict.