This episode features tales of the heroism of the railway staff during the Blitz, and how a small siding in a Hampshire railway station played its part in the preparations for D-Day.
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Small arms production hit a boom in the early 1800s with the emergence of the modern cartridge an invention that led to the lethal package.
The industrial revolution changed it all when it came to cannons as they evolved from wholly inaccurate and immobile to deadly killing machines.
After the fall of France in 1940, Dönitz's trio of aces embark on a race to sink British merchant ships. In Britain, the woman who will frustrate his plans turns the Women's Royal Naval Service into a force to be reckoned with.
When WW2 breaks out, an elite force of German U-boat commanders attempt to starve Britain into submission. Vera Mathews heads the reformed WRENS. Meanwhile retired naval commander Gilbert Roberts is desperate to return to his career.
The Junkers Ju 52, which is considered one of the most famous airplanes in history. It was first designed as an airliner, but was used as a transport, bomber, and air ambulance during the Second World War.
The Grumman Avenger, which was the most important carrier-based torpedo bomber on American and British carriers throughout the Second World War. They were also the biggest and heaviest carrier aircraft of the conflict.
This episode features tales of the heroism of the railway staff during the Blitz, and how a small siding in a Hampshire railway station played its part in the preparations for D-Day.
The docu-drama The Real Hunt for Red October reveals, for the first time, the astonishing secret events behind the Russian submarine K-129 that went missing on March 8, 1968, taking the Soviet Union and the U.S. to the brink of war.
Experts look at three types of weapon employed to attack civilian populations, from the medieval trebuchet to modern bio-weapons and nuclear bombs.
Wars become even bloodier as new technologies continue to evolve. An international team of experts tests the deadliest weapons upgrades in the history of warfare.
With the fall of France, only Britain stood between Hitler and complete victory in Europe. But German High Command knew that it first had to have mastery of the skies.
The world had largely ignored the growing threat of Nazism during the late 1930s and now the appeasement of Hitler was about to have terrible consequences.
While on patrol in Chechnyan forest, a Russian infantryman sees mysterious lights and fights an unknown presence that has a hypnotising effect. An intrepid Air Force engineer learns about evidence of UFOs at Wright Patterson Air Force Base.
US Navy Boatswain Mate, Robert Young, witnesses a strange green fog in the Bermuda triangle and experiences a spiritual warning that saves his life. Tech Sergeant Octavia Madden discovers her base house is haunted by the spirit of a little girl.
While the single shot rifle remained a mainstay until WWI, machine guns had been in development since the final days of the American Civil War.
Small arms production hit a boom in the early 1800s with the emergence of the modern cartridge an invention that led to the lethal package.
Experts look at three types of weapon employed to attack civilian populations, from the medieval trebuchet to modern bio-weapons and nuclear bombs.
Wars become even bloodier as new technologies continue to evolve. An international team of experts tests the deadliest weapons upgrades in the history of warfare.
The definitive combat helicopter saw first blood in South East Asia and has been transport, gunship, smoke ship, command centre, MediVac and dozens of other roles. We hear and see it's hair raising missions and watch it earn its fame.
The aircraft capable of delivering the payload of a B17, in a single post war air frame. The many variants of this single piston engined fighter bomber helped dominate the air to ground attack role in Vietnam, earning quite a reputation.
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