Combat Trains
In the 19th century, weapons became more sophisticated and more deadly, and the results were higher casualties with devastating wounds.
2026-06-23 06:53:45 +0000 UTC→2026-06-23 07:51:16 +0000 UTC(57m)
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The Abyss: Rise And Fall Of The Nazis
President Hindenburg suspends freedom of speech and Hitler comes to power in 1933. The first concentration camps for political opponents are set up.
2026-06-23 12:35:47 +0000 UTC→2026-06-23 13:33:21 +0000 UTC(57m)
The Abyss: Rise And Fall Of The Nazis
A social protest turns into a racist and anti-Jewish movement during the 1920s and the NSDAP use emotions to gain the loyalty of the people.
2026-06-23 11:38:30 +0000 UTC→2026-06-23 12:35:47 +0000 UTC(57m)
Cracking The Code
The Japanese Super Code reveals the US efforts to crack Japan's unbreakable WWII code following the horror of the attack on Pearl Harbor.
2026-06-23 10:41:47 +0000 UTC→2026-06-23 11:38:30 +0000 UTC(56m)
Cracking The Code
Uncovering some of the world's most famous encryptions. Revealing how they were decoded, the brilliant minds who cracked them and the mysteries they were hiding.
2026-06-23 09:44:43 +0000 UTC→2026-06-23 10:41:47 +0000 UTC(57m)
History's Greatest Aircraft
The story of the prolonged development and the initially troubled operational history of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress. Forever known as the airframe that dropped the first atomic weapons on Japan, the B-29 lived on well beyond its war years.
2026-06-23 08:48:27 +0000 UTC→2026-06-23 09:44:43 +0000 UTC(56m)
History's Greatest Aircraft
The definitive, if not the best, Axis fighter of World War two: we delve into the story of legendary ace Adolf Galland and examine in detail and example of the type in his colours. We also look at the technical heritage the 109 designers left.
2026-06-23 07:51:16 +0000 UTC→2026-06-23 08:48:27 +0000 UTC(57m)
Combat Trains
In the 19th century, weapons became more sophisticated and more deadly, and the results were higher casualties with devastating wounds.
2026-06-23 06:53:45 +0000 UTC→2026-06-23 07:51:16 +0000 UTC(57m)
Secret Nazi Expeditions
A pseudoscientific theory embraced by the Nazis claimed that their Aryan ancestors had sought refuge in the Himalayas during a mythical cataclysmic ice age.
2026-06-23 00:46:14 +0000 UTC→2026-06-23 01:42:58 +0000 UTC(56m)
Secret Nazi Expeditions
As the Third Reich rises to power, Himmler and the SS become fixated on the Holy Grail, interpreting much of the myth surrounding it as fact - and the quest for it as attainable.
2026-06-22 23:49:32 +0000 UTC→2026-06-23 00:46:14 +0000 UTC(56m)
Dictators' Hideouts
A secret bunker below the Kremlin, a sanctuary in the coastal forests of Sochi and a hidden second Metro in Russia's capital are just some of the bunkers developed for Stalin, seen for the first time ever using recently declassified documentation.
2026-06-22 22:52:14 +0000 UTC→2026-06-22 23:49:32 +0000 UTC(57m)
Dictators' Hideouts
Paranoid and isolated, Albanian dictator Enver Hoxha establishes his bunkerization project, which would result in the construction of more than 170,000 bunkers, including the top secret HQ in Tirana, and a bunker city known as The Capital of War.
2026-06-22 21:54:46 +0000 UTC→2026-06-22 22:52:14 +0000 UTC(57m)
Wwii: Witness To War
This episode remembers some of the thunderous naval battles which took place during the Pacific war. They include the Battle of the Coral Sea, the battle of Midway and the biggest naval engagement of the war – the battle of Leyte Gulf.
2026-06-22 20:57:53 +0000 UTC→2026-06-22 21:54:46 +0000 UTC(56m)
Wwii: Witness To War
Meanwhile in North Africa, the Italian dictator Mussolini had his own ideas about building a new Roman Empire in the region. And so he sent thousands of poorly-trained and ill-prepared Italian troops against the British garrison in Egypt.
2026-06-22 20:01:00 +0000 UTC→2026-06-22 20:57:53 +0000 UTC(56m)
Secret Nazi Expeditions
Runes are the letters of an ancient Germanic writing system that harkens back to a mythological age filled with heroes, magic, and mystery.
2026-06-22 19:03:17 +0000 UTC→2026-06-22 20:01:00 +0000 UTC(57m)
The Abyss: Rise And Fall Of The Nazis
In the wake of the First World War, Adolf Hitler identifies Benito Mussolini as his model and has one ultimate goal: to gain power in Germany.
2026-06-22 12:27:41 +0000 UTC→2026-06-22 13:25:00 +0000 UTC(57m)
Secret Nazi Expeditions
A pseudoscientific theory embraced by the Nazis claimed that their Aryan ancestors had sought refuge in the Himalayas during a mythical cataclysmic ice age.
2026-06-22 11:30:57 +0000 UTC→2026-06-22 12:27:41 +0000 UTC(56m)
Secret Nazi Expeditions
As the Third Reich rises to power, Himmler and the SS become fixated on the Holy Grail, interpreting much of the myth surrounding it as fact - and the quest for it as attainable.
2026-06-22 10:34:15 +0000 UTC→2026-06-22 11:30:57 +0000 UTC(56m)
History's Greatest Aircraft
Unusually, we look at the later, clipped wing version flown by Czech refugee pilots in the UK during WW2. We get close-up with a beautifully restored example, fly her and unearth long unseen test and operational footage.
2026-06-22 09:37:16 +0000 UTC→2026-06-22 10:34:15 +0000 UTC(56m)
History's Greatest Aircraft
The Avro Lancaster is the legendary British heavy bomber that carved its place in history with Bomber Command during World War 2. That conflict saw over seven thousand of these iconic aircraft come off the production line.
2026-06-22 08:40:33 +0000 UTC→2026-06-22 09:37:16 +0000 UTC(56m)
Combat Trains
Veterans and historians of the Thai-Burma railway tell the story of its construction. Built to supply Japan's invasion of India, it cost thousands of lives – both POWs and Asian slave labourers.
2026-06-22 07:45:15 +0000 UTC→2026-06-22 08:40:33 +0000 UTC(55m)
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