Ranged weapons guarantee a warrior's best chance of survival. International experts survey history's most important ranged weapons, from the Roman spear and the English longbow, right up to the futuristic railgun.
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Examining how warfare entered a new dimension as attacks from the skies became possible with weapons from incendiary arrows to drones.
Ranged weapons guarantee a warrior's best chance of survival. International experts survey history's most important ranged weapons, from the Roman spear and the English longbow, right up to the futuristic railgun.
The Vietnam war changed aerial warfare in more ways than one. The Phantom became the first true fighter bomber of the modern era.
Two iconic machines of World War II - the Spitfire symbolised British hope and resistance, while the Tiger tank embodied German power.
A detailed investigation reconstructs Mengele's experiments at Auschwitz, revealing his connections with other criminal doctors at Auschwitz and the German academic establishment.
A thorough investigation into Mengele's youth, exploring the connections between medicine and Nazism that transformed an aspiring dentist into the Angel of Death of Auschwitz.
From the crossbow to the Kalashnikov to 3D-printed firearms, weaponry designed for everyone can offer a decisive advantage in warfare.
In the shadow of the war, the Nazi regime gradually advances its "final solution to the Jewish problem", culminating in the Holocaust.
Examining how warfare entered a new dimension as attacks from the skies became possible with weapons from incendiary arrows to drones.
Ranged weapons guarantee a warrior's best chance of survival. International experts survey history's most important ranged weapons, from the Roman spear and the English longbow, right up to the futuristic railgun.
The mighty Flying Fortress takes to the air as we examine the background and development of one of WWIIs most iconic bombers. Serving with both the USAAF and the RAF, we see it in action and fly a surfing example.
The F15 Eagle immediately turned the tide of the first Gulf War to prove its greatness. Our immaculately restored MiG Killer was involved in one of the most bizarre combat incidents during that conflict, and has survived to tell the tale.
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.
Historian Neil Faulkner tells the story of Lawrence of Arabia and his pioneering guerilla warfare against the railways of the Ottoman Empire.
Albert Speer was Hitler's favorite architect and a central figure within the Führer's inner circle. Speer's buildings helped cement Hitler's position and push Germany towards war.
Hitler's last soldier in America who defied the FBI for 40 years, the Auschwitz prisoners who releaved the secrets of the death camps, and the merciless Nazi who almost got away.
The elite German submariners who caused havoc in the heart of the American desert, the playboy pilot they couldn't cage, and the young lovers whose escape defied all odds.
The bloodiest months of the war are still ahead. A Soviet surge pushes German forces back to within 30 kilometres of the Polish Border. The siege at Leningrad is lifted after 900 days and Operation Overlord, D-Day, opens a second front in Europe.
Facing a Soviet Army that grows stronger and pushes German forces back across the lands they occupied, and facing devastation of German cities by Allied bombers, Goebbels issues a call for “Total War”.
Two of the most produced combat machines in World War II managed to stay relevant until the end of the war through constant modernization and new variants.
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