Hitler's Handmaidens
Cataloguing the many lovers of the Nazi dictator, and charting the unfortunate demise of all who dared resist his love, affection and sexual appetite.
2026-06-30 20:58:16 +0000 UTC→2026-06-30 21:55:54 +0000 UTC(57m)
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Secret Wars Uncovered
In 1979, Maurice Bishop takes control of Grenada. Four years later, he is assassinated. Is this another case of the US using its might to stop Communism?
2026-07-01 12:32:15 +0000 UTC→2026-07-01 13:28:29 +0000 UTC(56m)
Secret Wars Uncovered
A Greenpeace ship is bombed in 1985, killing Fernando Pereira. The French authorities deny responsibility and questions over nuclear restrictions arise again.
2026-07-01 11:35:08 +0000 UTC→2026-07-01 12:32:15 +0000 UTC(57m)
Hitler's Engineers
Wernher von Braun was instrumental to NASA's Apollo 11 mission that put a man on the moon. His pioneering work in rocketry made it possible, but his past was kept under wraps.
2026-07-01 10:38:36 +0000 UTC→2026-07-01 11:35:08 +0000 UTC(56m)
Hitler's Engineers
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.
2026-07-01 09:41:32 +0000 UTC→2026-07-01 10:38:36 +0000 UTC(57m)
History's Greatest Aircraft
The Yakovlev Yak-3, a Second World War Soviet fighter that was regarded for its performance at low altitudes and its agility. It was one of the most successful Soviet aircraft designs of the war.
2026-07-01 08:47:13 +0000 UTC→2026-07-01 09:41:32 +0000 UTC(54m)
History's Greatest Aircraft
The Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, a Second World War fighter aircraft produced by the American company Republic Aviation from 1941 until 1945. It was considered a successful high-altitude fighter and also served as the foremost US fighter-bomber in the ground-attack role.
2026-07-01 07:51:58 +0000 UTC→2026-07-01 08:47:13 +0000 UTC(55m)
Combat Ships
Ships don't have to be large to change the course of history. The Smithsonian has a small 1776 wooden gunboat, built to stop a British invasion and two Japanese midget submarines were part of the attack on Pearl Harbour.
2026-07-01 06:54:47 +0000 UTC→2026-07-01 07:51:58 +0000 UTC(57m)
Cracking The Code
Revealing the encrypted German telegram could save Britain in its darkest hour. Can a team of geniuses decode the message in time?
2026-07-01 00:47:15 +0000 UTC→2026-07-01 01:44:42 +0000 UTC(57m)
Cracking The Code
A look at America's Cold War codebreakers charged with unravelling a seemingly uncrackable Soviet code and the uncovering of the Manhattan Project.
2026-06-30 23:49:40 +0000 UTC→2026-07-01 00:47:15 +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.
2026-06-30 22:52:47 +0000 UTC→2026-06-30 23:49:40 +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.
2026-06-30 21:55:54 +0000 UTC→2026-06-30 22:52:47 +0000 UTC(56m)
Hitler's Handmaidens
Cataloguing the many lovers of the Nazi dictator, and charting the unfortunate demise of all who dared resist his love, affection and sexual appetite.
2026-06-30 20:58:16 +0000 UTC→2026-06-30 21:55:54 +0000 UTC(57m)
Hitler's Handmaidens
Focusing on the fanatical women who took Hitler under their wing and, through love and devotion, acclimatised him to high society to launch him to power, only to be left behind once he achieved it.
2026-06-30 20:00:40 +0000 UTC→2026-06-30 20:58:16 +0000 UTC(57m)
Resistance: They Fought Back!
Interviews with historians, Holocaust survivors and their families reveal the largely unknown stories of Jewish resistance fighters who engaged in armed uprisings against the Nazis.
2026-06-30 18:06:18 +0000 UTC→2026-06-30 20:00:40 +0000 UTC(1h54m)
Secret Wars Uncovered
In 2008, nearly 850 people are killed in the Russo-Georgian War. How did it erupt and what is the current relationship between the two nations?
2026-06-30 12:23:38 +0000 UTC→2026-06-30 13:21:13 +0000 UTC(57m)
Cracking The Code
Revealing the encrypted German telegram could save Britain in its darkest hour. Can a team of geniuses decode the message in time?
2026-06-30 11:26:14 +0000 UTC→2026-06-30 12:23:38 +0000 UTC(57m)
Cracking The Code
A look at America's Cold War codebreakers charged with unravelling a seemingly uncrackable Soviet code and the uncovering of the Manhattan Project.
2026-06-30 10:27:39 +0000 UTC→2026-06-30 11:26:14 +0000 UTC(58m)
History's Greatest Aircraft
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.
2026-06-30 09:33:50 +0000 UTC→2026-06-30 10:27:39 +0000 UTC(53m)
History's Greatest Aircraft
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.
2026-06-30 08:40:01 +0000 UTC→2026-06-30 09:33:50 +0000 UTC(53m)
Combat Ships
We explore two submarines – former Cold War enemies now moored in a Kent river, and discover the story of Vasili Arkhipov, a Soviet submariner who refused to authorise a nuclear launch.
2026-06-30 07:45:05 +0000 UTC→2026-06-30 08:40:01 +0000 UTC(54m)
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