The 16th century witnessed a revolution in combat ship design and saw the birth of two legendary sea captains Sir John Hawkins and Sir Francis Drake – both superb seamen and adventurers who would have a lasting impact on naval history.
This episode tells stories about the secret world of naval deception and cloak and dagger missions. 1914, the yacht Asgard, manned by Erskine Childers, smuggled rifles into a fishing village to arm an Irish militia in their struggle for Home Rule.
Destroyers and Cruisers showcases ships that with their speed and firepower became the backbones of 20th century navies. We tell the incredible story of USS Laffey, the WW2 destroyer that would come to be known as ‘the ship that would not die'.
Adolf Hitler's father was a violent, abusive man. His mother doted on her young son. This episode delves deep into the psychology of Hitler as the narcissistic child who grew into a malignant psychopath full of rage and deep hatred.
Hitler wanted the world to believe he possessed super-human qualities but in private he was a wreck. This episode reveals the archives that confirm Hitler's genital deformity, the alarming truth about his heavy drug addiction and the Parkinson's.
Adolf Hitler had a depraved sex life that he tried to keep hidden from the German public. He was said to be a chronic masturbator, a voyeur and that he engaged in sado-masochistic sex with women.
Four women who had the misfortune to be pursued by Hitler saw only one way out of the relationship. His beloved niece took her own life and a German film star he was seeing fell from a balcony to her death.
Adolf Hitler's father was a violent, abusive man. His mother doted on her young son. This episode delves deep into the psychology of Hitler as the narcissistic child who grew into a malignant psychopath full of rage and deep hatred.
Hitler wanted the world to believe he possessed super-human qualities but in private he was a wreck. This episode reveals the archives that confirm Hitler's genital deformity, the alarming truth about his heavy drug addiction and the Parkinson's.
Adolf Hitler had a depraved sex life that he tried to keep hidden from the German public. He was said to be a chronic masturbator, a voyeur and that he engaged in sado-masochistic sex with women.
Hitler's Coup is the story around Hitler's Beer Hall Putsch, marking the first big attempt at taking over the German Chancellery with many of his key loyal servants in place: Herman Goering, Rudolf Hess & Heinrich Himmler.
The killings carried out by the Nazis on Alderney during World War II represent the worst mass murder in British history, yet no one has been brought to justice.
On the orders of Adolf Hitler, the Nazi invaders of Alderney, a tiny island in the English Channel, shipped in more than 5,000 slave labourers to build an astonishing series of fortifications designed to protect the island from attack.
In the 1930's, Hitler is at his apex while in England the aristocratic Churchill has lost the election and hit bottom.Seen as politically washed up, the old deputy is nonetheless the only person who relentlessly denounces Nazi Germany.
The Old Lion vs. the German Eagle. This clash of titans waged at the highest level of power dominated the last century. And leads us to posit a chilling contingency to history: what would Europe be now had the players been different?
Did Nazi uranium make it to Japan in the final months of WW2? Were the Axis powers closer to a bomb than we think? Drama unfolds as experts shed new light on the hardships, challenges and secrets of a war-torn, pre-nuclear world.
Did Nazi uranium make it to Japan in the final months of WW2? Were the Axis powers closer to a bomb than we think? Drama unfolds as experts shed new light on the hardships, challenges and secrets of a war-torn, pre-nuclear world.
Archive film, computer-generated imagery and innovative reconstructions tell the story of the Red Army's bloody 1941 defeat by Nazi Germany in Kiev.
New weapons with devastating force shape the wars of the 20th century. International experts test the catastrophic effects of the three most destructive weapons of our time: the machine gun, hand grenade and tank.
In spectacular experiments, a team of international experts presents the most significant cases in the history of weapons where speed has made a decisive difference.