The enemy pilot who saved a bomb crew's lives Adolf Hitler's secret drug habit The WW1 rumour that may have saved Paris and nuclear bombs that can be hidden in a suitcase.
The unfortunate fate of the world's first tank The Samurai soldier who never got the memo A supersonic toilet that could help win the Battle of Britain and some-thing strange is stirring in the Arctic
Four railway journeys that changed modern history.
Exploring how the Axis Powers' ruthless, brutal occupation, and exploitation of other countries contributed to their demise.
Nazi Germany boasted that its locomotives were faster and more innovative.
A look at the tactics employed to pass strategically important ships under the nose of the enemy.
The McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II. Regarded as one of the most important aircraft of the Cold War. It was a major part of the United States Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps, and was also used by many other countries.
The Hawker Hurricane was the first RAF aircraft to fly over 300mph. Over half of every enemy aeroplane destroyed in the Battle of Britain was by a Hurricane, not a Spitfire.
Dr. Marcel Petiot, a respected French rural doctor and town mayor who is also a calculated and violent psychopath. During World War II, Petiot uses the confusion to prey on those most in fear for their lives - the Jews.
A British undercover agent, William Stephenson, is on a secret mission in the USA during the Second World War he aims to convince Americans to join the war against Hitler's Germany.
Cruelly called 'the packing case the B17 came in,' the Liberator more than proved its worth over Europe and the Pacific.
Often called 'the forgotten bomber', the mighty North American twin delivered the first blow in the fight back against Japan.
In the nineteenth century weapons became more sophisticated and more deadly.
After the end of the Battle of Britain came the bombing of German cities. In the war in the Pacific, the US and Japan successfully bombed naval and land targets.
Tactics on both sides were developed in both attack and defense. Both the bomber and the defense against it, became more effective through improvements in bombing, navigation, radar development and more.
Dr. Marcel Petiot, a respected French rural doctor and town mayor who is also a calculated and violent psychopath. During World War II, Petiot uses the confusion to prey on those most in fear for their lives - the Jews.
In the nineteenth century weapons became more sophisticated and more deadly.
Exploring how the seeds of Japan's defeat in 1945 were sown a decade earlier with the occupation of Manchuria in China.
Ships don't have to be large to make history, like the 1776 gunboat built to stop a British invasion, or the remarkable story of the HA-19 sub.
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.