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.
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The Leopard 2 is probably the best all-around Main Battle Tank today, combining great mobility, a superior gun and excellent protection
True predators of the skies, the F-16 and the MiG-29 were created to fight each other, based on radically different design philosophies.
Al faces up to the richest nation on Earth to discover how the former British colony of America somehow slipped through its fingers.
Bruno Tonioli joins Al to look at key battle tactics during the Roman Invasion back in AD 43.
In 1939, the German raider Atlantis was equipped with fake funnels and her sailors dressed as women pushing prams to fool Allied merchant ships. We also look at how merchant ships were painted with bizarre shapes to fool U-boats.
Learn about life on a Tudor ship from objects found on the Mary Rose, while on HMS Victory discover the battle-winning tactics of Admiral Nelson.
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.
The German mass breakout that stunned wartime Britain, the astonishing secret behind the daring escape of an American bomber crew trapped in the Soviet Union, and the Trojan Horse of Stalag Luft Three.
An adrenaline-fuelled dash through nazi-occupied Europe known as ‘The Flight of the Crow', a death-defying escape across the world's most perilous mountain range, and the largest escape of world war two - by men who chose death over dishonour.
Colditz Castle, the foreboding Nazi fortress that became a university of escapology The Great Escape, and the doomed airmen of Stalag Luft Three and the most daring breakout of them all, the ‘Warburg Wire Job'.
After Pearl Harbour and their triumphant sweep across South-East Asia, Japanese armies celebrate their victory. But Japanese confidence is shaken four months later at the Battle of the Coral Sea.
The United Kingdom is isolated as German forces occupy Europe. 17,000 Trains carry German armies towards the Soviet Union. With Operation Barbarossa Hitler launches Vernichtungskrieg, a war of annihilation.
In this episode of the series, we look at the dark and disturbing tale of the skeleton of an unknown woman found in a hollowed-out tree in a Birmingham woodland.
The fact that Hitler's niece, Geli Raubal, was found dead in his apartment in 1931 has remained a little-known footnote in the Fuhrers long and bloody legacy. The investigation concluded that she had committed suicide using her uncle's revolver.
Two of the fastest combat aircraft of World War 2, their origins couldn't differ more. The Messerschmitt 262 was the brainchild of genius designer Willy Messerschmitt and it became the first combat jet in history.
The Soviet Union produced a large variety of tanks and airplanes during World War II. What made the T34 and the Chaika stand out and become icons?
An adrenaline-fuelled dash through nazi-occupied Europe known as ‘The Flight of the Crow', a death-defying escape across the world's most perilous mountain range, and the largest escape of world war two - by men who chose death over dishonour.
Colditz Castle, the foreboding Nazi fortress that became a university of escapology The Great Escape, and the doomed airmen of Stalag Luft Three and the most daring breakout of them all, the ‘Warburg Wire Job'.
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.
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