On September 15th, 1942, 12 commandos reached Northern Norway. Their mission: to sabotage a hydroelectric plant crucial to the German war industry. To avoid detection, they decided to cross a huge high-altitude glacier.
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Comedian John Thomson and historian Janina Ramirez join Al to explore the truth about Vikings and how they were so successful in Britain.
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 Afghanistan, Lance Corporal Jose Herrera encounters death scents, orbs of light, and unease beyond the normal stress of war. In CA, Auburn White's colleague's eyes turn black, she levitates after falling asleep, and they all seek answers.
During an exercise, a Staff Sergeant encounters a shadowy figure with long dark hair. She attacks him, then disappears. In one of Saddam Hussein's former torture houses, US Marine James Gelston hears horrifying screams. Who or what did he hear?
Operation Overlord is launched. With the Normandy Landings, the Allies pierce the Atlantic Wall. In the East, the Red Army sweeps through Belarus with Operation Bagration, annihilating the Wehrmacht. The end of the Third Reich is near.
At Stalingrad, the German 6th Army is destroyed by the Soviets. It's the first major defeat of the Third Reich, which marks the beginning of its decline. Elsewhere, after the American victory at Guadalcanal, Japan loses the initiative in the Pacific.
In the north of Crete, six commandos land in a cove. On this island that has been occupied for two years, they have been given a high-risk mission—to infiltrate the Heraklion airfield to destroy the Luftwaffe bombers and fighter planes.
December 7th, 1942. Off the coast of France, ten British commandos board five canoes in the middle of the ocean. Their objective: to paddle to the Gironde estuary, then up the river to Bordeaux to sabotage German ships.
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.
The aircraft capable of delivering the payload of a B17, in a single post war air frame. The many variants of this single piston engined fighter bomber helped dominate the air to ground attack role in Vietnam, earning quite a reputation.
The definitive combat helicopter saw first blood in South East Asia and has been transport, gunship, smoke ship, command centre, MediVac and dozens of other roles. We hear and see it's hair raising missions and watch it earn its fame.
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.
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.
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?
In South Dakota, a security officer is visited by an unearthly presence at a nuclear launch site, knocking him unconscious. When he wakes, he has inexplicably travelled miles from the site. Was it a UFO?
In Cyprus, a U.N. Peacekeeper develops a mysterious power to help fight off a deadly foe. He escapes death several times, but his life is always spared by a mysterious energy, something he calls his “combat antenna.”
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