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19 Mar
June 1940: Hitler sends armored divisions into France, Belgium and the Netherlands, yet Hitler's Germany in 1940 was broke. How could the Nazis embark on the cataclysm that was the Second World War?
19 Mar
Behind the victory of 1940 lay a country in financial tatters; we discover how the Nazi economy drew up the 'Hunger Plan', a vast project to starve 30 million Slavs so the Aryans could be fed.
19 Mar
19 Mar
In 373 BCE, the Greek city of Helike disappeared beneath the waves; according to legend, Poseidon destroyed the city. It's similar to the myth of another ancient civilisation - Atlantis.
19 Mar
We look at the US codebreakers who cracked Japan's seemingly unbreakable WWII code and turned the War in the Pacific in America's favour.
19 Mar
19 Mar
Don Wildman examines an action figure connected to a North Korean kidnapping, a gold ring that became the symbol of one slave's freedom, and a 19th-century board game which was the first of its kind.
19 Mar
Can a shred of metal dug up on a 1,000-year-old native American site really be Viking, and is a strange fired clay disk discovered on Crete really the product of Europe's earliest civilisation?
19 Mar
In Turkey, investigators are unlocking remarkable new secrets that are transforming our understanding of the past; they're excavating the ruins of a city that many believe to be Troy itself.
19 Mar
Did the Trojan War really happen? In Amsterdam, a team examine the work of old explorers and uncover new clues; in Greece, archaeologists unearth the remains of a town that could be linked to Troy.
19 Mar
We reveal the obstacles that Tsar Nicholas II and his wife Alexandra overcame. After a long-distance relationship, the two were married as the young Tsar assumed control of the Russian Empire.
19 Mar
We discover how Tsar Nicholas II and his wife Alexandra's lack of understanding led the Russian Empire from being one of the great powers of the world to economic and military collapse.
19 Mar
19 Mar
For most people, Vikings are known only as violent looters; we dig deeper and gain more insight into who the Vikings really were, and find out why they left Scandinavia to become pirates.
19 Mar
As the Vikings attack the coasts of the Frankish empire, they encounter a different resistance; the Frankish emperor Charlemagne has no plans to give up his Christian territory to heathens and pirates.
19 Mar
19 Mar
In 373 BCE, the Greek city of Helike disappeared beneath the waves; according to legend, Poseidon destroyed the city. It's similar to the myth of another ancient civilisation - Atlantis.
19 Mar
We look at the US codebreakers who cracked Japan's seemingly unbreakable WWII code and turned the War in the Pacific in America's favour.
19 Mar
19 Mar
From tunnels excavated in total darkness to cities thriving against all odds in the desert, our ancient ancestors have built improbable structures that even rival the engineering marvels of today.
19 Mar
The last mention of the Ark of the Covenant was in 586 B.C. / B.C.E., just before the Babylonian sacking of Jerusalem - now a team of archaeologists search for the Ark beneath the city.
19 Mar
In the heart of the Peruvian Andes, the city of Machu Picchu remains the Inca's most breathtaking and enigmatic urban creation; today, experts investigate areas that were previously unknown.
19 Mar
Laser surveys lead the team to undiscovered jungle temples, ground-penetrating radar reveals how kings took new territory, and could a huge jungle pyramid expose the makings of a mysterious cult?
19 Mar
The team uses drones to explore one of the world's largest ancient water systems, and ancient weapons and traces of a colossal iron industry reveal the truth behind the power of the Khmer military.
19 Mar
Brings history to life with captivating documentaries that take a fresh, modern look into history. We take our viewers on a powerful journey through time with intelligent, well researched programmes that entertain and challenge their minds. The focus is on european history, revealing the secrets of the past and how it defines us today.
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