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30 Mar
1942: Hitler pits the forces of the German Fatherland against those of the Soviet Motherland at Stalingrad. Stalin's fiercely patriotic army will fight the Nazis to the last drop of blood.
30 Mar
June 1944: the British and Canadians are still short of the objective they planned to capture on D-Day: the city of Caen. This episode tells the story of the bloody fighting for the city.
30 Mar
Technology was used to deceive the enemy; radio and transmitters spread false information, and a ghost army tricked entire enemy forces by using sound effects.
30 Mar
In 1200 BCE, the Bronze Age period of history collapsed - what was to blame? Evidence points to waves of marauders who became known as the Sea People - could they be responsible?
30 Mar
We discover how one crack team of investigators works out how to catch criminal gangs by turning their encrypted phones against them and catching them red-handed.
30 Mar
The ancient city of Petra, hidden in the barren desert of southern Jordan, has captured the global imagination; what could have led such a grand and elaborate city to be abandoned?
30 Mar
We investigate a Nobel Prize winner's risky experiment in the face of the Nazis, a creative sting operation that ended the career of a notorious crime boss, and a lifesaving airlift out of Vietnam.
30 Mar
Is a device that looks like a typewriter in a simple wooden box really one of the most dangerous weapons in history, and why is a modern helicopter carved in an ancient Egyptian temple?
30 Mar
Spain enters its Golden Age; King Philip II was a colossus on the European stage, and for a time was King of England as well as Spain after his brief marriage to Queen Mary.
30 Mar
The ancient city of Petra, hidden in the barren desert of southern Jordan, has captured the global imagination; what could have led such a grand and elaborate city to be abandoned?
30 Mar
1942: Hitler pits the forces of the German Fatherland against those of the Soviet Motherland at Stalingrad. Stalin's fiercely patriotic army will fight the Nazis to the last drop of blood.
30 Mar
July 1944: American forces plan a major offensive named Operation Cobra. They would attack near St Lo, achieve a breakthrough, then unleash General Patton and the US Third Army to exploit the opening.
30 Mar
Technology was used to deceive the enemy; radio and transmitters spread false information, and a ghost army tricked entire enemy forces by using sound effects.
30 Mar
Queen Victoria attempted to create peace in Europe through royal marriages, but when three cousins turned against each other, her dream of peace turned into a nightmare.
30 Mar
George V has changed the royal family's name from Saxe-Coburg and Gotha to Windsor, so deploys his five surviving children as part of a charm offensive to woo the public.
30 Mar
Lucy examines the marriage of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon, his first wife. Despite her skill and devotion as queen, she fails to give Henry the son he desires and he falls for Anne Boleyn.
30 Mar
Spain enters its Golden Age; King Philip II was a colossus on the European stage, and for a time was King of England as well as Spain after his brief marriage to Queen Mary.
30 Mar
Is a corroded lump of bronze found on the sea floor really a 2,000-year-old computer, and was a 1,000-pound World War Two bomb really piloted by a pigeon?
30 Mar
The ancient city of Petra, hidden in the barren desert of southern Jordan, has captured the global imagination; what could have led such a grand and elaborate city to be abandoned?
30 Mar
1942: Hitler pits the forces of the German Fatherland against those of the Soviet Motherland at Stalingrad. Stalin's fiercely patriotic army will fight the Nazis to the last drop of blood.
30 Mar
July 1944: American forces plan a major offensive named Operation Cobra. They would attack near St Lo, achieve a breakthrough, then unleash General Patton and the US Third Army to exploit the opening.
30 Mar
Technology was used to deceive the enemy; radio and transmitters spread false information, and a ghost army tricked entire enemy forces by using sound effects.
30 Mar
In 1200 BCE, the Bronze Age period of history collapsed - what was to blame? Evidence points to waves of marauders who became known as the Sea People - could they be responsible?
30 Mar
We discover how one crack team of investigators works out how to catch criminal gangs by turning their encrypted phones against them and catching them red-handed.
30 Mar
Operation Overlord was perceived as a heroic achievement, yet due to disagreements amongst leaders, hasty planning, logistical problems and unpredictable weather, it was nearly a fiasco.
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