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22 Apr
In 1946, Hermann Goering cheated the hangman by deciding his own fate; how did he manage to get hold of a cyanide capsule in a maximum-security prison? We explore the theories surrounding his death.
22 Apr
22 Apr
The Underground Army continues its fight to liberate Poland as the Warsaw Uprising breaks out, but the terror returns when Stalin seizes Eastern Europe. The war is over, but the Poles fight on...
22 Apr
We visit Copán in Honduras and Palenque in Mexico to follow archaeologists as they discover how the Maya lived; in Tikal in Guatemala, experts explore the scale of Maya kingdoms.
22 Apr
Zahi and his team unearth sarcophagi dating from the New Kingdom and the Late Period of ancient Egypt that will need to be scanned and maybe even opened, but there are more surprises in store...
22 Apr
During the Gallic Wars, Arles in the south of France fared really well. The most beautiful Roman monuments were built there, hence Arles was nicknamed 'the little Rome of Ancient Gaul'.
22 Apr
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.
22 Apr
At the height of WWII, 15,000 workers at the Colt Browning & Thompson factory worked to produce hundreds of thousands of pistols and machine guns for the Allies.
22 Apr
How the Avro Lancaster played a large part in defeating the Nazis and how the Lancaster factory helped to create truly war-winning weapons.
22 Apr
The Barnbow shell factory produced well over half a million tonnes of explosives in just four years - we show how the war factories of WWI paved the way for the modern world.
22 Apr
The Spitfire, the Hurricane, the Lancaster and Wellington bombers - aircraft which arguably won the Battle of Britain - had one thing in common: they were powered by the Rolls-Royce Merlin engine.
22 Apr
On the 7th of December, 1941, the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor; the attack brought America into WWII and changed how battles were fought as the first-ever assault by aircraft-carrier based fighters.
22 Apr
The Allied leaders meet for their first conference to discuss the coordination of their efforts, a Japanese Division is destroyed at sea, and the Red Army begins its advance towards Berlin.
22 Apr
The Germans continue their retreat from Russia, but the most significant event at this stage of the war is the second front in Europe with the D-Day landings on June 6th - Operation Overlord.
22 Apr
The Allies continue their eastward push from Normandy and close on the German border. In the east the Soviet Union unleashes the greatest offensive of the war, Operation Bagration.
22 Apr
The Allies succeed in crossing the Rhine and fight their way through Germany as the Red Army finally forces Axis troops from Soviet territory and closes on the capital, Berlin.
22 Apr
Berlin falls and the war in Europe ends. Okinawa falls with terrible losses on both sides as each prepares for the invasion of the first of the major home islands - but a new weapon is unleashed.
22 Apr
Jennifer heads to New Orleans and teams up with vampire/writer Vincent Curiel to investigate whether an ancient vampire has cracked the code on immortality.
22 Apr
22 Apr
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?
22 Apr
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.
22 Apr
22 Apr
22 Apr
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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