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29 Apr
1941: Rudolf Hess, Hitler's right-hand man, crashes a plane into the Scottish Highlands. Why had he come, who was he meeting, and did he really take his own life in Spandau prison?
29 Apr
Using the psychiatric reports Hitler tried to destroy and top-secret British intelligence analysis, we reveal the story of hysteria and delusions that ended with a war of devastating proportions.
29 Apr
29 Apr
We investigate grim evidence of human sacrifice at Copán in Honduras, and experts brave an erupting volcano in Guatemala to search for clues explaining why the Maya abandoned their cities.
29 Apr
After three months of excavations and dozens of sarcophagi found, Zahi finds a stone sarcophagus that apparently belongs to a vizier who lived during the New Kingdom - inside, a surprise awaits him...
29 Apr
Using 3D imagery, reconstitutions and interviews with historians and archaeologists, this episode tells the story of Gallo-Roman Paris and uncovers the vestiges of ancient Paris: Lutetia.
29 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.
29 Apr
Don Wildman examines a stone tablet which may hold the key to America's beginnings and a revolver that once belonged to the first American woman to lead an armed expedition into war.
29 Apr
Don Wildman investigates one of the most dramatic escapes in Hollywood history, the downfall of England's most notorious twins, and a mysterious tale that has spooked a North Carolina town for decades.
29 Apr
When we think of Skoda, we think of cheap and efficient family cars; back in the 1930s, its factory was the cover for espionage, sabotage, and the liberation of Jews from all over Europe.
29 Apr
Ferdinand Porsche was one of the most influential engineers in Nazi Germany; by inventing the most powerful war machines, he created the blueprint for the muscle cars that would make his name.
29 Apr
The key machine in the Blitzkrieg was the GM Opel Blitz; this episode tells the story of the Blitz and the American-owned war factories that would produce them and put business before country.
29 Apr
March 1915: a unit of 90 German infantrymen are armed with two MGo8 Maxim-style machine guns. In just 90 minutes, they inflict 1,000 casualties upon advancing British infantry.
29 Apr
In this episode, we reveal how Hitler manipulated and played games with the Czechs and the western powers of Britain and France to achieve his ends.
29 Apr
In this episode, we explore how Adolf Hitler dragged the world ever closer to war by attacking Jewish people in his country and launching another military invasion abroad.
29 Apr
In the final episode, we explore how Hitler dragged the world to war; fresh from invading Czechoslovakia, Hitler now turned to his next target - Poland.
29 Apr
James Holland and Mike Simpson examine the preparations for the invasion across southern England before crossing the Channel to Normandy, coming to challenge many D-Day myths.
29 Apr
James and Mike analyse the Canadians' first encounters with the Waffen SS; they follow their trail and confront long-held views on the nature of the fighting in this brutal and attritional phase.
29 Apr
James and Mike turn their attention to Operation Cobra; their journey ends where the campaign itself ended, and they reflect on why it was such a stunning victory for the Allies.
29 Apr
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29 Apr
This first episode, which begins with Hitler's arrival in power in 1933, goes back to the roots of the indoctrination of young German girls within the female branch of the Hitler Youth (BDM).
29 Apr
Women were far from mere witnesses or accomplices by 1942 - and played a role as important as it was deadly. After the war, the women of the Reich simply slipped through the judicial net.
29 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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