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02 Jan
Air supremacy has been key to winning a war since the dawn of aerial warfare; from the Sopwith Camel biplane to the F22 Raptor, we identify and rank the most influential aircrafts in history.
02 Jan
The Polish underground state wages a propaganda war - meanwhile, military intelligence steals the greatest German secrets of ballistic missiles, and there is a daring escape from Pawiak prison.
02 Jan
Homicide detective Rod Demery and forensic scientist Turi King examine a murder victim dated to the time of the Picts and unearthed in a remote sea cave in Scotland.
02 Jan
This episode reveals the story of the woman who cracked the codes that brought down the Mob, saved countless lives in WWII, and even prevented a Nazi invasion of the US.
02 Jan
A discovery by peat-cutters in Cheshire in England reveals whispers of a curse, and a car in Austria is believed to bring doom and death to those who owned or rode in it.
02 Jan
Does a strange carved wooden tablet hold the secrets of a lost civilisation, could a machine really measure beauty, and could a disk that looks 3D-printed really have come from ancient Egypt?
02 Jan
The House of Romanov had imposed 300 years of strict Imperial rule, but royal authority was in question for the first time. The future of the Romanov dynasty was in danger.
02 Jan
The tragic histories of the political dynasties of the Bhutto family in Pakistan and the Nehru-Gandhi family in India are often compared to that of America's Kennedy family.
02 Jan
Professor Salima Ikram shows us an extraordinary series of reliefs and inscriptions about Ramses' battles with the 'Sea People' at Ramses III's mortuary temple at Medinet Habu in Egypt.
02 Jan
Around 1200 B.C. / B.C.E.: Bronze Age people are on the move across the Eastern Mediterranean and sacking and burning the great centres of civilisation as they go.
02 Jan
Giles Milton visits key D-Day sites along the Normandy coastline - including Omaha Beach and Pegasus Bridge - and we hear the stories of the men and women on both the attacking and defensive lines.
02 Jan
Hitler used confrontations between economic crises and street violence to provoke the need for more authoritarian power; the 'ordinary man with political genius' became the 'Chancellor of Peace'.
02 Jan
Decoding tools reveal exchanges between the Führer and his allies; Hitler morphs from political leader to military strategist; the masters of the Reich unleash a world war in seven years.
02 Jan
World War II fostered the emergence of both iconic and unusual tanks that were each engineered with distinct aims; we explore diverse tank innovations and the overall trajectory of armoured warfare.
02 Jan
The Maisy Battery was made up of three-and-a-half miles of recently-excavated trenches, bunkers, barracks, and gun encasements near Pointe du Hoc that tell a new story of D-Day.
02 Jan
02 Jan
1323 B.C. / B.C.E.: Egypt is still in chaos left by Akhenaten's attempted religious revolution when his son, the young king Tutankhamun, dies; the 18th dynasty comes to an end in a state of disorder.
02 Jan
Ramses I's eight-year-old son Seti becomes king and all eyes are on him; the young prince representes the future of the new royal family which has yet to assert its influence over the kingdom.
02 Jan
Seti I is still in his prime when he dies in 1279 B.C. / B.C.E.; despite his short reign, it proves brilliant and gives Prince Ramses ample time to perfect his education for his future role as king.
02 Jan
January 1944: two divisions land at the Italian port of Anzio in one of the easiest Allied assaults of the war, but they fail to exploit their advantage, giving the German defenders time to reinforce.
02 Jan
The Polish underground state wages a propaganda war - meanwhile, military intelligence steals the greatest German secrets of ballistic missiles, and there is a daring escape from Pawiak prison.
02 Jan
What would it take to bomb the Allies into the ground? This was the question on the minds of top Nazi brass as they mobilised Germany's top scientists to create frightening new bombs.
02 Jan
Homicide detective Rod Demery and forensic scientist Turi King examine a murder victim dated to the time of the Picts and unearthed in a remote sea cave in Scotland.
02 Jan
This episode reveals the story of the woman who cracked the codes that brought down the Mob, saved countless lives in WWII, and even prevented a Nazi invasion of the US.
02 Jan
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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