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10 May
We examine key movements in the Pacific Theatre - the Fall of Singapore, the Battle of Midway and the Kokoda Campaign - Rommel's offensives in Africa, and the Allied bombing campaign over Europe.
10 May
The Axis forces begin to lose hold on their previous triumphs; between Japan's loosening hold on southeast Asia and Germany's growing defeats in Europe, we begin to see WW2's turning of the tide.
10 May
This episode explores moments of the war where Allied forces started to push back: the relief of Leningrad, the liberation of Paris, D-Day and the liberation of the Nazi extermination camps.
10 May
We witness the final moments and aftermath of World War II with the establishment of war crime trials - such as the ones in Nuremberg - and move towards peace with the creation of the United Nations.
10 May
Thousands of people were dosed with LSD by the CIA; did the CIA murder its own people, poison a whole French town, experiment on New Yorkers and assassinate Bobby Kennedy?
10 May
Starring in only a handful of films, Bruce Lee is revered as an icon in popular culture, but Lee died as young and as suddenly as his son. How could their tragic destinies share so many similarities?
10 May
The Grimaldi family has held their posts as sovereigns of Monaco with the utmost grace, but one thing they have missed time and again is good luck in the love department.
10 May
10 May
Friedrich Paulus and Erich von Manstein, two generals who charted opposite paths through the Nazi war machine - one broke under pressure, the other clung to his reputation.
10 May
We go on the trail of Adolf Eichmann, the notorious Nazi bureaucrat who escaped justice for 15 years until his trial made the Holocaust a household name.
10 May
Many legends persisted about the life of Adolf Hitler after the end of World War II; is it true that he was incapable of human emotions, friendships, or romantic relationships?
10 May
Ramses fortified borders and established peace with other kingdoms during his long reign; his 13th son Merenptah must strive to uphold his father's legacy, but will his efforts prove sufficient?
10 May
Alexander confronts the final unravelling of Darius' power; determined to secure his place as Darius' successor, he adopts the administrative strengths of the Persian Empire.
10 May
Hellenistic pharaohs fought the Seleucids for centuries; Ptolemy IV faced Antiochos the Great at Raphia with 100,000 men and war elephants. Discover the combatants, naval strategy and consequences.
10 May
Romuald's Cave in Istria has 30,000-year-old paintings, discovered by Darko Komšo, that complement Slovenia's 60,000-year-old flute and Croatia's 33,000-year-old Neanderthal remains.
10 May
We trace the story of Troy back 150 years to follow Heinrich Schliemann's quest to find a lost city and prove that the Trojan War really happened.
10 May
The remains of 7,000 humans were discovered in the Hal Saflieni Hypogeum, Malta's Neolithic temple; could the temple reveal the mystery of who they belonged to and what happened to its owners?
10 May
Emperor Caracalla was stabbed by conspirators led by Praetorian Prefect Macrinus; King Edward was murdered at Corfe Castle in 978, with suspicion falling on his stepmother Queen Aelfthryth.
10 May
The team are near Bloodvein, Manitoba, where a large boulder may hold a mystery of a lost Viking expedition. Meanwhile, Joe tries his hand at metal detecting near a historic fur trading fort.
10 May
Young, handsome and athletic, he was the jewel in England's crown - King Henry the Eighth had just one problem... was he a potential psychopath in the making?
10 May
Friedrich Paulus and Erich von Manstein, two generals who charted opposite paths through the Nazi war machine - one broke under pressure, the other clung to his reputation.
10 May
We go on the trail of Adolf Eichmann, the notorious Nazi bureaucrat who escaped justice for 15 years until his trial made the Holocaust a household name.
10 May
Many legends persisted about the life of Adolf Hitler after the end of World War II; is it true that he was incapable of human emotions, friendships, or romantic relationships?
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