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Groups considered disloyal to the state or physically or racially inferior were deprived of their rights and very often their lives under Nazi laws.

Nazi Law: Legally Blind

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Join in the heart-stopping discovery of Adolf Hitler's Nazi death camps, meticulously designed to kill on a scale never before seen in history.

Inside Hitler's Killing Machine

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Orphaned and abused as a child, Tzar Ivan became a volatile ruler. He committed his first murder at 13 and was feared for his random acts of violence.

Ivan the Terrible

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This award-winning film explores the ruthless tactics employed by the 15th century English monarch Henry VII to hold onto the Royal Throne of England.

Henry VII: The Winter King

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Herman Goering was Hitler’s most important deputy, head of the Luftwaffe, and architect of infamous Nazi programs such as the creation of the Gestapo.

Goering's Secret: The Story of Hitler's Marshall

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Caligula was the first Roman emperor to be assassinated. In this film, historian Mary Beard paints a portrait of the monster and the man.

Caligula: Paranoia and Brutality in Ancient Rome

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Investigators travel to Switzerland, the US, and Asia in an attempt to understand nuclear-armed North Korea’s eccentric “living god,” Kim Jong Un.

Kim Jong Un: The Unauthorized Biography

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Elizabeth I is said to have carried on an affair with a nobleman, and new evidence suggests that his wife was assassinated so that they could marry.

Elizabeth I: Killer Queen

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This Jonestown docudrama tracks the days leading up to the infamous 1978 mass murder/suicides of Jim Jones' People's Temple.

Jonestown Paradise Lost

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Hitler’s Secret Sex Life reveals a leader wracked by health issues, insecurities, incest, sexual hang-ups, fetishes, drug addiction, and even more.

Hitler's Secret Sex Life

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Villains of History

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An exploration of the stories that have gripped European imaginations for centuries, revealing the fascinating and unexpected history behind them.

Myths & Monsters

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The Scottish King Robert Bruce sought to drive the British out of their homeland, sparking the long war for Scottish independence.

After Braveheart

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Human bones can hide the most shocking of secrets. Join Dr. Tori Herridge as she examines some of the UK's most mysterious archeological burial sites.

Bone Detectives

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Helen Castor explores how the people of the Middle Ages handled the most fundamental moments of transition in life: Birth, marriage and death.

Medieval Lives: Birth, Marriage, Death

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This classic series looks at history's major warring civilizations and documents how they lived, fought, trained, died, and changed the world.

Ancient Warriors

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Legendary warlike cultures were known for their achievements on the battlefield, their military strategy, and innovative weapons and armor.

Warrior's Way: The Original Superheroes

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In the late 16th century, Europe was in the grip of a brutal witch hunt fever. Thousands were tortured and burnt at the stake in France and Germany.

War on Witches

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Go back hundreds of years before our first fictional vampire, Dracula, to peer into the darkest depths of humanity’s earliest fears of the undead.

Vampire Skeletons

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This series focuses on using archaeology to reveal how we used to live in great detail. Each episode boasts a different dig site or famous historian.

Time Team

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Across the centuries, the tales of King Arthur have gripped the popular imagination. This documentary celebrates the power of the great myth.

King Arthur: The Legend

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How did engineers organize machines and men to create medieval castles? Using CGI and dramatic reconstructions, this series shows how they did it.

Castle Builders

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Scientists, scholars, and historians have uncovered striking evidence that the son of Venetian merchants visited the mysterious middle kingdom.

Secret File of Marco Polo

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Travel back back to ancient times in search of the roots of technologies and social customs that set the stage for the world we know today.

Ancient Inventions

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Historian of the medieval period Helen Castor presents an in-depth and insightful series covering England's early Queens.

She-wolves: England's Early Queens

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Living in the Middle Ages

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Angkor Wat, the "City of Temples,” has been steeped in mystery for almost 1000 years. Watch a team traverse Cambodian jungles to explore the ruin.

Ancient Angkor: City of Temples

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See the Mayans in a whole new light: explore the lost citadels of Tikal, a sacred cenote at Chichén Itzá, and a network of tunnels at Teotihuacan.

Maya: Ancient Metropolis

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For over four centuries, Paris and Berlin have competed for primacy. Explore the rich and complex history of the two capitals’ relationship.

Paris-Berlin: Shapes and Shades of History

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Witness the incredible story of the Eiffel Tower's construction. In its day, the tower was the largest and the most ambitious structure built by man.

Eiffel Tower: The History of the Iron Lady

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350 years ago, the Great Fire of London was the most devastating fire Britain has ever experienced. But do we actually know what happened?

The Great Fire: In Real Time

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From 1600 to the present, Amsterdam, London and New York (The Magnificent Three) have contributed to the birth and development of the “world-city.”

Magnificent Three: Cities That Shaped History

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François Mitterrand commissioned 11 major French structures. Was there a mystical dimension in the creation of these pharaonic monuments?

Building Modern Paris: An Esoteric Vision

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About 12 million emigrants landed on Ellis Island, the ultimate gateway to the United-States of America. Their fates did not always belong to them.

Ellis Island: A History of the American Dream

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With unprecedented access, visit the World’s Tallest Tower and immerse yourself in the luxurious world of the owner and workers who call it home.

Burj Khalifa: Dubai's Vertical City

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Scaling the tallest towers across the world, two architects leave the bustling streets to see these extravagant buildings from great heights.

Vertical City: Rediscovering Great Heights Around the World

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Urban infrastructures are under pressure to provide for growing populations. This series looks at the ingenious engineering to make it possible.

How Cities Work

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Life of the Great Cities

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WWII's Operation Tiger was a large-scale D-Day rehearsal. Tragically, coordination and communications problems resulted in death and disaster.

The Secret D-Day Disaster Revealed

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Go back to July 1944, the height of World War II, when Americans stormed the beaches of Normandy and entered one of history's most hellish battles.

Hedgerow Hell: The Fury of Normandy - 1944

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Le Havre was crushed under British bombs in the deadliest bombardment conducted over France during WWII. Did the Allied Forces need to level the city?

1944: Le Havre Under the Allies' Bombs

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Here is the story of the U.S. Army’s 2nd Rangers, who scaled the 100-foot cliffs of Pointe-du-Hoc in Normandy on D-Day to destroy six German cannons.

D-Day at Pointe-du-Hoc

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There were two "D-Days" in 1944: Operation Overlord in Normandy in June, and Operation Dragoon in Provence in August. What was the "Other D-Day"?

Operation Dragoon: The Other D-Day

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On the 70th anniversary of the Normandy landing, American D-Day veterans come together to share their experiences from that fateful day. 

Day of Days: American Stories of D-Day

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American football coach Bill Belichick narrates the events of D-Day, combining modern-day aerial and archival footage and interviews with veterans.

D-Day: Over Normandy

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Get an intimate look into the lives of five veterans as they return to Normandy and re-visit the locations they landed on June 6, 1944.

D-Day: The Price of Freedom

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In 1944, a C-47 Skytrain nicknamed "That’s All, Brother" was sent to drop troops into Normandy. She disappeared but was later found in a scrapyard.

That's All, Brother

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Operation Neptune-Overlord began the largest amphibious landing assault in the history of WWII and was critical to the success of the Allied invasion.

Navy Heroes of Normandy

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On D-Day, a beach in Normandy, France, given the code name "Omaha," proved to be the Allies' biggest obstacle to the success of Operation Overlord. 

Omaha Beach: Honor and Sacrifice

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The story of two young American medics who tended to the first casualties of D-Day while a savage battle raged between American and German forces.

Eagles of Mercy

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Legends of D-Day

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To the sailors who witnessed the official Japanese surrender, it was one of the most monumental days in history, and only a few witnesses now remain.

Surrender on the USS Missouri

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This is the story of the death of Isoroku Yamamoto, a Japanese WWII admiral who planned the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor and the Battle of Midway.

The Portillo Expedition: Mystery on Bougainville Island

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World War II didn't start in 1939 when Germany invaded Poland, and then spread to Asia. It actually began in 1931 with Japan's invasion of Manchuria.

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