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This series focuses on major players of WWI and WWII, from Hitler to Roosevelt, examining the leader’s impact on the country and world.

History's Verdict

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The early years of World War II saw deception in its infancy. There was code-breaking, glamorous spies, fake bombing sites, and even inflatable tanks.

Deception WWII

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Decipher the clues to secret Nazi bases: hidden bunkers in Poland, an eastern Canadian base, and much more.

Secret Nazi Bases

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The battlefields of WWII witnessed both acts of heroism and horrific atrocities. But from mob bosses to murderers, the war created civilian criminals.

Wartime Crime

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Revisit key moments of the 20th century in order to encounter new interpretations of the past and learn forgotten or overshadowed elements of history.

History Uncovered

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A comprehensive picture of the SS – how did a small group of thugs rise to be one of the most feared organs of the Nazi state?

Beyond the Myth: the SS Unveiled

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Eminent historian James Holland gets inside the Nazi war machine. Traveling across Europe, he explores the extraordinary machines they produced.

Nazi War Machines

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Examining the effects the stimulant Pervitin, created in Nazi Germany in 1938, might have had on Adolf Hitler, his army, and World War II.

Blitzed: Nazis on Drugs

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Hitler was frequently portrayed as a political and military leader, but not a fund-raiser. We show the complex financial network behind the Nazis.

Hitler's Gold: Funding the Nazi Party

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Join us on a journey into Polish underground resistance to Hitler during WWII. The Polish Underground State was the largest group in occupied Europe.

The Underground Army

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An expert portrait of six men: Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, Horatio Nelson, Napoleon Bonaparte, Ulysses S. Grant, and Georgi Zhukov.

The Great Commanders

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This series provides new insights into the causes of the American conflict and the opposing politics between the Union and the Confederacy.

Civil War: The Untold Story

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Irish Holocaust Survivor Tomi Reichental embarks on a journey to bring the convicted SS War Criminal Hilde Michnia to account for her secrets.

Condemned to Remember

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It’s said victors write history, but in this case, the focus is on the losing Nazi regime, who severely undermined their own war effort.

How the Nazis Lost the War

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Alvin York, a local farmer, and Joseph Oklahombi, a Native American from the Choctaw tribe, both fought in WWI and became symbols of courage.

The Odd Destiny of Sergeant York

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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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In 1979, the Soviet Union sent soldiers into Afghanistan to restore order in the newly allied country, but found themselves caught up in a new war. 

Tomb of the USSR

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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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On Borneo during WWII, downed American airmen face a battle for survival in a dense jungle. They attempt one of the most audacious escapes of the war.

Headhunters of WWII

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Take a dive into Jimmy Hoffa's pursuit of power. This labor leader's fierce dedication to his cause brought danger to his door. What really happened?

Power, Lies, Corruption: The Hoffa Disappearance

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We unearth forgotten conflicts, including the Suez Crisis, Bosnian War, Gulf War, Korean War, the Malayan Emergency, and the Mau Mau Uprising.

Britain's Forgotten Wars with Tony Robinson

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Klaus Barbie, head of the Gestapo in Lyon in 1943-44, was responsible for the torture and deaths of tens of thousands of people. 

Tracking Down Klaus Barbie

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A single assassination ignites a global chain reaction, plunging Europe into a war unlike anything the world has ever seen.

The Long Road to War

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John Nettles spent more than a decade studying WWII. He retraces his search for the marks the war has left on the British Channel Islands.

Hitler's England

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This is the emotional story of China's brutal war with Japan on the eve of World War II. It was crucial to the outcome of the Pacific War.

WWII: China's Forgotten War

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Guy Martin wants to build a working replica of a WWI tank, pass his tank driving test, and drive the machine at Lincoln's Remembrance Day parade.

Guy Martin's WW1 Tank

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This film begins as World War II comes to an end. For the Jews of Europe, the suffering, dying, and grief continues even after the camps are emptied.

After the Holocaust

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During WWII, Japanese-American citizens were unconstitutionally incarcerated in mass by the U.S. government, purely on the basis of race.

Betrayed: Surviving an American Concentration Camp

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One of the most brutal wars in history is seen as never before with emotional testimonies of the last survivors from the battlefields and home front.

The First World War: The People's Story

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This is the story of how a sneak attack from Japan lead to a deadly war in the Pacific. A war waged across the air, the sea, and island by island.

WWII in the Pacific

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This series examines the lead up to the British elections of 1918. The radicalization of Irish Nationalists changed Ireland's politics forever.

The Irish Revolution in Colour: Ireland's Struggle for Independence

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In the summer of 1942, a manhunt took place in Paris. With the help of French authorities, nearly 80,000 Jews were deported to concentration camps.

Jews in Vichy: From Exclusion to Deportation

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Designed by Churchill and Roosevelt, this is the account of the strategic bet to relieve Stalin’s Army by diverting Hitler's focus to North Africa.

Operation Torch

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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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In 1945, the first atomic bomb used in combat was dropped over Hiroshima. Three years before, the same pilot led the first daylight bombing in Europe.

Rouen to Hiroshima: Legacy of the Enola Gay

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New research shows that the scenes in this reexamined film, shot during WWI’s Battle of the Somme, offer a detailed record of the disastrous event.

WWI's First Frontline Cameraman

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The number two in command of the Third Reich amassed a collection of more than 5,000 art works. But how did Hermann Goering get his hands on them?

The Goering Catalog

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Early 20th century Europe is in a state of flux, the perfect conditions for the most terrifying political organization history has seen: the Nazis.

Hitler: Germany's Fatal Attraction

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Iran and Israel were once friendly countries. The Islamic Revolution of 1979 shifted Tehran's ambitions to one side and their former allies to the other.

Israel/Iran/USA: The Long War

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Embark on an exploration of the American Civil War. Retold at a tactical level, experts examine the methods of the Confederates and the Union forces. 

Battlefield America: The Civil War

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Three Holocaust survivors confront haunting mysteries from their past.

Cheating Hitler: Surviving the Holocaust

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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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Dan Snow revisits WWII's daring dam-busting raid.

The Dambusters Story: A Battle Against Time

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Dig up forgotten wartime relics before time and progress erase them for good.

WW2 Treasure Hunters

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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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Take an in-depth look at the persecution and subsequent death of the 5 million non-Jewish victims of the Holocaust and the impact on survivors.

Forget Us Not: The 5 Million Non-Jewish Victims

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The men, women, and children who lived through World War I recount the heroism and heartbreak of the most dramatic years of their lives.

The Last Voices of World War One

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The truth behind the boys who lied about their age in order to fight in WWII, and their stories from the front lines of the most brutal battlefields.

Boy Soldiers of World War II

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When Paris fell under German occupation in June 1940, two men daringly mapped out the city's underground tunnel system, helping the French Resistance.

Undermining the Nazis: Paris's Secret Tunnels

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Explore the dark alliances and deadly power struggles among Hitler and his high-ranking Nazi leaders in the Third Reich.

The Seven Deadly Enemies: WWII Germany

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In June 1982, at the height of the Falklands War, 53 men lost their lives, and hundreds were injured in Argentine air attacks on British ships.