A famous scientist wrote the President of the United States, and the face of war, and our world, was changed forever. How and why did humanity develop a weapon capable of almost total destruction?

A famous scientist wrote the President of the United States, and the face of war, and our world, was changed forever.

Einstein And The Manhattan Project

At war since 1914, a depleted Europe lay in ruins. Only American intervention in 1917 would turn the tide for the Allies against the Central Powers. A century after the US entered the fray, explore the reasons behind the delayed response by the US, and the impact the US Army had on the war.

At war since 1914, a depleted Europe lay in ruins. Only American intervention in 1917 would turn the tide for the Allies against the Central Powers.

America's World War I Centennial

The dramatic story of the defense of France against Hitler's invading army in order to enable the desperate evacuation of over 300K men of the British Expeditionary Force and Allied troops across the English Channel to safety in 1940.

The dramatic story of the defense of France against Hitler's invading army in order to enable the desperate evacuation of over 300K men to safety in 1940.

Dunkirk: Resist At All Costs

The Cuban Missile Crisis was one of the defining moments of the mid-twentieth century and of the presidency of John Kennedy. How did the two Cold War powers of the USSR and the USA come to the point of threatening nuclear war?

How did the two Cold War powers of the USSR and the USA come to the point of threatening nuclear war?

Cuba: Nuclear Standoff

The Cold War was won not by weapons of war, but blue jeans, silk stockings, and fast food. Just follow the money.

Cold War

Franklin Delano Roosevelt is remembered for overcoming the toughest possible challenges. Staring down the Depression, staring down the Nazis, saving democracy. He would remake the world and at the same time conquer his own personal limitations.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt is remembered for overcoming the toughest possible challenges. Staring down the Depression, staring down the Nazis, saving democracy.

The I-400 was one of the Imperial Japanese Navy's Sen Toku-class submarines, which were the largest submarines ever built before the age of nuclear-powered subs. These massive vessels were longer than a football field and were used as submarine aircraft carriers.

The I-400 was one of the Imperial Japanese Navy's Sen Toku-class submarines, which were the largest submarines ever built before the age of nuclear-powered subs.

Search for Japan's Lost Supersub

The fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9th, 1989, inevitably altered the landscape of modern geopolitical history. Watch never before seen footage taken from both sides of the wall, providing a glimpse at the everyday lives of the Berliners living within its confines.

Berlin Wall Revisited

During World War II, the submarines of the "Free French Naval Forces" scoured the Atlantic to neutralize the Nazi Navy. Discover the forgotten ships that made possible the liberation of France.

Five Submarines Against the Nazis

A mysterious World War II wreck is discovered off the coast of Italy by archeologists. Could this be the wreck of the long lost U-455, the last missing German U-boat?

The Mystery of U-455

Ex-CIA agent Ben Smith and a retired FBI officer journey through the Jungles of Burma in search of answers to a family mystery. They are searching for a crashed WWII plane that went down in this little-known, but important, theater of WWII, the perilous “Hump” - an airbridge over the Himalayas.

Ex-CIA agent Ben Smith and a retired FBI officer journey through the Jungles of Burma in search of answers to a family mystery.

MIA: Hunt for a WWII Plane

This program will travel into the past to discover the fascinating details of Hitler’s wonder weapons - colossal tanks, suicide bombers, and the first guided missiles. Do the original blueprints have clues to revolutionary potential or fatal structural flaws?

This program will travel into the past to discover the fascinating details of Hitler’s wonder weapons - colossal tanks, suicide bombers, and the first guided missiles.

Nazi Secret Weapons

Arguably the greatest spy for the West during the Cold War, Dimitriy Polyakov was a Russian Military Intelligence General who turned on Russia. He was run by the CIA and FBI and betrayed by both Ames and Hanssen.

Arguably the greatest spy for the West during the Cold War, Dimitriy Polyakov was a Russian Military Intelligence General who turned on Russia.

The Soviet General Who Switched Sides

Vladimir Vetrov was a KGB officer who worked for the French intelligence service. The “Farewell Document,” shared with President Reagan included Soviet intelligence gained by Vetrov.

A KGB officer who worked for the French intelligence service, Vladimir Vetrov stole Soviet technical and economic espionage.

France's Man in Moscow

The Japanese Super Code reveals the US efforts to crack Japan’s unbreakable WW2 code following the horror of the attack on Pearl Harbour. But can one Naval Officer with a penchant for crosswords really stop the Japanese onslaught and turn the War in the Pacific in America’s favor?

The Japanese Super Code: The incredible code-breaking efforts that helped America win the war in the Pacific.

The Japanese Super Code

Gjellestad, Norway. Archaeologists made the discovery of a lifetime: a 20-meter-long, 1200-year-old Viking funeral ship. Who is hiding in the grave? Is Gjellestad one of the oldest Viking settlements? What can this coffin tell us about the daily lives, beliefs, and traditions of the Vikings?

Gjellestad, Norway. Archaeologists made the discovery of a lifetime: a 20-meter-long, 1200-year-old Viking funeral ship. Who is hiding in the grave?

Vikings: The Lost Kingdom

We discover you can start a war over almost anything, from an unprovoked invasion to a lost ear, a pastry, or a stolen bucket. We look at wars that lasted for centuries and others that were over in minutes and we learn that though it’s easy to start a war it’s far more difficult to end one…

We discover you can start a war over anything, from assassination to a lost ear, or even pastry.

How To Start a War

An incredible story, told through the lives of Russia’s billionaire Oligarchs, of a country dominated by a dictator. From a bungled privatization of massive state-owned assets in the nineties, we explore how Putin has regained control of the powerful Oligarchs and how they’ve influenced the world.

Journey into the lives of Russia’s Oligarchs who profited from the bungled privatization of Russia’s state-owned assets.

Russia

Secret Nazi files from World War II reveal formerly classified technological innovations from brilliant German scientists who raced to create terrifying new “Wonder Weapons” and an atomic bomb. Some of their technological “firsts” remain the basis for modern-day air and spacecraft.

Secret Nazi WWII files reveal classified technological innovations from Germany’s scientists who raced to create terrifying new “Wonder Weapons” and an atomic bomb.

Hitler's Secret Science

As the "court magician of the Nazis," Kalanag enchanted parties for Goebbels and entertained the masses at Nazi Party events. At the same time, he was responsible for propaganda films. After the war, he was no longer allowed to work in the film industry, so he turned his hobby into a profession.

As the "court magician of the Nazis," Kalanag enchanted parties for Goebbels and entertained the masses at Nazi Party events.

Kalanag - Hitler's Magician

What happened after the epic events portrayed in "Braveheart?" See how a Scottish king tried to drive the English out of Ireland in 1315.

After Braveheart

Danielle Allen explores the bold minds and historical circumstances that resulted in one of the greatest political writings in history.

America's Declaration

Berlin 1945 time-travels in cinematic style into the city's most fateful year through the eyes of those who experienced it

Berlin 1945

This three part series tells the story of the War in the Pacific.

WWII in the Pacific

WW2. The British Royal Navy turn to a retired wargamer and an unlikely group of young women to develop tactics and sink the German U-boats.