Battlefield is a documentary series initially shown in 1994 that explores the most important battles fought primarily during the Second World War but also the Vietnam War. The series employs a novel approach in which history is described by detailed accounts of major battles together with background and contextual information.
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Blueprints of War will strive to encompass the most famous military conflicts, leaders and weapons throughout time. From the beaches of Normandy to the fields of Gettysburg and the minefields of Vietnam, Blueprints of War will traverse the battlefields of the globe telling the story hour-by-hour and minute-by-minute
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During the second world war, the Nazis looted everything they could get their hands on, including an estimated 600 tons of gold, thousands of pieces of artwork, and millions of priceless artifacts. While some of these items have been found, much of it remains missing. Treasure hunter Darrell Miklos believes some of these stolen riches were loaded into specially modified U-Boats that are currently lying at the bottom of the Caribbean Sea. His evidence: two top-secret documents acquired over 40 years of research.
Covers the 1941 Japanese military strike on a Hawaiian naval base in never before seen detail.
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Hawaii, Pacific Ocean. A postcard decor. Clean. Azure. Yet in this heavenly place, one of the most memorable battles of WWII took place 80 years ago.
The very first submarine, which legend claims lurked beneath New York Harbor during the American Revolutionary War. The small ships that rescued thousands from Dunkirk. The destroyer that forced the easing of the Cuban Missile Crisis. Over the centuries, conflicts have prompted advances to ship designs, making vessels stronger, faster, smarter, and capable of changing the course of wars. Join us as we examine the world's greatest Combat Ships, and reveal how they shaped world history and inspired men and women to acts of incredible courage.
Two-part documentary telling the story of the battle for control of the North Sea during the First World War.
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This ten-part docuseries tells the comprehensive story of the First World War, featuring excerpts written by Winston Churchill, Karen Blixen, Georges Clémenceau, David Lloyd George, Siegfried Sassoon and Rudolf Hess.
Mike Brewer sets off on a journey of discovery to find out the story of one of the most remarkable aircraft in the British Armed Forces: a Chinook helicopter code named Bravo November. By doing so he examines the invaluable contribution that these helicopters have made to campaigns from the Falklands War onwards. And how Chinooks are now being upgraded to keep them at the cutting edge of British tactical weaponry.
The story of how the Battleship was used and not used as the ultimate weapon of war during its day up to its demise.
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Submarines today are highly complex machines crammed with technology and weapons. As impressive as their construction is, as terrifying is their destructive power. Hardly any other weapon triggers as many emotions as the submarine. It strikes from ambush and can use nuclear missiles to drag the whole world into the abyss. Submarines originated from a completely non-military idea, namely to be able to view the world under water. But the interest in the military use of submarines soon prevailed.
The history of warfare from antiquity to the Falklands War; each episode looks at warfare from the perspective of different participants: infantryman, artillerist, cavalryman, tanker, airman, guerrilla, surgeon, logistician and commander.
One of the Royal Navy's most modern aircraft carriers when the Second World War began, HMS Ark Royal was eventually sunk by a German torpedo. Now her wreck has been found in the Mediterranean, and veterans are among the first to see it. With Dan Snow.
The only major fleet engagement of World War I, the Battle of Jutland has been surrounded by controversy ever since. The British public felt Admiral Jellicoe had failed – a reaction rooted in a hundred years of the 'Nelson cult', a conviction that anything short of a Trafalgar-style annihilation was letting the side down. On the 31st of May 1916 – 251 British and German battleships set out to annihilate one another in the North Sea. In a vicious engagement that lasted over 12 hours – 25 ships were sunk and 8,600 lives were lost. The German Fleet had sunk more ships and suffered fewer casualties, but the British had forced them to disengage and run for port. This two-hour special tells the true story of the battle. An international team of marine divers and historians set out to explore the wrecks of the great Dreadnoughts that lie 100 miles from shore and up to 60 metres deep. The dives will at last reveal why the British navy failed to score a decisive victory.
Explores the medieval arms race reflected in castle construction in the Middle Ages. Location filming, re-enactments and CGI reconstruction are used to tell the stories of six castles tested by siege.
In the aftermath of the Second World War, relations between the former allied eastern and western powers deteriorated fast. Suddenly, the small island nation found itself in the midst of the ensuing “cold-war”, which it used to its full benefit to catapult into the modern world. A founding member of the NATO alliance, Iceland provided an important base for forward operations in protection of NATO’s northern flank and Scandinavia and the approaches to North America by U.S. and allied forces.
In the centuries since the gun was invented, hundreds of innovators, engineers and inventors have brought their vision together to create what has become one of the most perfectly produced items ever made. Tales of the Gun chronicles the long history of firearm design and construction from the first, primitive weapons to today's computer-controlled, high-tech factories. From the gunslingers of the Wild West to the newest technology being developed for tomorrow's super-weapons, guns have etched a place in today's culture for their masterful combination of form, function and beauty.
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6 episodes • 1994Avg: 9.6
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Battle of France | Feb 2, 1994 | 9.3 |
| 2 | The Battle of Britain | Feb 7, 1994 | 9.7 |
| 3 | The Battle of Midway | Feb 16, 1994 | 9.7 |
| 4 | The Battle of Stalingrad | Feb 20, 1994 | 9.3 |
| 5 | The Battle Of Normandy | Feb 27, 1994 | 9.7 |
| 6 | The Battle of Berlin | Mar 1, 1994 | 9.7 |
6 episodes • 1996Avg: 9.0Valley of Despair
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Battle for North Africa | Apr 1, 1996 | 9.0 |
| 2 | The Battle of the Atlantic | Apr 6, 1996 | 8.5 |
| 3 | The Battle For Russia | Apr 10, 1996 | 9.0 |
| 4 | The Battle for Italy | Apr 17, 1996 | 9.0 |
| 5 | The Battle of Leyte Gulf | Apr 22, 1996 | 9.5 |
| 6 | The Battle for the Rhine | Apr 29, 1996 | 9.0 |
12 episodes • 1999Avg: 10.0Golden Era
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dien Bien Phu - The Legacy | Jan 1, 1999 | 10.0 |
| 2 | The Undeclared War | Jan 1, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Search and Destroy | Jan 1, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Showdown in the Iron Triangle | Jan 1, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Countdown to Tet | Jan 1, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 6 | The Tet Offensive | Jan 1, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 7 | War on the DMZ | Jan 1, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Siege at Khe Sahn | Jan 1, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Air War Vietnam | Jan 1, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Rolling Thunder | Jan 1, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Peace with Honor | Jan 1, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 12 | The Fall of Saigon | Jan 1, 1999 | 0.0 |
6 episodes • 2000
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Battle of Kursk | Feb 1, 2000 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Air War Over Germany | Feb 19, 2000 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Manchuria - The Forgotten Victory | Feb 25, 2000 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Pearl Harbor | Mar 10, 2000 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Guadalcanal | Apr 1, 2000 | 0.0 |
| 6 | The Siege of Leningrad | May 1, 2000 | 0.0 |
6 episodes • 2001
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Battle for Tunisia | Mar 6, 2001 | 0.0 |
| 2 | El Alamein | Mar 19, 2001 | 0.0 |
| 3 | The Battle for Monte Cassino | Apr 15, 2001 | 0.0 |
| 4 | The West Wall | Apr 20, 2001 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Operation Market Garden | May 12, 2001 | 0.0 |
| 6 | The Battle for Caen | Jun 1, 2001 | 0.0 |
6 episodes • 2002
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Battle for the Crimea | Mar 1, 2002 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Scandinavia: The Forgotten Front | Apr 29, 2002 | 0.0 |
| 3 | The War Against the U-Boats | May 1, 2002 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Destination Okinawa | Jun 2, 2002 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Campaign in the Balkans | May 29, 2002 | 0.0 |
| 6 | The Battle for the Mediterranean | Jan 1, 2002 | 0.0 |