Smithsonian Channel Investigating how early concepts of armoured fighting vehicles influenced the creation of the very first tank prototype; seeing how the muddy battlefields of WW I became a crucial testing ground for a machine that would soon change military history. 2026-06-03 From the USS Langley to the high-tech floating airports; the history of the aircraft carrier and how its air wing operates. 2026-06-03 A behind-the-scenes look at how the U.S. Navy's radically redesigned Ford-class aircraft carrier was built. 2026-06-03 Investigating how early concepts of armoured fighting vehicles influenced the creation of the very first tank prototype; seeing how the muddy battlefields of WW I became a crucial testing ground for a machine that would soon change military history. 2026-06-03 The crew of the USS George H.W. Bush aircraft carrier prepares to give air support to ground troops battling ISIS in Iraq. 2026-06-03 A behind-the-scenes look at the operations of a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier; the dedicated sailors who keep it running at maximum efficiency. 2026-06-03 Investigating how early concepts of armoured fighting vehicles influenced the creation of the very first tank prototype; seeing how the muddy battlefields of WW I became a crucial testing ground for a machine that would soon change military history. 2026-06-03 From the USS Langley to the high-tech floating airports; the history of the aircraft carrier and how its air wing operates. 2026-06-03 A behind-the-scenes look at how the U.S. Navy's radically redesigned Ford-class aircraft carrier was built. 2026-06-03 Investigating how early concepts of armoured fighting vehicles influenced the creation of the very first tank prototype; seeing how the muddy battlefields of WW I became a crucial testing ground for a machine that would soon change military history. 2026-06-03 The St. Lawrence River is one that forged North America, allowing ships to traverse the continent; the adventure begins in Canada's first capital city of Kingston and near Canada's second-largest city of Montreal. 2026-06-03 Decoding the secrets of long-lost human settlements; scrutinizing a mysterious Norwegian mound, a prehistoric stone circle on the banks of the Tagus River, a lost city in the cradle of civilization and bizarre rock shapes. 2026-06-03 A mysterious object is raised from the depths of the ocean; a stranded speedboat; an elite crew works to salvage America's biggest shipwreck before hurricane season. 2026-06-03 The St. Lawrence River is one that forged North America, allowing ships to traverse the continent; the adventure begins in Canada's first capital city of Kingston and near Canada's second-largest city of Montreal. 2026-06-03 Decoding the secrets of long-lost human settlements; scrutinizing a mysterious Norwegian mound, a prehistoric stone circle on the banks of the Tagus River, a lost city in the cradle of civilization and bizarre rock shapes. 2026-06-03 A mysterious object is raised from the depths of the ocean; a stranded speedboat; an elite crew works to salvage America's biggest shipwreck before hurricane season. 2026-06-03 Revisit Colditz Castle, a Nazi fortress where breakouts featured human catapults and clever disguises; meet the pilots who staged the famed Great Escape from a Polish stalag; see how 32 POWs pulled off the Warburg Wire Job in just one minute. 2026-06-03 Relive the Flight of the Crow, a trek across Nazi-occupied Europe; find out how two Austrian mountaineers hiked their way out of the Himalayas, then learn why 378 Japanese POWs risked it all in Australia's bloody Cowra Breakout. 2026-06-03 Examine how German soldiers used an erotic painting and other decoys to distract their captors as they tunnelled out of Island Farm POW camp in Wales; see how American bombardiers were smuggled out of Russia, and study a wartime Trojan Horse plot. 2026-06-03 A mass uprising that shows the world the truth about the Nazis' secret Sobibor death camp; learn how the Davao Dozen break out of a harsh Japanese penal colony and explore how two plucky German pilots plot to get out of Britain. 2026-06-03 Discover the German submarines that caused havoc in the American desert, the playboy pilot they couldn't cage, and the young lovers whose escape defied all odds. 2026-06-03 Track German tank commander Georg Gaertner, vanishes from a U.S. POW camp and eludes the FBI for 40 years; learn how two escaped Auschwitz prisoners help save countless lives and how Nazi officer Adolf Eichmann is finally brought to justice. 2026-06-03 Revisit Colditz Castle, a Nazi fortress where breakouts featured human catapults and clever disguises; meet the pilots who staged the famed Great Escape from a Polish stalag; see how 32 POWs pulled off the Warburg Wire Job in just one minute. 2026-06-03 Relive the Flight of the Crow, a trek across Nazi-occupied Europe; find out how two Austrian mountaineers hiked their way out of the Himalayas, then learn why 378 Japanese POWs risked it all in Australia's bloody Cowra Breakout. 2026-06-03 Uncovering the inspiring stories of the U.S. Army's 761st Tank Battalion; descendants and historians discuss the honor of the first armored unit of its kind, entirely composed of African-American servicemen. 2026-06-04 Revisit Colditz Castle, a Nazi fortress where breakouts featured human catapults and clever disguises; meet the pilots who staged the famed Great Escape from a Polish stalag; see how 32 POWs pulled off the Warburg Wire Job in just one minute. 2026-06-04 Relive the Flight of the Crow, a trek across Nazi-occupied Europe; find out how two Austrian mountaineers hiked their way out of the Himalayas, then learn why 378 Japanese POWs risked it all in Australia's bloody Cowra Breakout. 2026-06-04 Examine how German soldiers used an erotic painting and other decoys to distract their captors as they tunnelled out of Island Farm POW camp in Wales; see how American bombardiers were smuggled out of Russia, and study a wartime Trojan Horse plot. 2026-06-04 A mass uprising that shows the world the truth about the Nazis' secret Sobibor death camp; learn how the Davao Dozen break out of a harsh Japanese penal colony and explore how two plucky German pilots plot to get out of Britain. 2026-06-04 Discover the German submarines that caused havoc in the American desert, the playboy pilot they couldn't cage, and the young lovers whose escape defied all odds. 2026-06-04 Track German tank commander Georg Gaertner, vanishes from a U.S. POW camp and eludes the FBI for 40 years; learn how two escaped Auschwitz prisoners help save countless lives and how Nazi officer Adolf Eichmann is finally brought to justice. 2026-06-04 Uncovering the inspiring stories of the U.S. Army's 761st Tank Battalion; descendants and historians discuss the honor of the first armored unit of its kind, entirely composed of African-American servicemen. 2026-06-04 Revisit Colditz Castle, a Nazi fortress where breakouts featured human catapults and clever disguises; meet the pilots who staged the famed Great Escape from a Polish stalag; see how 32 POWs pulled off the Warburg Wire Job in just one minute. 2026-06-04 Relive the Flight of the Crow, a trek across Nazi-occupied Europe; find out how two Austrian mountaineers hiked their way out of the Himalayas, then learn why 378 Japanese POWs risked it all in Australia's bloody Cowra Breakout. 2026-06-04 Navigating the historic Potomac River from West Virginia to Chesapeake Bay, passing through Washington, D.C. and the national monuments and ending at George Washington's Mount Vernon estate. 2026-06-04 Zoom in on some otherworldly sights; spot a giant glacier on the Red Planet, let the milky seas off the coast of Java bathe your vision, ponder a huge hexagon floating above Saturn and take a spin around a doughnut-shaped lake in Saskatchewan. 2026-06-04 A salvage maestro returns to raise more valuable tropical hardwood trying not to wreck his own boat in the process; the multimillion dollar operation to salvage America's biggest shipwreck. 2026-06-04 Examining the science behind the birth of the universe. 2026-06-04 Paid programming. 2026-06-04 Zoom in on some otherworldly sights; spot a giant glacier on the Red Planet, let the milky seas off the coast of Java bathe your vision, ponder a huge hexagon floating above Saturn and take a spin around a doughnut-shaped lake in Saskatchewan. 2026-06-04 A salvage maestro returns to raise more valuable tropical hardwood trying not to wreck his own boat in the process; the multimillion dollar operation to salvage America's biggest shipwreck. 2026-06-04 After the landing on Normandy Beach, the Battle of Carentan breaks out and an American unit launches a desperate bayonet charge. 2026-06-04 After months of fighting in Europe, U.S. troops finally enter Germany; with their sights set on the city of Aachen, the Americans must break through two rows of bunker fortifications to capture the old capital. 2026-06-04 A Japanese American regiment fights through darkened forests, heavy rains and entrenched Nazis to reach a lost U.S. battalion in the Vosges Mountains. 2026-06-04 During the Battle of the Bulge, a young U.S. scout gets trapped behind enemy lines. 2026-06-04 A United States Army cook manages to stall Himmler's attempt to recapture Strasbourg. 2026-06-04 A platoon of Canadian tank hunters engages a column of Nazi Panther tanks at nighttime. 2026-06-04 In July 1944, French resistance fighters called Maquisards declared a Free French Republic on the remote Vercors plateau in eastern France to support the Allied invasion of Normandy. 2026-06-04 In August 1944, when Hitler launches Operation Lüttich to retake the port city of Avranches, German panzer and SS troops quickly overrun the French town of Mortain and encircle a battalion of US soldiers who hold the high ground on Hill 314. 2026-06-04 In the autumn of 1944, Patton's Third Army approaches the heavily fortified region of Metz; after being turned back from Fort Driant, Patton's men target Fort Koenigsmacker a month later. 2026-06-05