Smithsonian Channel President Harry Truman decides to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki; Emperor Hirohito surrenders, and Gen. Douglas MacArthur arrives to oversee the country's occupation; mortal enemies must now become partners in Japan's rebirth. 2026-09-13 In pursuit of their Aryan dream, the Nazis were encumbered by an ideological war from within that would undermine their ability to succeed in World War II. 2026-09-13 Take a look at some of the escapes that took place during World War II. 2026-09-13 President Harry Truman decides to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki; Emperor Hirohito surrenders, and Gen. Douglas MacArthur arrives to oversee the country's occupation; mortal enemies must now become partners in Japan's rebirth. 2026-09-13 In pursuit of their Aryan dream, the Nazis were encumbered by an ideological war from within that would undermine their ability to succeed in World War II. 2026-09-13 Take a look at some of the escapes that took place during World War II. 2026-09-13 President Harry Truman decides to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki; Emperor Hirohito surrenders, and Gen. Douglas MacArthur arrives to oversee the country's occupation; mortal enemies must now become partners in Japan's rebirth. 2026-09-13 In pursuit of their Aryan dream, the Nazis were encumbered by an ideological war from within that would undermine their ability to succeed in World War II. 2026-09-13 Take a look at some of the escapes that took place during World War II. 2026-09-13 Bundles of cedar wood tree trunks are smashed apart, releasing thousands of logs on the shoreline; Jeremy and his crew must work fast to recover the cargo. 2026-09-13 A journey down one of the wild rivers in the world, the Yukon; the unusual trip starts in an aircraft piloted by a painter and the odyssey ends with a visit to a graveyard of disintegrating rear-wheel steamers. 2026-09-13 Investigate an abandoned village in the shifting sands on Dubai's outskirts and a collection of inexplicable stone circles in Colombia; a mysterious hilltop tower in Iran and a puzzling purple phenomenon in Chile's Atacama Desert. 2026-09-13 Arctic conditions continue to wreak havoc in British Columbia; Jeremy Birch is called upon to raise a concrete-hulled vessel. 2026-09-13 A journey down one of the wild rivers in the world, the Yukon; the unusual trip starts in an aircraft piloted by a painter and the odyssey ends with a visit to a graveyard of disintegrating rear-wheel steamers. 2026-09-13 Investigate an abandoned village in the shifting sands on Dubai's outskirts and a collection of inexplicable stone circles in Colombia; a mysterious hilltop tower in Iran and a puzzling purple phenomenon in Chile's Atacama Desert. 2026-09-13 Arctic conditions continue to wreak havoc in British Columbia; Jeremy Birch is called upon to raise a concrete-hulled vessel. 2026-09-13 The British Avro Vulcan pushes the boundaries of long-distance flying, completing one of the longest bombing raids in history during the 1982 Falklands War. 2026-09-13 Find out how the highly adaptable Douglas DC-3 revolutionized air travel, flying farther and more safely than previous commercial aircraft; Then discover how this model reinvented itself as a cargo- and paratrooper-carrying workhorse for the Allies. 2026-09-13 Get to know the Supermarine Spitfire, which changed the fate of an entire nation in 1940; explore this legendary fighter's superior engineering and see how its revolutionary elliptical wings helped it emerge victorious in the Battle of Britain. 2026-09-13 Salute the Boeing 747, a massive airliner designed to carry more passengers than was ever thought possible in the 1960s. Discover the engineering innovations and the high-stakes risks it took to bring the aptly named Queen of the Skies to life. 2026-09-13 Racing to the top with the Concorde, the world's first supersonic passenger jet. 2026-09-13 President Harry Truman decides to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki; Emperor Hirohito surrenders, and Gen. Douglas MacArthur arrives to oversee the country's occupation; mortal enemies must now become partners in Japan's rebirth. 2026-09-13 In pursuit of their Aryan dream, the Nazis were encumbered by an ideological war from within that would undermine their ability to succeed in World War II. 2026-09-13 Take a look at some of the escapes that took place during World War II. 2026-09-13 Witness amazing buildings, bridges, lifts, and other structures that pushed structural concrete engineering to the edge. 2026-09-14 Mike joins the U.S. Marines' Heavy Haulers helicopter squadron and gets inside their battle to keep a fleet of souped-up Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion choppers flying as they prepare for intense war games in the desert and mountains. 2026-09-14 Going under one of the world's largest lakes for a multi-million dollar tunnel boring project in one of the fastest growing cities on Earth. 2026-09-14 Witness amazing buildings, bridges, lifts, and other structures that pushed structural concrete engineering to the edge. 2026-09-14 Mike joins the U.S. Marines' Heavy Haulers helicopter squadron and gets inside their battle to keep a fleet of souped-up Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion choppers flying as they prepare for intense war games in the desert and mountains. 2026-09-14 Going under one of the world's largest lakes for a multi-million dollar tunnel boring project in one of the fastest growing cities on Earth. 2026-09-14 Witness amazing buildings, bridges, lifts, and other structures that pushed structural concrete engineering to the edge. 2026-09-14 Mike joins the U.S. Marines' Heavy Haulers helicopter squadron and gets inside their battle to keep a fleet of souped-up Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion choppers flying as they prepare for intense war games in the desert and mountains. 2026-09-14 Investigate an abandoned village in the shifting sands on Dubai's outskirts and a collection of inexplicable stone circles in Colombia; a mysterious hilltop tower in Iran and a puzzling purple phenomenon in Chile's Atacama Desert. 2026-09-14 Phil Risko's team at Northstar works fast to refloat a trawler that's been blown onto the shore of a national park in New Jersey; the team improvises to get it back to sea before it suffers further damage. 2026-09-14 Meandering through the black waters of a primordial river immortalized in a folk song. 2026-09-14 Come across a set of disturbingly familiar stone monoliths in Colombia, then explore a lost city in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta; puzzle over an ancient ruin in Corinth, Greece, and explore an old structure on a Maltese island. 2026-09-14 At the mouth of the Suez Canal, Lino Arosemena and his crew have a monster repair job of removing and refitting a 20-ton propeller. 2026-09-14 Meandering through the black waters of a primordial river immortalized in a folk song. 2026-09-14 Come across a set of disturbingly familiar stone monoliths in Colombia, then explore a lost city in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta; puzzle over an ancient ruin in Corinth, Greece, and explore an old structure on a Maltese island. 2026-09-14 At the mouth of the Suez Canal, Lino Arosemena and his crew have a monster repair job of removing and refitting a 20-ton propeller. 2026-09-14 Challenges beset a sculptural new transportation hub for New York's World Trade Center; Amsterdam gains a building inspired by a mountain valley; a new launchpad for space travel prepares for liftoff in the New Mexico desert. 2026-09-14 At Cirque du Soleil in Las Vegas, Mike embeds with the talented teams that maintain the amazing machines behind Cirque du Soleil's stage shows. 2026-09-14 Witness amazing buildings, bridges, lifts, and other structures that pushed structural concrete engineering to the edge. 2026-09-14 Mike joins the U.S. Marines' Heavy Haulers helicopter squadron and gets inside their battle to keep a fleet of souped-up Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion choppers flying as they prepare for intense war games in the desert and mountains. 2026-09-14 Going under one of the world's largest lakes for a multi-million dollar tunnel boring project in one of the fastest growing cities on Earth. 2026-09-14 Witness amazing buildings, bridges, lifts, and other structures that pushed structural concrete engineering to the edge. 2026-09-14 Mike joins the U.S. Marines' Heavy Haulers helicopter squadron and gets inside their battle to keep a fleet of souped-up Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion choppers flying as they prepare for intense war games in the desert and mountains. 2026-09-14 Going under one of the world's largest lakes for a multi-million dollar tunnel boring project in one of the fastest growing cities on Earth. 2026-09-14 The Airbus BelugaXL is a gravity-defying giant; its incredible engineering allows it to fly oversized cargo across Europe, and it remains one of the biggest aircraft in commercial service. 2026-09-15