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One weapon helped Alexander the Great lead the underdog Macedonians to defeat the once invincible Persian Empire. Another helped commoners take down experienced knights from their horses, revolutionizing European warfare in the Middle Ages. And another, used today by guerrilla fighters and terrorists, has claimed more victims than nuclear bombs. Examine three weapons that can cause immense damage

Since humans began fighting one another, quickness and mobility have been key factors in determining victory or defeat. Experts take a hands-on look at three weapons that were built for speed. Discover the history of the two-wheeled chariot, a weapons system developed by the Hyksos before the Egyptians and Romans perfected it. Examine and test how a simple range weapon--the sling--rocked its enemy

Bizzare mammals are found in a river in Columbia; A ship is found marooned along the Skeleton Coast in Nambia; A Boeing 727 jetliner is found hiding in a forest; A strange pattern is found in a desert in Nevada. (Repeat).

Islamorada, Florida and Chris Ward gets a call out to salvage a motor yacht that's sitting in 50ft of water. It's been out there for a week, but he needs to raise it and return the $20,000 boat back to its owner. (Repeat).

A flyover tour of Washington, D.C. (Repeat).

The northernmost point of Baffin Island; the waters of Admiralty Inlet; and the northern desert community of Gjoa Haven are featured. (Repeat).

The Nunavut community of Gjoa Haven and the waters of the Northwest Passage near Cambridge Bay are spotlighted. (Repeat).

Exploring Nunavut's remote northern waterways and the open waters of Coronation Gulf. (Repeat).

Exploring Auyuittuq National Park, a remote wilderness above the Arctic Circle that is home to polar bears, massive glaciers and Mount Thor. The name means 'The Land That Never Melts' in the language of the Inuit, but rising temperatures are reported. (Repeat).

The regions of Kugluktuk and Paulatuk are explored. (Repeat).

The Pacific Ocean is also known as "The Peaceful Sea," and color footage of some of its remote American outposts taken in the late-1930s captures a world of fun and sun. But a wave of war will soon replace these serene scenes with images of cataclysmic horror. Through rarely seen color home movies and combat footage, we detail Japan's violent blitz of the Pacific-from its raid on China to its atta

Six months after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the shockwaves of war have flooded into every corner of the Pacific, from Alaska to parts of China to New Guinea. U.S. soldiers head into unfamiliar worlds thousands of miles from home, encountering steamy island jungles, bitter arctic cold, and an unrelenting enemy. Through rare personal films and color combat footage, witness early Allied victories-i

Under the command of Admiral Nimitz in 1943, America advances towards Japan, engaging in a new series of island-hopping invasions through the Central Pacific. But a ferocious and inauspicious start at the Tarawa atoll forces war strategists to redesign their plan from top to bottom, sparking new innovations and breaking new barriers. (Repeat).

After a disastrous start, Admiral Chester Nimitz's island-hopping campaign across the Central Pacific has gained momentum and led his men to their largest and most important target yet: Saipan in the Mariana Islands. The nearly month-long battle on this island featured mountain sieges, Banzai attacks, white-knuckled dogfights, and escalating tensions between the U.S. Army and Marines. (Repeat).

Military cameramen's footage of the Battle of Okinawa shows the intensity of the battle, on land and sea, in vivid color. (Repeat).

Major events in the Pacific during the last 100 days of World War II are revisited and discussed. It includes the bloody Battle of Okinawa and the dropping of atomic bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. (Repeat).

Inside stories of the most iconic military aircraft of the last 60 plus years. (Repeat).

Featuring the Hawker Hunter, Britain's super jet during the Cold War. (Repeat).

Inside stories of the most iconic military aircraft of the last 60+ years are shared. (Repeat).

Inside stories of the most iconic military aircraft of the last 60+ years. (Repeat).

Inside stories of the most iconic military aircraft of the last 60+ years. (Repeat).

The documentary series about surprise Allied attacks during World War II begins with the story of tells the story of an elite group of British paratroopers who launched a midnight raid to capture Hitler's secret radar. (Repeat).

The D-Day story of Easy Company, which parachuted behind enemy lines in the early hours of June 6, 1944. Their assignment: take out four German howitzers that threatened the Allied troops landing on Utah Beach. (Repeat).

A 1941 British commando raid in Norway on Nazi fish oil factories, which were being used to manufacture nitroglycerin, is recalled. (Repeat).

Recalling Operation Husky, the first invasion of the Italian campaign in WWII. (Repeat).

A 1942 British raid on a Nazi-occupied Libyan harbor is detailed. (Repeat).

A bizarre open ocean spiral is spotted in Australia; strange tracks are seen along the seabed. (Repeat).

Jeremy Birch takes on a salvage to raise a 40s vessel with a concrete hull. (Repeat).

A flyover tour of Iowa. (Repeat).

A look at the northern mainland coast of the Northwest Territories. (Repeat).

A look at the Mackenzie River Delta. (Repeat).

Spotlighting the community of Inuvik; the MacKenzie Delta; the Richardson Mountains; and more. (Repeat).

A visti to Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve off the coast of British Columbia. Home to the Haida Nation, the area features natural and cultural attractions in its ancient spruce forests and along its coasts. (Repeat).

A road trip from Inuvik to the Arctic Circle is covered. (Repeat).

Germany's Lightning War on France is explored through never-before-seen colorized battle footage, newsreels, and personal, firsthand accounts. (Repeat).

Colorized footage and home movies give a rare look at Nazi Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union. (Repeat).

Colorized news footage and Nazi propaganda films give a rare look at the key World War II battles in the deserts of North Africa. (Repeat).

Newly colorized combat footage and home movies tell the story of the greatest tank battle of WWII, (Repeat).

Colorized footage of the Battle of the Bulge captures the brutality of America's biggest, bloodiest conflict of World War II. (Repeat).

Colorized footage of the Soviet assault on Berlin provides a new look at the final weeks of WWII. (Repeat).

Deep in the Ardennes Forest in Belgium, a team of World War II archaeologists are examining the location of the Battle of the Bulge. Using a drone equipped with the latest Lidar technology, they're searching for the fighting positions of the African American 333rd Field Artillery Battalion, a unit that was brutally massacred by Nazi troops after their capture. (Repeat).

In 1943, the Allies launched a campaign to liberate Italy from the grip of the occupying Nazi forces. The key to their success: the capture of Rome, but strong German resistance and tough terrain turned what was supposed to be a five-week mission into a nearly year-long conflict. Now, military experts are using the latest drone imaging technology to understand how the Nazis used the Italian landsc