American Heroes Channel

Investigating the people, plots and ploys behind America's wartime secret weapons.

Exploring a conspiracy that helped three inmates escape; revealing the truth behind the dungeon of Alcatraz; discovering the remnants of a mysterious military outpost with links to Abraham Lincoln.

The Coast Guard performs a combat role in the Vietnam War.

The secrets and stories behind the United States' greatest icons.

Revealing the secrets behind the biggest crooks, scandals and schemes in America.

New discoveries on a strange fortified island reveal the terrifying truth behind Hitler's secret plan to win World War II at all costs.

New discoveries reveal whether this abandoned mansion was a secret Nazi base intended for a sinister mission.

One of the largest Nazi bunkers ever constructed, outside the French town of Watten, is a missile facility with storage for 108 missiles and two launch pads.

A secret weapons program in the heart of Austria could have caused trouble for the Allies and may have indicated nuclear plans being concocted by Hitler.

By late summer 1944, the Allied forces in north-west Europe were thrusting towards the German border.

By the spring of 1943, the Pacific war had reached a turning point.

Allied forces are within striking distince of the Rhine; a Red Army blitzkrieg brings Soviet forces to the River Oder.

in 1945, a desperate Japan is attacked by U.S. carriers and amphibious forces.

The most destructive war begins as German troops invade Poland.

An adventure into magic, high priests, and secret castles; mystery in a salt mine 18,000 feet below the surface.

It is one of the gargantuan struggles of the Second World War. Two men, one a Catholic pope who represents God on earth, the other, the German Fuhrer, who believes he is God on earth.

Advanced Nazi scientists take inspiration from the suddenly popular flying saucer movies to create super weapons.

It is the great untold story of World War Two. The role the Occult played in shaping and determining the outcome of the fight. Nazi Killer Magic reveals how esotericism and mysticism influenced Hitler's wartime commanders.

Exploring Hitler's mental and physical decline as he confronts his inevitable defeat.

Investigation into the first three decades of Adolf Hitler's life to discover what transformed a down-and-out Austrian into the undisputed leader of the Nazi Party and the truth behind Hitler's time serving in World War I.

Investigates Hitler's rise from election defeat in 1928 to Germany's Messiah in 1933. Experts analyze his speeches, dissect his PR gift and interrogate the mind of a man who ruthlessly executes his closest comrade.

Exploring inside the mind of a dictator as Hitler tightens his iron grip on Germany and turns his sights to conquest; leading experts investigate the key skills that enable him to turn the tables on Europe's foreign leaders.

As Hitler's messianic complex reaches its peak, so does the Nazi leader's tireless warmongering.

Investigation into the first three decades of Adolf Hitler's life to discover what transformed a down-and-out Austrian into the undisputed leader of the Nazi Party and the truth behind Hitler's time serving in World War I.

Investigates Hitler's rise from election defeat in 1928 to Germany's Messiah in 1933. Experts analyze his speeches, dissect his PR gift and interrogate the mind of a man who ruthlessly executes his closest comrade.

Exploring inside the mind of a dictator as Hitler tightens his iron grip on Germany and turns his sights to conquest; leading experts investigate the key skills that enable him to turn the tables on Europe's foreign leaders.

As Hitler's messianic complex reaches its peak, so does the Nazi leader's tireless warmongering.

It is the great untold story of World War Two. The role the Occult played in shaping and determining the outcome of the fight. Nazi Killer Magic reveals how esotericism and mysticism influenced Hitler's wartime commanders.

Exploring Hitler's mental and physical decline as he confronts his inevitable defeat.

America's experiment in democracy teeters on the brink of collapse in the spring of 1861 as the country goes to war.

The American Civil War enters its second year in the summer of 1862, becoming a more brutal conflict than anyone ever imagined.

Dec. 1862: Following the strategic Union win at Antietam, Federal forces clash with a massive Rebel army in the town of Fredericksburg, Virginia. In what will become the largest fight of the Civil War.

July 1863: An elite band of Yankee Sharpshooters must stop Robert E. Lee's Alabamian shock troops from flanking the Union line and winning the battle of Gettysburg and perhaps the entire Civil War.

December 1864: In a daring attempt to regain the upper hand in the Civil War, Confederate forces try to retake the city of Nashville and sever the supply line that's feeding the Union invasion of the south.

April 1865: Two officers from Vermont lead a daring raid on Petersburg, Virginia.

With outlaws firing machine guns in the streets of Oklahoma City, sharpshooting legend Delf 'Jelly' Bryce is on a collision course with some of the most violent men in America.

Using his fists instead of a pistol, professional boxer turned frontier lawman Tom Smith is determined to clean up 'Hell on Earth'.

A New York City cop uncovers a German terrorist cell operating on American soil during World War I and fights to stop them before it's too late.

After being hired to protect a strategic railroad from attack, celebrated P.I. Allan Pinkerton discovers a hidden conspiracy to assassinate President Lincoln.

Joe Petrosino, New York City's first Italian-American detective, is determined to do whatever it takes to protect his people in turn-of-the-century Little Italy.

During the Great Depression, a violent crime wave sweeps the nation and it's up to the FBI's Melvin Purvis to lead a massive manhunt for the most dangerous men in America.

From the great stars like Clint Eastwood, John Wayne, and Steve McQueen, to the great directors like John Ford, Sergio Leone, and Sam Peckinpah, celebrate the icons and legends of the American West as immortalized by Hollywood.

Explore legendary lawmen like Wyatt Earp and Wild Bill Hickok, infamous outlaws like Jesse James and Billy the Kid, and epic showdowns like the Gunfight at the OK Corral as portrayed by the giants of cinema.

Bill Doolin and his posse, The Oklahombres, made a habit of terrorizing Oklahoma in the 1890's with repeated robberies and also fought the greatest shootout in the history of the Wild West.

Despite his outward appearance as a devout family man, outlaw and hired killer Jim Miller was one of the most violent characters of the Old West.

Outlaw Butch Cassidy, best known for his association with the criminal gang known as the Wild Bunch, lives by his wits and manages to avoid capture.

Sheriff Seth Bullock brings law and order to Deadwood, a Dakota Territory mining camp teeming with vice and violence.

Bill Doolin and his posse, The Oklahombres, made a habit of terrorizing Oklahoma in the 1890's with repeated robberies and also fought the greatest shootout in the history of the Wild West.

Despite his outward appearance as a devout family man, outlaw and hired killer Jim Miller was one of the most violent characters of the Old West.

Outlaw Butch Cassidy, best known for his association with the criminal gang known as the Wild Bunch, lives by his wits and manages to avoid capture.

Sheriff Seth Bullock brings law and order to Deadwood, a Dakota Territory mining camp teeming with vice and violence.

From the great stars like Clint Eastwood, John Wayne, and Steve McQueen, to the great directors like John Ford, Sergio Leone, and Sam Peckinpah, celebrate the icons and legends of the American West as immortalized by Hollywood.