WZME-DT

Allied and German survivors share their memories of D-Day, while rare archive footage reveals the true horror of one of the most important turning points of WWII.

Andrew Jackson Higgins designs a landing craft.

Battle of Guadalcanal in 1942; Marine assault on Tarawa in 1943.

The reconquest of the island of New Guinea during World War II; activities up to the bloody assault on Peleliu.

Capture of the Marianas; the Philippines; islands on the Japanese doorstep.

Grain-elevator explosion; freighter crashes into mall; collapse of Rosemont Horizon; Schoharie Bridge collapse; airship crash.

Sinkholes; use of asbestos; Chang River flood; liquid natural-gas explosions; Hyatt Hotel walkway collapses.

Denver International Airport baggage disaster; Texas A&M bonfire; M-4 Sherman tank; Milwaukee Water Treatment disaster of 1993; Skyline Plaza collapse.

A toxic waste dump at Love Canal in Niagara Falls, N.Y.; software flaws render Patriot Missiles inaccurate; the collapse of 7 World Trade Center; the Cocoanut Grove nightclub fire in Boston.

Oil-tanker explosion; subway tunnel cave-in; freighter-plane crash; molasses flash-flood; freeway-ramp collapse.

Chicago flood; Alpine tunnel fires; riverboat boiler explosion; building collapse; plane crash.

The sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald; the Buffalo Creek Dam disaster; the explosion of a supertanker in Los Angeles Harbor.

Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, submerging 80% underwater due to levee and pumping system failures; investigate engineering causes behind Superdome nightmare, major escape route design flaws, and Louisiana coastline sinking issues.

Grain-elevator explosion; freighter crashes into mall; collapse of Rosemont Horizon; Schoharie Bridge collapse; airship crash.

Sinkholes; use of asbestos; Chang River flood; liquid natural-gas explosions; Hyatt Hotel walkway collapses.

Denver International Airport baggage disaster; Texas A&M bonfire; M-4 Sherman tank; Milwaukee Water Treatment disaster of 1993; Skyline Plaza collapse.

A toxic waste dump at Love Canal in Niagara Falls, N.Y.; software flaws render Patriot Missiles inaccurate; the collapse of 7 World Trade Center; the Cocoanut Grove nightclub fire in Boston.

Oil-tanker explosion; subway tunnel cave-in; freighter-plane crash; molasses flash-flood; freeway-ramp collapse.

Chicago flood; Alpine tunnel fires; riverboat boiler explosion; building collapse; plane crash.

The sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald; the Buffalo Creek Dam disaster; the explosion of a supertanker in Los Angeles Harbor.

Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, submerging 80% underwater due to levee and pumping system failures; investigate engineering causes behind Superdome nightmare, major escape route design flaws, and Louisiana coastline sinking issues.

Grain-elevator explosion; freighter crashes into mall; collapse of Rosemont Horizon; Schoharie Bridge collapse; airship crash.