2024-07-07
A series spotlighting high-profile espionage cases features dramatic re-creations and interviews with former agents and intelligence officials, and begins with the story of a KGB spy who gave top-secret information to the West in the early 1980s. (Repeat).
A profile of Oleg Gordievsky, a KGB colonel who worked as a double agent for British intelligence for a decade before defecting to the West in 1985. (Repeat).
A profile of Alexander Dmitrievich Ogorodnik, a Soviet diplomat who passed secret documents to the U.S. during the 1970s. (Repeat).
The April 12, 2009, rescue operation conducted by Navy SEALs to free Capt. Richard Phillips from Somali pirates, who hijacked his ship, the Maersk Alabama, on April 8, 2009, is detailed. (Repeat).
Examining the role the Coast Guard played during the Vietnam War. Included: rare footage and personal accounts of events. (Repeat).
A look at Hollywood's role in the Cold War. (Repeat).
As the Soviet Army pushes the Nazis out of Poland, they discover a massive city of over a thousand buildings that was unknown to the Allies. Using the latest science, experts reveal how Hitler was able to keep this sinister place hidden for so long. (Repeat).
New discoveries on a strange fortified island reveal the terrifying truth behind Hitler's secret plan to win World War II at all costs, and using the latest science and tech, experts investigate what really happened here. (Repeat).
A strange, abandoned mansion on a remote island is central to countless conspiracy theories, and new discoveries reveal if this eerie site was a secret Nazi base intended for a sinister mission. (Repeat).
Featuring an abandoned eerie structure in France that could have doomed the Allies in World War II. New discoveries at this mysterious site reveal the truth behind top-secret Nazi plans to unleash apocalyptic destruction. (Repeat).
The series premiere examines the post-World War I atmosphere that contributed to the rise of militaristic dictators in Germany, Italy, Japan and Spain. (Repeat).
Germany's use of the blitzkrieg, which caught Poland, France and Britain unprepared. Included: Germany's defeat of France; the British escape from Dunkirk. (Repeat).
Britain's near-defeat at the hands of Germany. Included: mistakes made by Luftwaffe commander Hermann Goering that enabled Britain to regroup; Britain's reliance on codebreakers and trained spies. (Repeat).
Hitler's fateful decision to invade Russia. Included: the Battle of Stalingrad; the Battle of Kursk, which was the biggest tank battle in history. (Repeat).
Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor and defeat of British forces in Singapore are detailed. Included: the role of the aircraft carrier. (Repeat).
Hitler's decision to support Mussolini, whose forays into North Africa and Greece proved disastrous, is addressed. Included: the war in North Africa; the battle for Malta; the Allied invasion of Italy. (Repeat).
The efforts of the Allies and Nazis to deliver knockout blows to end the war are recounted. The Allies tried the "strategic bombing" of Germany's infrastructure and cities, but that led to the calamity of Dresden. For the Germans, it meant attacking the American supply lines to Britain. (Repeat).
The consequence of Germany's failure to defeat Russian forces at Stalingrad and Moscow: the regouping of the Red Army, which was able to push German forces out of Russia and through Ukraine, Poland, the Balkans and Hungary. (Repeat).
Exploring the first three decades of Hitler's life, examining the spin, willpower and ruthlessness that drove an Austrian dropout to become the undisputed leader of the Nazi party. (Repeat).
A look at Hitler's rise from electoral defeat in 1928 to becoming Germany's chancellor in 1933 examines his oratory skills and ruthless approach to politics. (Repeat).
The iron grip on Germany is tightened as Hitler's thoughts turn to conquest and his vision of heroic leadership. (Repeat).
A look at Hitler's transformation from führer of Germany to the Nazi dictator who wreaked the global havoc of World War II. (Repeat).
The war begins to turn against Hitler, who accelerates the Holocaust and sacrifices his forces on the Eastern Front while refusing to admit defeat was becoming more likely with each passing day. (Repeat).
Exploring Hitler's mental and physical decline as he was forced to confront inevitable defeat in the depths of his bunker in Berlin. (Repeat).