2024-10-08
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).
While an attack on Japan from inland Asia stalls, the U.S. island-hopping campaign gains momentum. (Repeat).
March 1945. Japan feels the pressure coming from all fronts-ships from the sea, boots on the ground, and fire from the sky. The Japanese Empire has been weakened, but there is no sign of surrender. Through rarely seen color combat footage and frontline stories, witness the American invasions of Peleliu, the Philippines, and Iwo Jima, in addition to the war's first organized kamikaze attacks and th
The Allies celebrate the end of the war in Europe, but the Pacific War rages on. Okinawa, the last stop in the island-hopping campaign to the Japanese mainland, is absolute havoc, with Japan sending an unprecedented wave of kamikaze attacks to destroy Allied warships. Meanwhile, Australians liberate Indonesians from three years of oppressive Japanese occupation in Borneo. Witness the final battles
By the summer of 1945, the Allies are reducing Japan to ashes, but there's no sign of surrender. While a ground invasion seems imminent, a casualty estimate of U.S. soldiers in the hundreds of thousands leads President Truman to a decision that will not only end the war, but forever change the course of warfare. Color combat footage and witness accounts of the atomic bombings provide rare insights
A luxury cruise ship navigates narrow rivers in Southeast Asia. (Repeat).
The Seven Seas Explorer cruise ship is full of marble, granite and almost 500 chandeliers. (Repeat).
At 122,000 gross tons, Celebrity Solstice puts the "mighty" in Mighty Cruise Ships. She carries 1,255 crewmembers and close to 3,000 passengers during her summer journeys along Australia's northern coast, offering ten restaurants, over a dozen bars, a casino, and even a manicured grass lawn. Hop aboard on a luxurious 17-day journey Down Under and explore the country's marvels from Solstice's comfo
The Nieuw Statendam is the world's largest boutique cruise ship. (Repeat).
A luxury expedition ship searches for elusive wildlife. (Repeat).
In the series premiere, Paul Gauguin navigates delicate waters and offers five-star luxury while sailing the coral reefs, mountainous islands, and tropical playgrounds of French Polynesia. (Repeat).
The Ghan takes passengers on a three-day, two-night journey through Australia, from Adelaide in the south to Darwin in the north; the Pichi Pichi Railway offers passengers a trip on an original steam locomotive train. (Repeat).
Japans Tokaido Shinkansen, known as the bullet train, operates on a dedicated railway line at up to 285 km/h. (Repeat).
Exploring Lima and its amazing scenery and engineering. (Repeat).
Examining the Tyco Resolute, which lays fiber-optic cables across the ocean. (Repeat).
The DSV Skandi Arctic crew is sent to repair a gas pipeline in the North Sea. (Repeat).
Following the CCGS Amundsen as the ice-breaking research-vessel ferries scientists to the Arctic to study global warming changes. (Repeat).
The Ocean Endeavour is a vessel with an ice-strengthened hull and a fleet of zodiacs; and the staff are experts in Arctic ice, wildlife and natural history. (Repeat).
An ocean liner sails through a hurricane. (Repeat).
The WP-3D Orion aircraft is featured. (Repeat).
The world's fastest, strongest, and most remarkable trains. (Repeat).
Regal Princess is the largest ship Princess Cruises has ever built; sailing the Baltic Sea, the crew faces narrow channels, shifting waters, shallow harbours, and buses and trains that transport guests but play havoc with the ship's schedule. (Repeat).
A sculptural high-rise with rippling balconies breaks the mold in Chicago. Mammoth machines bore 26 miles of tunnels for an underground railroad beneath London's city streets. And Tokyo's tallest tower requires extreme earthquak (Repeat).