
Explore the universal drama of war: why leaders and soldiers pick up arms to fight, the technologies that have determined outcomes, the tragedies and triumphs of history’s great battles.

The Nazis' concentration camps become centers for mass killings in World War II; why does a system of concentrating populations lead to genocide?

The Nazi think tank "Ahnenerbe" carried out countless acts of barbarism; stored on hundreds of microfilms which are only now available, the reports from this institution reveal the gruesome secrets of science according to Hitler.

Hitler's rise to power depended on Hjalmar Schacht, a largely forgotten figure.

Stephen and his trusted team of experts search for evidence relating to American fighters, the P-38 Lockheed Lightning and the P-51 Mustang.

Skilled engineers and pilots return historic warplanes to the air; pilot and engineer Richard Grace and his team restore a survivor of the Spitfire's rare mark from 75-year-old wreckage, salvaged from a Belgian scrapyard.

Pilot Shona Bowman is determined to get the battered Cessna Bird Dog, a Vietnam War mainstay, that she bought for £10,000 back in the sky; featuring recently rediscovered tapes of combat missions over Vietnam recorded by the pilots themselves.

Dutch pilots fought Hitler's Luftwaffe downing hundreds of aircraft; many joined the RAF but their outdated fighter vanishes; a family of restorers is recreating the Fokker D.XXI featuring rare color footage from a Dutch pilot.

Pilot Taff Smith rescues the wreckage of a Bucker Jungmeister, a relic from Franco's fascist air force; rebuilding it requires long hours and big bills and its resurrection could spark controversy in Spain.