
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.

A massive deployment of paratroopers on June 5, 1944, provides support for the Allies in the Normandy invasion, stymieing Germany's attempt to drive them back.

The development and evolution of the tank, from its birth in WWI to modern urban warfare.

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.

In WW2, 32 airfields in Suffolk serve as stations for US bombers; Suggs and Stephen hunt for relics of the visiting aircraft.

Digging at a stately home, the team finds evidence of the American troops’ training, including the rooms where they were billeted, unchanged since 1944.

Suggs and Stephen are back on the hunt for more relics from World War II and hope searching the site of a bomb factory won't yield anything too explosive.