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D-Day
Rerun Air Date: May 9, 2026A retelling of the D-Day invasion and its critical naval operation involving an armada of diverse and ingenious vessels.
D-Day and the Dambusters
How the legendary "Dambuster" bomber squadron of WWII fooled Nazi Germany into believing the Allied invasion was going to be at Calais, rather than Normandy, and went to on to destroy Hitler's super weapons.
The Battle of Normandy: 85 Days in Hell
On D-Day, Allied forces land in Normandy, France, to beat back the German troops and liberate France; previously unseen archival footage captures the 85-day struggle to liberate Europe and includes rare images of the battle itself.
Liberation: D-Day to Berlin
S1, EP1 "France"In 1944, the Allied invasion of Nazi-occupied Europe brings the hope of freedom and the devastation of war to the people of France.
Liberation: D-Day to Berlin
S1, EP2 "Belgium and the Netherlands"New colorized footage and testimony reveal the cost paid by the Allies and civilians to free Belgium and the Netherlands from Nazi occupation.
Liberation: D-Day to Berlin
S1, EP3 "Hitler Strikes Back"In late 1944, Hitler forces the Americans into their biggest battle of the war when he launches a surprise attack into liberated Belgium.
Liberation: D-Day to Berlin
S1, EP4 "Germany"New colorized footage and testimony reveals the cost of victory, the aftermath of war and the liberation of the camps and the destruction of Germany.
Race to Victory: WWII Europe
First-person accounts and rare color footage detail the final 100 days of World War II in Europe.
How Did They Build That?
S3, EP3 "303"Engineers grapple with an apartment building, ripped apart by a man-made canyon; the Gateway Arch takes shape in St. Louis; an unpromising plot in Copenhagen, Denmark, is transformed by a gleaming new triangular office.
How Did They Build That?
S1, EP5 "Supertalls & Firehouses"Alien port authority in Belgium; ultrathin skyscraper in Manhattan; hanging museum in Scotland.
Disasters Engineered
S1, EP7 "Design Failures"Experts examine how engineering failures allowed Hurricane Katrina to devastate New Orleans and cause the collapse of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge.
Air Disasters
S14, EP2 "Fatal Friction"Human flaws cause three plane crashes in England, Colorado and Minnesota.
Air Disasters
S4, EP12 "Seconds to Survive"On 21 February 2008, Santa Bárbara Airlines Flight 518 strays off course and flies into the side of a mountain shortly after takeoff.
Air Disasters
S11, EP5 "Lethal Turn"Garuda Indonesia Flight 152 crashes into mountainous woodlands while trying to land at Polonia International Airport in Medan, North Sumatra, in low visibility.
Air Disasters
S3, EP4 "Impossible Landing"A look at the fate of United Airlines Flight 232 which crashed into Sioux City's runway in 1989; it caused a subsequent explosion that left 111 people dead.
Air Disasters
S20, EP27 "Runway Collisions"Three catastrophic runway collisions raise the same pressing question; a look at how two planes end up on the same runway at the same time.