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Combat Ships
S4, EP8 "Lightning Strikes"Examining some of maritime history's most effective lightning strikes; how the French frigate Nivôse set a trap to lure Somali pirates; how the HMS Illustrious captured a well-defended Mediterranean harbor in WWII; a surprise attack on Tokyo in 1942.
Combat Ships
S1, EP10 "Secrets and Lies"A look at how the art of deception was used by naval forces in the first half of the 20th century; in 1939, the German raider Atlantis is equipped with fake funnels, while its sailors dressed as women pushing prams to fool Allied merchant ships.
Combat Ships
S2, EP6 "Galleons and Privateers"Revolutionary ship design helped Sir John Hawkins and Sir Francis Drake lead England to defeat the Spanish Armada and become a world power.
Combat Ships
S3, EP7 "The Fast and Furious"A look at Naval warfare's fastest combat ships and how the advantage of speed determined the outcome of some of the great seas battles of the last 150 years.
Combat Ships
S2, EP3 "Doomed Vessels"Bad design, human error and the enemy sent great ships to tragic ends, like Britain's K13 submarine and HMS Hood, Sweden's 17th century Vasa, and Kublai Khan's fleet, sunk by the original kamikaze.
Combat Ships
S1, EP4 "Metal War Ships"The evolution from wooden ships to metal ones in the second half of the 19th century is examined.
Air Warriors
S10, EP6 "B-1 Lancer"The history of the B-1 Lancer reveals how the Cold War bomber evolved to become one of Americas most effective military aircraft.
Air Warriors
"Top Ten Cold War"A countdown of the most influential and impactful military planes of the Cold War, from America's B-2 to the Soviet's MiG-15.
Air Disasters
S9, EP9 "Edge of Disaster"Atlantic Airways Flight 670 careened off the runway and became engulfed in flames.
Air Disasters
S15, EP5 "Runway Breakup"Caught in a major tropical storm, a 737 crashes just short of the runway on a Caribbean island, but the accident may not have been weather-related.
Air Disasters
S2, EP7 "Pilot vs. Plane"Air France Flight 296 fails to regain altitude after performing a fly-by during an air show at Mulhouse-Habsheim Airport.
Air Disasters
S1, EP7 "Explosive Evidence"A bomb explodes on Air India Flight 182 en route from Canada to India causing it to disintegrate over the coast of Ireland.
Air Disasters
S20, EP7 "Runway in Sight"If pilots aren't prepared when the runway is in sight, a landing can quickly become a tragedy.
Air Disasters
S17, EP1 "Holding Pattern"Flydubai Flight 981 enters a rapid descent and crashes nose-first at Rostov-on-Don Airport in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, after aborting its second landing attempt in poor weather conditions.
Air Disasters
S20, EP18 "Courage in the Cockpit"Devastating failures in the air put pilots to the test and shine a light on three feats of flying.
Disasters Engineered
S1, EP2 "Chemical Blasts"Experts examine how the Chernobyl nuclear disaster and the Bhopal gas tragedy happened; they also explore the consequences and how they could have been avoided.