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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.
Combat Ships
S1, EP2 "War Beneath the Waves"The 200-year evolution of the submarine in wartime is examined, told by the designers and engineers behind the machines.
Combat Ships
S1, EP6 "Cold War Warriors"An up-close look at the naval carriers, destroyers, and nuclear submarines of the Cold War.
Air Disasters
S6, EP5 "Attack Over Baghdad"A surface-to-air missile cripples a cargo plane after it takes off from Baghdad International Airport.
Air Disasters
S8, EP1 "Choosing Sides"British Midland Flight 92 slams into Britain's busy M1 motorway and it seems like a rare case of dual engine failure, but investigators learn the real cause was a tragic misunderstanding.
Air Disasters
S20, EP12 "Instrument Confusion"When critical instruments in the cockpit can't be trusted, the consequences can be fatal.
Air Disasters
S4, EP1 "Fight for Control"A propeller breaks off and rips a hole in the fuselage of an aircraft en route from Alaska to Washington 19,000 feet over the Pacific Ocean.
Air Disasters
S5, EP5 "Queens Catastrophe"On 12 November 2001, just two months after the September 11 attacks, American Airlines Flight 587 spirals out of control shortly after taking off from John F. Kennedy Airport and crashes into Queens.
Air Disasters
S4, EP3 "Caution to the Wind"On 31 October 2000, Singapore Airlines Flight 006 collides with construction equipment at Chiang Kai Shek airport in Taipei while attempting to take off on the wrong runway in a typhoon, killing 83 of the 179 people on board.
Air Disasters
S20, EP16 "Survivors"From the wreckage of three airplane crashes, survivors emerge to tell harrowing tales and provide critical data about what to do in an emergency.
Air Disasters
S11, EP9 "Deadly Discussions"A shocking error in the cockpit causes the crash of a 737 on takeoff and leaves an entire nation reeling.