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Combat Ships
S2, EP7 "The Battle of Leyte Gulf"It is considered the largest sea battle in history: the Battle of Leyte Gulf in WWII was three days of ingenious strategy and white-knuckle combat between warships, aircraft and kamikazes.
Combat Ships
S2, EP5 "Secrets of the Sea"Stories of espionage at sea, including deadly U-boat cat-and-mouse games during WWI, the sinking of the Lusitania, a gun-smuggling private yacht that made history, and liners turned troopships.
Combat Ships
S3, EP2 "The Battle of Trafalgar"The legendary Battle of Trafalgar in 1805, which pitted Napoleon's French ships against a British armada under the command of Admiral Horatio Nelson.
Combat Ships
S3, EP3 "The Battle of Incheon"A portrayal of a crucial September 1950 military operation that helped the UN and ROK gain the upper hand over North Korea in the Korean War.
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.
Air Disasters
S7, EP7 "Out of Sight"In one of the world's busiest airports, a large passenger plane crashes into a smaller one; a 1986 midair crash between planes near Los Angeles brings attention to disturbing congestion at airports.
Air Disasters
S1, EP10 "Phantom Strike"In September 2006, a brand-new legacy business jet collides with a Boeing 737 over the Amazon forest.
Air Disasters
S18, EP22 "Ripped Apart"Design innovations evolve as a result of terrible air disasters due to pressurization failure or explosive decompression.
Air Disasters
S11, EP3 "Deadly Myth"The crash of a commuter flight to Detroit leads investigators to a cause the industry has known about for years.
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.