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Combat Ships
S3, EP6 "Top Guns"A look at how navy weapons have evolved over the centuries, from cannons to gun turrets to nuclear missiles and beyond.
Combat Ships
S4, EP1 "Courageous Captains"Exploring maritime heroes who left their mark on history through their bravery and skill, including Larry Chambers, Ernest Evans, and Robert Smalls.
Air Warriors
S7, EP3 "Top Gunships"Exploring the world's top close air support aircraft, which enter battles at a minute's notice.
Air Warriors
S5, EP2 "KC-135 Stratotanker"The history of the KC-135 Stratotanker, the 60-year-old aerial refueler that keeps fighter jets flying.
Air Warriors
S10, EP5 "F-100 Super Sabre"The North American F-100 Super Saber, also known as the Hun, becomes a supersonic powerhouse after initial difficulties; it was used primarily in the Vietnam War.
Air Warriors
S10, EP8 "C-47 Skytrain"A look at how the C-47 evolved from passenger plane to a transport aircraft and flying hospital in WWII and years later as a gunship in Vietnam.
Air Warriors
S7, EP1 "Top Dogfighters"Stories of fighter aircraft and deadly combat, including dogfights with the P-38 Lightning and Messerschmitts over Nazi Germany, told through rarely seen battle footage and first-hand accounts.
Air Disasters
S10, EP6 "Dangerous Approach"A Colorado commuter flight crashes five miles short of the runway and the reasons why rock the airline industry.
Air Disasters
S10, EP8 "River Runway"Pilots attempt to land their Boeing 737 in an Indonesian river after losing their engines and electrical power.
Air Disasters
S10, EP3 "Disaster at Tenerife"Two 747s collide on the runway of a small airport in the Canary Islands, resulting in history's deadliest air crash.
Disasters Engineered
S2, EP2 "Construction Catastrophe"A towering inferno that killed 72 residents becomes Britain's deadliest fire; a pedestrian bridge collapses in Florida over eight lanes of traffic, killing six people; how can fatal design flaws happen in such important constructions?
America's Secret D-Day Disaster
The Allied forces' top-secret rehearsal for D-Day that went wrong.
D-Day
Rerun Air Date: May 11, 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.