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The Pacific War in Color
S1, EP5 "Striking Distance"Allied forces move to take the valuable islands of Tinian and Guam that threaten American air operations; meanwhile, Gen. Curtis LeMay is tasked with planning and executing a firebombing campaign against Japan.
The Pacific War in Color
S1, EP6 "Fire From the Sky"Allies slug it out on the island of Peleliu in a campaign to pave the way for Gen. MacArthur's return to the Philippines; footage shows troops enduring the muddy muck in the Philippines; Japan unveils a devastating new tactic, the kamikaze.
The Pacific War in Color
S1, EP7 "No Surrender"By the spring of 1945, the United States begins to take back the Philippines; on Borneo, the Australians invade Labuan; when the United States invades Okinawa, Japan makes a strong stand and launches the biggest kamikaze attacks of the war.
The Pacific War in Color
S1, EP8 "From the Ashes"President Harry Truman decides to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki; Emperor Hirohito surrenders, and Gen. Douglas MacArthur arrives to oversee the country's occupation; mortal enemies must now become partners in Japan's rebirth.
The Day the Bomb Dropped
Personal accounts of the atomic attack on Hiroshima in 1945; the comprehensive story of the bombing of Hiroshima, from those who built it, dropped it, and survived it.
100 Missions: Surviving Vietnam
An inside look at the USAF's bombing operation over North Vietnam in the late 1960s and each pilot's goal to reach 100 missions to earn his ticket home.
WWII Battles in Color
S1, EP1 "Blitzkrieg"Rare archive footage charts the German Army in 1940 as it unleashes a new Blitzkrieg tactic.
WWII Battles in Color
S1, EP2 "Barbarossa"Cameras roll as Nazi Germany launches an all-out assault on the Soviet Union.
Air Disasters
S5, EP11 "Titanic in the Sky"On 4 November 2010, shortly after takeoff from Singapore, the number-two engine on Qantas Flight 32 partially disintegrates, causing serious damage to its left wing.
Air Disasters
S13, EP6 "Fatal Climb"A commercial airliner crashes minutes after taking off from an airport in Bucharest causing suspicions to rise.
Air Disasters
S15, EP3 "Explosive Touchdown"After touching down, a Taiwanese commuter plane is rocked by a massive explosion, but investigators find no evidence of a bomb on board.
Air Disasters
S15, EP7 "Atlantic Ditching"A helicopter carrying offshore drilling workers crashes into the ocean, leading to an investigation that reveals a fatal flaw in the chopper's design.
Air Disasters
S18, EP10 "Flying Blind"A cleaning crew makes a careless error while cleaning a Boeing 757, affecting the plane's computer system and causing it to crash into the Pacific Ocean.
Air Disasters
S12, EP2 "Blown Away"The investigation into the 2014 crash of a TransAsia flight uncovers a systemic problem with the airline.
Air Disasters
S20, EP6 "Perilous Payload"Three planes fatally out of balance force investigators to question every calculation; it's a flight risk that's entirely preventable, and yet repeated disasters reconfirm the need for critical backup systems.
Air Disasters
S1, EP1 "Invisible Killer"During a storm, a strong gale slams Delta Air Lines Flight 191 to the ground, killing most people on board.