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Combat Ships
S3, EP1 "Game Changers"A look at experimental ships and revolutionary designers that have changed the tide of war through the centuries.
D-Day
Rerun Air Date: June 18, 2026A retelling of the D-Day invasion and its critical naval operation involving an armada of diverse and ingenious vessels.
Combat Ships
S4, EP5 "Mutiny"A look at how technological advances over the centuries have transformed maritime warfare.
Combat Ships
S2, EP2 "Stealth"Vessels that operate in secret, unseen by their enemies, from secret missions that helped win World War II to modern stealth ships using strange shapes and technology to avoid spying ears and eyes.
Combat Ships
S4, EP6 "Smugglers and Pirates"A look at how maritime task forces and the Coast Guard are keeping commercial vessels and US shores safe from pirates and drug smugglers.
Combat Ships
S4, EP4 "Heroes of Guadalcanal"A comprehensive look at the naval battle of Guadalcanal in November 1942 and the heroic efforts of U.S. sailors who held off powerful Imperial Navy.
Combat Ships
S2, EP8 "Amphibious Assaults"The evolution of amphibious assault vehicles, including the restoration of Britain's last surviving LCT 7074 landing craft, designed to carry six Churchill tanks.
Combat Ships
S1, EP1 "World Wars"A look at how the role of battleships changed over the course of the First and Second World Wars.
Air Disasters
S18, EP9 "Fire on Board"A Swissair passenger jet catches fire midflight and crashes into the Atlantic, leading to one of the largest investigations in aviation history.
Air Disasters
S15, EP1 "Kathmandu Descent"A challenging descent in the Himalayas turns tragic when the pilots miscalculate their approach to a Kathmandu airport.
Air Disasters
S22, EP9 "Dangerous Winds"Three planes fall prey to deadly winds, and it is up to investigators to find out why.
Air Disasters
S18, EP2 "The Heathrow Enigma"A British Airways Flight's engines failure to respond cause the plane to crash-land just short of the runway.
Air Disasters
S15, EP10 "Stormy Cockpit"Pilots leaving Cameroon steer their plane clear of a storm, but the aircraft begins rolling to the right, and they are unable to regain control.
Air Disasters
S20, EP24 "Risky Runways"In São Paulo, the Himalayas, and on the Norwegian coast, the toughest landings on earth pushed three flight crews.
Air Disasters
S3, EP11 "Nowhere to Land"Pilots of TACA Flight 110 make a remarkable landing on a narrow levee, but investigators must find out why the engines in a brand-new plane failed.
Air Disasters
S20, EP9 "Radio Silence"The business jet carrying PGA golfer Payne Stewart and former Alabama football quarterback crashes; how loss of pressurization and structural failure led to this crash and the deadliest aviation accidents in both Greek and Taiwanese history.