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America Fights Back

Hell Below

S1, EP1 "America Fights Back"

U.S. submarine skippers change the course of the WWII after entering the war and taking the fight to Japanese warships.

Hell Below

S1, EP6 "Atlantic Showdown"

A 3-day clash between Nazi U-boats and Allied ships in March 1943 marks a major turning point in World War II.

Hell Below

S1, EP3 "Destroyer Killer"

In June of 1944, American skipper Sam Dealey leads a rescue mission in Borneo.

Hell Below

S1, EP2 "Fatal Voyage"

Submarine skipper Dick O'Kane and the USS Tang sink Japanese ships through 1944, until their reign is threatened.

Apocalypse: The Second World War

S1, EP1 "Aggression"

Hitler unleashes the full wrath of his military might.

Apocalypse: World War II

S1, EP2 "Crushing Defeat"

The darkest days of the war are covered; Germany conquers France; British civilians endure the Blitz.

Apocalypse: World War II

S1, EP3 "Shock"

As the war continues into 1941, the conflict goes truly global with the savage battle for Moscow and Japan's surprise attack on Pearl Harbor.

Apocalypse: World War II

S1, EP4 "World Ablaze"

America joins the war; the conflict rages in South-East Asia, North Africa and Russia; the Nazis instigate The Final Solution.

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.

Combat Ships

S3, EP8 "River Raiders"

A look at riverine warfare from the Civil War to Vietnam and small but powerful combat ships.

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

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.

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