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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.
Combat Ships
S4, EP2 "Explosion!"Recounting some of maritime warfare's explosions, from world wars and Vietnam to the nuclear tests at Bikini Atoll.
Combat Ships
S2, EP1 "Viking Longships"The story of one of the world's most effective war machines: the Viking longship, seeing how its design evolved from swift war canoe to versatile and feared ship that would change the course of history.
Combat Ships
S1, EP9 "Wooden Warships"A look at the most famous wooden warships over the course of 500 years.
Air Warriors
S8, EP2 "B-29 Superfortress"The story of the world's first nuclear bomber, the B-29, and its explosive impact on aerial warfare.
Air Disasters
S11, EP6 "Storming Out"On its final approach to Charlotte, N.C., US Air Flight 1016 is engulfed in intense rain obstructing the view from the cockpit; the pilots abort the landing, but the aircraft crashes to earth, hurtling along a road and breaking apart.
Air Disasters
S20, EP30 "Northern Extremes"Faced with the extreme conditions of the far North, three flights fall out of the sky leaving investigators to uncover the cause.
Air Disasters
S5, EP10 "Terror in Paradise"On 9 August 2007, Air Moorea Flight 1121 crashed shortly after taking off from Moorea Airport in French Polynesia, killing all 19 passengers and the pilot.
Air Disasters
S6, EP5 "Attack Over Baghdad"A surface-to-air missile cripples a cargo plane after it takes off from Baghdad International Airport.
Air Disasters
S18, EP1 "Cockpit Failure"Bad weather and a series of errors lead to the 2001 crash of a plane on its approach to Zurich Airport.
Air Disasters
S20, EP4 "Engines Out"When an aircraft loses total engine power, a pilot's training can make all the difference in the world, but it's still up to investigators to determine what went wrong.
Air Disasters
S1, EP6 "Southern Storm"Pilots of Southern Airways Flight 242 must try to land on a Georgia highway after the engines die and the windshield shatters.