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Combat Ships
S2, EP3 "Doomed Vessels"Bad design, human error and the enemy sent great ships to tragic ends, like Britain's K13 submarine and HMS Hood, Sweden's 17th century Vasa, and Kublai Khan's fleet, sunk by the original kamikaze.
Combat Ships
S2, EP5 "Secrets of the Sea"Stories of espionage at sea, including deadly U-boat cat-and-mouse games during WWI, the sinking of the Lusitania, a gun-smuggling private yacht that made history, and liners turned troopships.
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.
Combat Ships
S3, EP2 "The Battle of Trafalgar"The legendary Battle of Trafalgar in 1805, which pitted Napoleon's French ships against a British armada under the command of Admiral Horatio Nelson.
D-Day
Rerun Air Date: January 9, 2025A retelling of the D-Day invasion and its critical naval operation involving an armada of diverse and ingenious vessels.
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
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
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.
Air Disasters
S4, EP6 "Grand Canyon"United Airlines Flight 718 and Trans World Airlines Flight 2 collide midair over the Grand Canyon in Arizona, killing all 128 people on both aircraft in 1956.
Air Disasters
S4, EP10 "Death of the President"Polish Air Force Flight 101, carrying the President of Poland Lech Kaczynski, his wife Maria Kaczynska and other top officials, crashes in a wooded area while on final approach to Smolensk North Airport in heavy fog and low visibility.
Air Disasters
S9, EP10 "Deadly Mission"A new investigation sheds light on the controversial 1961 plane crash that killed U.N. Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld.
Air Disasters
S10, EP1 "Deadly Silence"Investigators try to figure out why a private Learjet carrying Payne Stewart went rogue before crashing in a South Dakota hayfield.
Air Disasters
S18, EP4 "Dead Tired"Colgan Air Flight 3407 stalls at low altitude and dives into a residential area near Buffalo, New York.
Air Disasters
S5, EP7 "Massacre Over The Mediterranean"On 27 June 1980, Aerolinee Itavia Flight 870 crashes into the Tyrrhenian Sea near the island of Ustica, Italy; all 81 people on board are killed.
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
S17, EP8 "Pitch Black"When an Illinois turboprop crashes after losing battery power, investigators uncover a series of errors made by the pilots.
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