World War II: Secrets from Above
As we fly above the infamous battle sites of D-Day and Dunkirk, soar over hidden Nazi bunkers, and glide across lost battleships and sunken shipwrecks – this new series exposes secrets of World War Two - in a brand-new way.
Ep 1Road To D-Day
Matching archive film and photography to their original locations, this series charts the most extraordinary events of WWII from a unique perspective.
Ep 2Hitler's Vengeance Weapons
1942 – the Nazis develop the world’s first cruise and ballistic missiles. Can the Allies stop Hitler before he rains down terror from above?
Ep 3Road to Berlin
Stalin, seeking revenge, wages a war of annihilation against Nazi Germany. Over one million Soviet soldiers charge west to launch an attack on Berlin.
Ep 4Dambusters
1943 – Allied commanders assemble the crème de la crème of their air forces to attempt one of the most audacious bombing missions of WWII.
Ep 5Battle of the Bulge
December 1944 - Hitler launches an all-out assault on the Western front across Belgium and Luxembourg. In small towns, vastly outnumbered Allied platoons face off against entire German battalions in a series of David Vs Goliath attacks that pits superior Nazi weaponry against American mettle: The Battle of the Bulge.
Ep 6Escape from Dunkirk
1940 - 400,000 Allied troops are surrounded by Hitler’s army at Dunkirk. Can the Allies escape and make it back to Britain to continue the fight?
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