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  • New Carissa show

    New Carissa

    Many of the world's best salvage teams have tried and failed to move the 'wreck that will not die' off the Oregon coast. Meet...

    (02:54)
  • The Haven show

    The Haven

    Genoa, Italy. In 1991 the oil tanker The Haven caught fire and 1 million barrels of oil burned for three days. View the...

    (02:43)
  • Arcangel show

    Arcangel

    Cancun, Mexico, ferry the Arcangel, after a vicious storm is grounded on one of the most precious reefs in the world. Hundreds...

    (02:04)
  • Teaser show

    Teaser

    Take a closer look at one of the most dangerous jobs in the world.

    (00:29)
  • Hitler helps out Mussolini show

    Hitler helps out Mussolini

    To rescue Mussolini from disaster, Hitler dispatches one of his best generals, Rommel, along with his armoured division, the...

    (03:10)
  • American aid sunk in the Atlantic show

    American aid sunk in the Atlantic

    Great Britain’s cities have been devastated by German bombs. But the country stands firm around Churchill, and with the...

    (03:10)
  • Churchill strikes out at his former ally show

    Churchill strikes out at his former ally

    A British naval force sails to one of France’s biggest naval bases, Mers-el-Kebir in Algeria, and opens fire when they...

    (03:12)
  • The Germans enter Belgium show

    The Germans enter Belgium

    The Germans enter Belgium, unleashing their aerial offensive. Cities in eastern and northern France are bombed and Winston...

    (03:11)
  • The Polish army surrenders show

    The Polish army surrenders

    The Polish army surrenders to the Germans and the Soviets. Stalin orders the execution of 20,000 Polish prisoners and 4,500...

    (03:12)
  • Germans sign treaty with USSR show

    Germans sign treaty with USSR

    Hitler, who swore to destroy Communism has a history-making treaty signed with his worst enemy, the USSR.

    (03:09)
  • Hitler declares war on jews show

    Hitler declares war on jews

    Hitler hammers home his simplistic nationalist slogans. He wants to make Germany the world power.

    (03:09)
  • Ochre Beach Ice Tsunami show

    Ochre Beach Ice Tsunami

    Residents film the destruction as a freak ice shove demolishes homes in Ochre Beach, Canada.

    (02:03)
  • Minnesota Ice Shove show

    Minnesota Ice Shove

    Mille Lacs, Minnesota, experiences a strange but destructive force of nature known as an ice shove.

    (02:10)
  • Ocean Emergency show

    Ocean Emergency

    The race-against-time rescue story of a Norwegian cargo ship stranded in the North Atlantic in the path of a fierce tornado.

    (00:59)
  • Volcano show

    Volcano

    Experts look at the history and power of volcanoes and ask if modern cities face annihilation in a mega-eruption.

    (00:54)
  • The New Flame show

    The New Flame

    Salvage operations rely on brains as well as brawn. Off the Gibraltar coast a salvage team uses high-tech equipment to device...

    (02:20)
  • The thrust towards Moscow show

    The thrust towards Moscow

    In the south, Guderian finally receives the order from Hitler to rejoin the other armies up north and proceed towards Moscow,...

    (03:08)
  • Germans invade Soviet Union show

    Germans invade Soviet Union

    Hitler's deputy Rudolph Hess bails out of a Messerschmitt over Glasgow, in an effort to make peace with Great Britain. The...

    (03:09)
  • Hitler exacts his revenge on the French show

    Hitler exacts his revenge on the French

    Three dates prove to be decisive in determining French fate. The Germans celebrate the capitulation of France whilst General...

    (03:10)
  • Hitlers decoy works show

    Hitlers decoy works

    The Germans pretend they are going to attack France through neutral Belgium, whilst their paratroopers are dropped into...

    (03:10)