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)The Germans neutralise the French artillery, the Blitzkreig doesn't give the allied forces time to react. The Luftwaffe...
(03:10)When a small plane crashed in the Andes, the survivors were forced to turn to cannibalism to stay alive.
(00:45)Half the world's population lives in striking distance of a major fault line. Ultimate Disaster examines key earthquakes of...
(00:54)Hitler's deputy Rudolph Hess bails out of a Messerschmitt over Glasgow, in an effort to make peace with Great Britain. The...
(03:09)To rescue Mussolini from disaster, Hitler dispatches one of his best generals, Rommel, along with his armoured division, the...
(03:10)Great Britain’s cities have been devastated by German bombs. But the country stands firm around Churchill, and with the...
(03:10)Three dates prove to be decisive in determining French fate. The Germans celebrate the capitulation of France whilst General...
(03:10)The Germans enter Belgium, unleashing their aerial offensive. Cities in eastern and northern France are bombed and Winston...
(03:11)France prepares to defend itself against German attack through Belgium, whilst Nazi sympathisers are held to account in the US...
(03:11)The Polish army surrenders to the Germans and the Soviets. Stalin orders the execution of 20,000 Polish prisoners and 4,500...
(03:12)A first-hand account of the Brooklyn streets when the storm knocked the power out.
(02:18)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 pretend they are going to attack France through neutral Belgium, whilst their paratroopers are dropped into...
(03:10)Hitler hammers home his simplistic nationalist slogans. He wants to make Germany the world power.
(03:09)German women recount stories of rape by Russian soldiers and reflect on the decadent Berlin of 1932.
(03:12)New York City is flooded after the storm. Man's historical efforts to build over swamp can be quickly crippled by Mother Nature.
(01:47)Hitler, who swore to destroy Communism has a history-making treaty signed with his worst enemy, the USSR.
(03:09)Experts look at the history and power of volcanoes and ask if modern cities face annihilation in a mega-eruption.
(00:54)Witness the raw, devastating power of a tornado in this incredible home video.
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