National geographic

WW2: Hell Under The Sea

Tuesday 09.00am

SAT

National geographic

WW2: Hell Under The Sea

Tuesday 09.00am

SAT

WHEN TO WATCH

Tuesday 30 May at 09.00am
Commander Down (Season 3)
Wednesday 31 May at 09.00am
Iwo Jima Pilot Rescue (Season 3)

Synopsis

WW2 Hell Under the Sea is an event-based series charting the stealth game of subsea warfare, tracking the dramatic narrative from contact to attack of the greatest submarine patrols of World War II. From the rise of the Wolfpack to the drive for victory in the Pacific, we profile the strategic masterminds and the rapid evolution of technology and tactics, as the threat of undersea warfare brings every sailors worst nightmare to life. Expert analysis and stock footage are woven with narrative driven re-enactments filmed on authentic Second World War era submarines to place the characters at the heart of the action.

Episodes

Season 3

Season 3
Season 2
Season 1

Killer Strike
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Killer Strike: German U-Boat commander Gunther Prien is recalled from patrol early and offered a secret mission to strike the Royal Navy at its home port. All ages. (S3, ep 1)
Enigma Capture
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Enigma Capture: September 1939. The life of German U-Boat Commander Fritz Julius Lemp takes a series of dramatic turns as he risks the wrath of Adolf Hitler. All ages. (S3, ep 2)
Longest Journey, The
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The Longest Journey: It's December 1944, and with a German U-Boat circling for another shot, the crew of a merchant ship must hold out until help arrives. All ages. (S3, ep 3)
Torpedo Rampage
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Torpedo Rampage: After a lacklustre wolf pack operation, an American submarine commander penetrates the defences of a Japanese convoy in the Luzon Strait. All ages. (S3, ep 4)
Commander Down
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Commander Down: After facing down three destroyers in the Japanese occupied harbour of Kiska, Alaska, an American submarine takes the fight to the south Pacific. All ages. (S3, ep 5)
Next Showing
Tuesday 30 May at 09.00am
SAT
On National Geographic
Iwo Jima Pilot Rescue
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Iwo Jima Pilot Rescue: Discover the story behind the Submarine Lifeguard League, which mobilises to risk everything to rescue downed aviators in enemy waters. All ages. (S3, ep 6)
Next Showing
Wednesday 31 May at 09.00am
On National Geographic

Wounded Warrior
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Wounded Warrior: Deep in enemy waters, USS Silversides battles depth charges and a jammed torpedo as it intercepts Japanese ships. (S2, ep 1). All Ages.
Wounded Warrior
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Wounded Warrior: Deep in enemy waters, USS Silversides battles depth charges and a jammed torpedo as it intercepts Japanese ships. Series exploring subsea warfare in WWII. (S2, ep 1)
Submarine Raiders
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Submarine Raiders: The story of daring submarine commander Eugene Fluckey who sent saboteurs on to land to bomb a Japanese train. (S2, ep 2). All Ages.
Relentless Pursuit
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Relentless Pursuit: Werner Henke and his crew faced one of their toughest tests of the war when they ran into one of the Hunter Killer Group's anti-submarine warships. (S2, ep 3). All Ages.
Defying Rommel
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Defying Rommel: The story of HMS Upholder and HMS Unbeaten - two British submarines who unknowingly took aim at each other while hunting Italian supply ships. (S2, ep 4). All ages.
North Sea Showdown
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North Sea Showdown: In 1945, HMS Venturer intercepted a U-boat set to deliver German wonder weapons to Japan. The result was history's only sinking of its kind. (S2, ep 5). All ages.
Cold War Crisis
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Cold War Crisis: A secret mission nearly incites a nuclear war when the US catches one of four Soviet Project submarines carrying nuclear torpedoes towards Cuba. (S2, ep 6). All ages.

The Wolfpack
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The Wolfpack: July 1940. In the North Atlantic, a British escort pins down one of Germany's top U-boat captains. Otto Kretschmer and crew face a barrage of underwater bombs.
Hitler's Revenge
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Hitler's Revenge: Following the Japanese assault on Pearl Harbor, five Nazi U-boats set out to attack ships off the shores of the United States to thwart the American war effort.
America Fights Back
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America Fights Back: America's submarine force struggles to gain an edge in the South Pacific. Dudley 'Mush' Morton, Commander of USS Wahoo, sets out to turn the tide.
Atlantic Showdown
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Atlantic Showdown: In 1943, two Allied convoys carrying vital supplies for the war effort set out for Britain. What followed was the largest convoy battle of the Second World War.
Destroyer Killer
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Destroyer Killer: June, 1944. Six allied commandos spying on Japan's merchant ships fall under threat when their covert operation is discovered by the enemy. (S1, ep 3)
Fatal Voyage
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Fatal Voyage: December 1943. Fuelled by the loss of mentor Dudley "Mush" Morton, Richard Hetherington O'Kane and his submarine USS Tang set out to assault Japanese shipping. (S1, ep 2)