Secrets of World War II
Date de parution : 1 janvier 1998
 | Saison 1 - épisode 1 | The Corpse that Fooled the Axis Little did the Germans know that the body they discovered on the coast of Spain in 1943 was part of one of the most elaborate hoaxes of World War II. |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 2 | Adolf Hitler's Last Days With access to Eva Braun’s personal photograph album, this programme reconstructs the final days in the Dictator's underground lair, and in... |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 3 | The Bruneval Raid A British airborne operation to capture the secrets of a sophisticated German radar system. In February 1942, paratroopers were dropped into... |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 4 | What Really Happened to Rommel? On October 14, 1944, Germany's greatest military leader said goodbye to his beloved wife and son, and was then escorted away by two officers sent by... |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 5 | The Enigma Secret By early 1940, British codebreakers at Bletchley Park, working with information from the Poles, had begun to crack the German military codes... |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 6 | Human Torpedoes In 1941 four Italian frogmen used their two-man underwater ‘chariots’ to place explosive charges on two British battleships in Alexandria Harbour.... |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 7 | The Secrets of the Battle of the Bulge In 1944 as Hitler faced defeat he tried one last gamble of an offensive on the Western Front. The result was the ‘Battle of the Bulge’. But what the... |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 8 | The Greatest Sea/Air Battle in History There have been larger land battles and more protracted air campaigns than Okinawa but this was a combined operation, unparalleled in size, scope... |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 9 | Above Us -- The Enemy (Secrets of the Submarine War) The underwater war saw many innovations and a rapid increase in electronic technology, which eventually enabled the Allies to achieve ultimate... |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 10 | The Secrets Behind the Battle of Guadalcanal Hundreds of sailors, eight ships and two American Admirals were to be lost in actions where valour overcame many mistakes on both sides - leading to... |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 11 | They Flew for China Between 1941 and 1943 some of America’s most talented fighter pilots flew for Nationalist China against the Japanese. They became known as the... |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 12 | How Germany was Bombed to Defeat One thousand bomber raids flown by the US airforce by day and the same by Britain’s RAF by night. The result was a firestorm which destroyed German... |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 13 | The End of the Scharnhorst She was faster than any British battleship, but in what was to become known as ‘The Battle of the North Cape’, the Scharnhorst was about to meet her... |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 14 | The RAF versus the V-Weapons Hitler’s ultimate goal was to produce a rocket capable of carrying an atomic weapon weighing five tons. Fortunately, the Royal Air Force discovered... |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 15 | Japan's Last Secret Weapon Had it not been winter, North America’s vast western forests, farms and cities might have been decimated by a secret weapon sent in thousands across... |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 16 | The Minehunters One of the most feared weapons of World War II was the mine. Some were laid by ship and submarine, others by aircraft. Of all of these the most... |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 17 | Confusion was their Business The exciting story of the emergence of special forces such as the British SAS and the US Rangers. |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 18 | Merrill's Marauders America’s answer to fighting behind Japanese lines in the jungle was to deploy a highly trained unit called Merrill’s Marauders. |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 19 | The Amazing Colonel Doolittle The citizens of Japan could not believe their eyes when the Americans dared to fly an audacious bombing mission against Tokyo only a few months... |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 20 | Destroying Hitler's Oil Amazing new footage has become available which shows the raid by the US Air Force against the Ploesti oil fields in Rumania which supplied 60... |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 21 | Home Run from Colditz The Germans said it was impregnable but the confines of Colditz were to inspire some of the most legendary escapes of all time. |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 22 | The Cruise of the Secret Raiders The fascinating story of the secret heavily armed cargo ships deployed by the Germans which were in reality designed to sink allied merchant ships... |
