A hard hitting ITV series that follows Royal Marines recruits from day one of training, through 32 weeks of the longest and hardest military training in the world and then to the front line in Afghanistan.
Our Vietnam War tells the story of Australia's involvement in the words of the men who were sent to fight; the battles, the protests, returning and the long shadow the war cast on the people whose lives were turned upside down.
The story of the life and survival of a half-Jewish family in Germany from 1882 to 1945. The focus is on the family of the failed pianist and conductor Alf Bertini and his Jewish wife Lea Lehmberg. They live in poor conditions in Hamburg and fight to give their children a better life until Hitler seizes power.
This is a story about the soldiers of a cannon battery in the First World War that, like hundreds of thousands of others, made the glory of the Serbian army become immortal.
Historian Dan Snow relives the story of a crack team of 133 young airmen whose mission is to destroy the great dams of Germany in World War Two using a revolutionary new bouncing bomb.
What happened in Latin America during World War II? With narrative agility and historical rigor, we go through the different moments of the war on four thematics: espionage, diplomacy, economy and action on the battlefront. Classified information and stories never told until today allow us to understand how Latin countries lived through the years of armed conflict.
In this BBC documentary series newly declassified documents are used to examine the strategic roles played in the war by thirteen of the world's regular and resistance land, sea and air forces.
Hitler, Mussolini and Franco had an aura of invincibility. However, an obsession haunted their lives: the existence of a Masonic conspiracy against them. What were Freemasons plotting in their temples? Considered a foe to the dictatorships of the 20th century Freemasonry was outlawed and Freemasons persecuted throughout Europe, with the blessing of the Catholic Church. How to survive the wrath of dictators? We will tell the untold story of World War II seen through the eyes of history's most famous secret association.
In the centuries since the gun was invented, hundreds of innovators, engineers and inventors have brought their vision together to create what has become one of the most perfectly produced items ever made. Tales of the Gun chronicles the long history of firearm design and construction from the first, primitive weapons to today's computer-controlled, high-tech factories. From the gunslingers of the Wild West to the newest technology being developed for tomorrow's super-weapons, guns have etched a place in today's culture for their masterful combination of form, function and beauty.
At the onset of the Anti-Japanese War, veteran Communist Wang Laogan operates a secret resistance from Shuiquan Tavern in occupied Shandong. As his team expands—bringing together former bandits, wealthy elites, and other awakened citizens—they carry out daring missions, culminating in a bold tunnel ambush that delivers a decisive blow to the Japanese forces.