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Take an unprecedented look at the aircraft of tomorrow and the tactics that will determine air superiority above the battlefield of the future. Profiled are the F-22, F-35 and Eurofighter Typhoon as well as adversaries such as the Russian Su-35 and Su-37 and Chinese Chengdu J-10. Watch as these aircraft engage in realistic air combat scenarios. Interviews and computer graphics will give viewers a unique look at how advanced avionics, stealth technology, and extreme performance will be combined in the future.

They invented the swirling, circling wagon train attack. They took captives...or decorated their lances with the scalps of those who fought back. From a ragtag band of scavengers, the Comanche transformed themselves into superior warriors by becoming the first tribe to tame the wild mustangs. In less than a generation, the Comanche became the world's greatest horsemen. For more than 150 years, the Comanche of the Southwest were ferocious raiders who stuck terror into the hearts of the plains tribes, Mexican villagers, and frontier settlers. They became the most feared and powerful tribe to follow the massive buffalo herds across the American heartland. We detail the motivation, tactics, weapons, and experiences of these nomadic Native Americans known as the "Lords of the Southern Plains".

When the HMT Rohna sank in 1943, it marked the greatest loss at sea of U.S. Army personnel in WWII: 1,015 soldiers, three Red Cross workers, and 120 ship's crew perished. Yet the U.S. government never revealed the truth about the disaster, in part to hide Germany's missile capability, and also to keep secret the deplorable conditions onboard and lack of lifeboats. After the recent release of documents under the Freedom of Information Act, we unveil a military debacle kept under wraps for decades.

Shortly before dawn on December 16, 1944, U.S. troops controlling the Ardennes sector of France were pulverized by massive German artillery bombardment. At 5:30 a.m., a German force of 275,000 men and over 2,000 Panzers rolled forward. The German counteroffensive, the Battle of the Bulge, had begun. It was Hitler's last great gamble in the West, which would bring two commanders into direct confrontation: U.S. General Omar Bradley and Hitler's Field Marshal Walter Model.

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Informational programming.

They invented the swirling, circling wagon train attack. They took captives...or decorated their lances with the scalps of those who fought back. From a ragtag band of scavengers, the Comanche transformed themselves into superior warriors by becoming the first tribe to tame the wild mustangs. In less than a generation, the Comanche became the world's greatest horsemen. For more than 150 years, the Comanche of the Southwest were ferocious raiders who stuck terror into the hearts of the plains tribes, Mexican villagers, and frontier settlers. They became the most feared and powerful tribe to follow the massive buffalo herds across the American heartland. We detail the motivation, tactics, weapons, and experiences of these nomadic Native Americans known as the "Lords of the Southern Plains".

When the HMT Rohna sank in 1943, it marked the greatest loss at sea of U.S. Army personnel in WWII: 1,015 soldiers, three Red Cross workers, and 120 ship's crew perished. Yet the U.S. government never revealed the truth about the disaster, in part to hide Germany's missile capability, and also to keep secret the deplorable conditions onboard and lack of lifeboats. After the recent release of documents under the Freedom of Information Act, we unveil a military debacle kept under wraps for decades.

Shortly before dawn on December 16, 1944, U.S. troops controlling the Ardennes sector of France were pulverized by massive German artillery bombardment. At 5:30 a.m., a German force of 275,000 men and over 2,000 Panzers rolled forward. The German counteroffensive, the Battle of the Bulge, had begun. It was Hitler's last great gamble in the West, which would bring two commanders into direct confrontation: U.S. General Omar Bradley and Hitler's Field Marshal Walter Model.

Take an unprecedented look at the aircraft of tomorrow and the tactics that will determine air superiority above the battlefield of the future. Profiled are the F-22, F-35 and Eurofighter Typhoon as well as adversaries such as the Russian Su-35 and Su-37 and Chinese Chengdu J-10. Watch as these aircraft engage in realistic air combat scenarios. Interviews and computer graphics will give viewers a unique look at how advanced avionics, stealth technology, and extreme performance will be combined in the future.

They invented the swirling, circling wagon train attack. They took captives...or decorated their lances with the scalps of those who fought back. From a ragtag band of scavengers, the Comanche transformed themselves into superior warriors by becoming the first tribe to tame the wild mustangs. In less than a generation, the Comanche became the world's greatest horsemen. For more than 150 years, the Comanche of the Southwest were ferocious raiders who stuck terror into the hearts of the plains tribes, Mexican villagers, and frontier settlers. They became the most feared and powerful tribe to follow the massive buffalo herds across the American heartland. We detail the motivation, tactics, weapons, and experiences of these nomadic Native Americans known as the "Lords of the Southern Plains".

When the HMT Rohna sank in 1943, it marked the greatest loss at sea of U.S. Army personnel in WWII: 1,015 soldiers, three Red Cross workers, and 120 ship's crew perished. Yet the U.S. government never revealed the truth about the disaster, in part to hide Germany's missile capability, and also to keep secret the deplorable conditions onboard and lack of lifeboats. After the recent release of documents under the Freedom of Information Act, we unveil a military debacle kept under wraps for decades.

Shortly before dawn on December 16, 1944, U.S. troops controlling the Ardennes sector of France were pulverized by massive German artillery bombardment. At 5:30 a.m., a German force of 275,000 men and over 2,000 Panzers rolled forward. The German counteroffensive, the Battle of the Bulge, had begun. It was Hitler's last great gamble in the West, which would bring two commanders into direct confrontation: U.S. General Omar Bradley and Hitler's Field Marshal Walter Model.

In October 1944, U.S. troops invaded Leyte Gulf in the Philippines. It was the opening move to recapture the Philippines, occupied by the Japanese after their Pacific victories in 1941 and '42. What followed was the largest clash of naval arms in history: 216 U.S. and 64 Japanese warships in a series of dramatic battles. The outcome rested on the shoulders of the aggressive and impetuous Vice Admiral William "Bull" Halsey and the determined but cautious Vice Admiral Takeo Kurita.

September 15th 1944. 17,000 US Marines hit the beaches of the tiny coral island of Peleliu. They have been told that this will be a three day operation, but six days later an entire regiment has been destroyed and the remaining units are trapped by the island's hidden Japanese defenders. For 74 terrible days the Japanese garrison on Peleliu make the American invasion force pay in blood for every inch of ground. For the first time aerial reconnaissance photographs are combined with the latest in computer technology to create a 3D model of the island, revealing the true nature of Peleliu's tortured landscape and the secrets of the Japanese defense system. With archive film, re-enactments and powerful eye witness testimony, this is the incredible story of one of the most ferocious battles of the Pacific War.

On August 23rd 1942, 330,000 men of the German 6th Army smashed through Soviet defenses outside the city of Stalingrad. For 162 terrible days the Soviet defenders of Stalingrad make the Germans pay in blood with savage hand to hand combat in a maze of ruined factories, shops and apartment blocks. Outnumbered and outgunned the Red Army suffer appalling losses, but by clinging to their positions they draw the Germans into a trap from which there will be no escape. For the first time, extraordinary aerial reconnaissance photographs actually taken during the course of the battle are combined with the latest in computer technology to create a 3D model of the city. With archive film, dramatic re-enactments and powerful eye witness testimony, we tell the incredible story of the epic battle that turned the entire course of WWII.

October 23rd 1942, in the remote North African desert, British and Allied troops face off against the feared German Afrika Korps and their Italian Allies. The British have been pushed back nearly 1000 miles from Libya, to a little known Egyptian railway stop called El Alamein. Over the following nine days, this battle will become a personal duel between General Bernard Montgomery and General Erwin Rommel. In one of the greatest deceptions of the war, photo recons help to fool the Germans into making a catastrophic mistake. Both British and German aerial reconnaissance photographs taken at the time have now been layered over a three dimensional contour map to create a CGI model of the battle. Using cutting edge technology, unique archive film, re-enactments and extraordinary interviews with the men who were there, the story of Alamein is told in a totally new way.

In January 1945, 500 of the last survivors of the Bataan Death March were trapped in one of Japan's most notorious concentration camps. As MacArthur advanced, the Army feared the Japanese might kill them before retreating. In one of the most daring raids in U.S. history, 121 Army Rangers snuck 30 miles behind enemy lines to attack Cabanatuan with the help of Filipino guerrillas, and brought home a grateful band of survivors who called themselves ghosts because they thought they'd been forgotten.