World War II: Secrets from Above

6.7(3)|2022-10-18|3 seasons, 18 episodes

War & PoliticsDocumentary

Overview

As we fly above the infamous battle sites of D-Day and Dunkirk, soar over hidden Nazi bunkers, and glide across lost battleships and sunken shipwrecks – this new series exposes secrets of World War Two - in a brand-new way.

Episodes

Season 1(6)Season 2(6)Season 3(6)

S1E1 · 2022-10-18 · 44m

Road To D-Day

5.0

Matching archive film and photography to their original locations, this series charts the most extraordinary events of WWII from a unique perspective.

S1E2 · 2022-10-25 · 44m

Hitler's Vengeance Weapons

5.0

1942 – the Nazis develop the world’s first cruise and ballistic missiles. Can the Allies stop Hitler before he rains down terror from above?

S1E3 · 2022-11-01 · 44m

Road to Berlin

5.0

Stalin, seeking revenge, wages a war of annihilation against Nazi Germany. Over one million Soviet soldiers charge west to launch an attack on Berlin.

S1E4 · 2022-11-08 · 44m

Dambusters

5.0

1943 – Allied commanders assemble the crème de la crème of their air forces to attempt one of the most audacious bombing missions of WWII.

S1E5 · 2022-11-15 · 44m

Battle of the Bulge

5.0

December 1944 - Hitler launches an all-out assault on the Western front across Belgium and Luxembourg. In small towns, vastly outnumbered Allied platoons face off against entire German battalions in a series of David Vs Goliath attacks that pits superior Nazi weaponry against American mettle: The Battle of the Bulge.

S1E6 · 2022-11-22 · 44m

Escape from Dunkirk

5.0

1940 - 400,000 Allied troops are surrounded by Hitler’s army at Dunkirk. Can the Allies escape and make it back to Britain to continue the fight?