World War II: Secrets from Above

1h

War & Politics

Documentary

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

Cast

Road To D-Day

1. Road To D-Day

44min

18th Oct 2022

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

Hitler's Vengeance Weapons

2. Hitler's Vengeance Weapons

44min

25th Oct 2022

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

Road to Berlin

3. Road to Berlin

44min

1st Nov 2022

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

Dambusters

4. Dambusters

44min

8th Nov 2022

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

Battle of the Bulge

5. Battle of the Bulge

44min

15th Nov 2022

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.

Escape from Dunkirk

6. Escape from Dunkirk

44min

22nd Nov 2022

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?

First air date

18th Oct 2022

Last air date

17th Apr 2025

Status

Returning Series

Type

Documentary

Original language

en

Networks