World War II: Secrets from Above — Season 1
About this season
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 (6)
1. Road To D-Day
5.0Aired 18 October 2022 • 44 min
Matching archive film and photography to their original locations, this series charts the most extraordinary events of WWII from a unique perspective.
2. Hitler's Vengeance Weapons
5.0Aired 25 October 2022 • 44 min
1942 – the Nazis develop the world’s first cruise and ballistic missiles. Can the Allies stop Hitler before he rains down terror from above?
3. Road to Berlin
5.0Aired 1 November 2022 • 44 min
Stalin, seeking revenge, wages a war of annihilation against Nazi Germany. Over one million Soviet soldiers charge west to launch an attack on Berlin.
4. Dambusters
5.0Aired 8 November 2022 • 44 min
1943 – Allied commanders assemble the crème de la crème of their air forces to attempt one of the most audacious bombing missions of WWII.
5. Battle of the Bulge
5.0Aired 15 November 2022 • 44 min
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.
6. Escape from Dunkirk
5.0Aired 22 November 2022 • 44 min
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?