About this season
Hosted by Martha MacCallum. Stories and heroes you never knew from World War II.
Episodes (5)
1. Volume Four: The Inescapable Nazi Prison
Aired 19 May 2023 • 26 min
Tunnels, fake uniforms, and a makeshift plane. A castle, turned German POW camp, becomes ground zero for prison escapes.
2. Volume Five: America's Forgotten Ace
Aired 19 May 2023 • 26 min
Butch O'Hare, the son of a mafia lawyer, becomes the first flying ace of WWII while protecting hundreds of U.S. Servicemen.
3. Volume Six: The Unwanted, Honorable, and Heroic
Aired 19 May 2023 • 26 min
First-hand accounts of the first ever African-American Marines. They had to fight to fight.
4. Volume Seven: The Shadow Spies of D-Day
Aired 19 May 2023 • 26 min
A behind-the-scenes look at the intense training of the original special forces, and how they helped turn the tide of history.
5. Volume Eight: The Ghost Boat
Aired 19 May 2023 • 19 min
A mysterious WWII-era boat with a heroic past emerges from the bottom of a lake in California. How did it get there?