In no other war was the development of combat machines as fast or as consequential. From aerial photography to the first ever tank, examine how quickly technology progressed during WWI.

The North African desert campaign of World War II gave rise to one of the most iconic military units of all time – the Desert Rats. Investigate the war machines the unit used to fight the Axis forces.

In World War II machines like the tanks, ships, and aircraft received much of the glory, but there was a whole fleet of lesser-known vehicles that made victory in Europe possible. Hear one story of an American GI and his Harley Davidson motorcycle.

Meet the mobile robot that defuses bombs on foreign battlefields and British streets, and discover the Gulf War vehicle that laid mines at extraordinary speed.

Explore the machines used to capture, transmit, and analyze vital combat information. Stories featured include brave SOE agents and their equipment, spies stealing Royal Navy blueprints, and a daring submarine mission.

Investigate the ground machines that would have fought in a potential nuclear war and hear the story of Berlin’s Checkpoint Charlie in 1961, when Soviet T-54 tanks faced off with American M-48 Patton tanks.