The secrets behind the evacuation of Dunkirk, including the story of the 38,000 men who were left behind, and how Hitler ordered the Nazi tanks to cease their advance on the Allies.

Operation Overlord, known as D-Day, launched on the 6th of June, 1944 with the simultaneous landing of US, British, and Canadian forces on five separate beaches in Normandy. But what of Exercise Tiger, the disastrous practice run which left over 600 US soldiers dead? And was Martha Gellhorn really the only woman who stepped foot on the beaches that day?

Examining the surprise aerial attack by the Japanese on the US naval base at Pearl Harbour in Hawaii, 1941, which led to the United States entering World War II.

The successful defence of Great Britain against air raids conducted by the German Luftwaffe from July through September 1940, which became known as The Battle of Britain.

Examining the Blitz, when for eight months Nazi Germany bombarded Britain from above in an attempt to cripple the Allied war effort. Includes secret stories such as Operation Corona in which the RAF employed German-speaking radio controllers.

Exploring the many battles fought out on the banks of the Rhine in 1944 and the secrets behind the lines of the battleground.