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Revealing more family strategies at work, and the heavy price the young pay in hostile takeovers. Part 6 of 12.
Five centuries ago, the Age of Exploration and Europe’s imperial colonisation of far-off lands was launched by a revolution in ship design that made long-distance ocean voyages practical. But exactly how this momentous innovation happened eludes historians. Now, the excavation of a rare intact wreck discovered off the coast of Sweden offers vital new clues to a maritime mystery.
In 1939 SS boss Heinrich Himmler orders his deputy Reinhard Heydrich to plan a terrifying programme of ethnic cleansing, first in Poland and then the Soviet Union. In doing so, Heydrich will establish himself as chief architect of the Holocaust, masterminding the mass murder of millions of Jews. However, his meteoric rise will make him a target both in and outside Hitler’s circle of evil. Part 7 of 10.
A fierce WW2 battle at sea, unreported for more than 60 years, is revealed at the bottom of the Gulf of Thailand by underwater HD video. There lies the US submarine Lagarto and the remains of her 86 crewmen, entombed 8,000 miles from the tiny Wisconsin town where the sub was built.
America’s first true Special Forces units, the Rangers were specially selected and trained with the help of British commandos. A select few joined their British counterparts in the ill-fated Dieppe Raid of 1942, and became the first US ground troops to see action in Europe. After a disastrous time in the Italian campaign, three of the five Ranger battalions were practically wiped out at the Battle of Cisterna. The remaining two battalions would go on to play a major role in the D-Day landings, seizing the coastal defence position at Point du Hoc in a daring raid that would prove key to the eventual success of the Normandy invasion. Part 5 of 6.
As the atmosphere warms, tornados are appearing in places not accustomed to this deadly phenomenon, including more densely populated areas. Tornadoes are no longer contained in Tornado Alley. They are also becoming more deadly as tornado clusters are growing. This episode follows the stories of storm chasers who’ve had to run for the lives and survivors of some of the deadliest recent tornadoes. Part 7 of 10.