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Documentary telling the story of the brave men of the famed 1st Marine Division - the oldest, largest and most decorated division of the US Marine Corps. Narrated by actor Jon Seda (HBO's The Pacific and NBC's Chicago P.D.), it recounts the role of the 1st Marine Division in the United States' first major offensive in the Pacific theatre during the Second World War. In 1942, on the Pacific island of Guadalcanal, Americans faced and defeated the Japanese for the first time in a land battle. The fight was one of the most brutal of the war. The Division went on to fight bloody battles in Cape Gloucester and Peleliu, but their decisive victory at Guadalcanal was one of the turning points of WW2 for the Allied powers.
On September 2nd, 1945, World War II came to its official end aboard a legendary battleship anchored in Tokyo Bay: the USS Missouri. Some seventy million people had died during the war, but now the fighting would end not with a rifle shot but rather with the swift stroke of a ceremonial pen. This documentary focuses on the sailors, soldiers, airmen and marines who witnessed the official Japanese surrender. It was one of the most monumental days in history, and only a few witnesses remain.
Learn how animals use all sorts of strategies to protect their families and food from marauders. Part 4 of 12.
The 'Silk Road' opened up a world of trade for the Scandinavians in the East. Seeking further wealth, the Vikings known in the East as 'Rus' attacked Constantinople in 860. The Rus became a permanent and feared fixture in the Byzantine Empire. Part 3 of 6.
Hitler’s Nazi empire is in ruins, but there is still one city to take before the allies can declare victory. But as the British, Americans and Soviets close in on Berlin, new questions about the post-war world start to emerge. Who will rule Europe? And who will take the glory of ending the war? Part 8 of 10.
As the greatest loss of warships in history and the last casualties of WWI, the sinking at Scapa Flow was a monumental decision with consequences for European history that still reverberate today.
This first episode reviews the three decisive years that carved a Jewish state out of Palestine. Focussing on the period from the end of the Second World War through the UN vote on the Partition Plan in 1947, it concludes with Israel’s declaration of independence in 1948. Part 1 of 2.
Paul Murton uncovers the stories of pioneering female tourists determined to travel north. Part 2 of 6.
How can one man brainwash a group of middle class hippy loving kids and programme them to kill? This documentary explores how Charles Manson organised and led his cult to commit some of America’s most horrific murders. Part 1 of 2.
