Military

Tracing the history of the carrier's development from World War II, through Korea & Vietnam to the Falklands, where a combination of vertical take-off planes, helicopters & missile... more information

As resistance to the Roman invasion of Northern Europe collapsed, the Gallic warrior Vercingetorix marshalled 100,000 troops against the formidable & ruthless Roman legions, for wh... more information

A detailed look at life during the American Civil War through dramatic reconstruction, personal letters, official reports and diaries, period photography and music. more information

It is no coincidence that the great nations of ancient history were all prolific in the art of war at sea, & some of the battles they fought on water were the most important of the... more information

The story of Drake's great victory over the Spanish fleet. Includes footage from aboard the Golden Hind & at the Mary Rose Museum in Portsmouth. more information

The story of Operation Market-Garden, designed to bring about Allied victory by the close of 1944 - one of the costliest failures of WWII. more information

The story of the infamous charge of the Light Brigade & the heroic courage of Thin Red Line. more information

The terrible final battle for Berlin in 1945, as seen from the perspective of the attacking Red Army, told through rare archive footage & informative graphics. more information

Using newly discovered footage, this documentary tells the story of the men & women who, during the dark summer of 1940, inflicted the first defeat on German arms. 52 mins more information

The details of the last major German offensive of WWII, thwarted by the actions of American GIs. more information

This is the story of the Battleship Yamato, the largest & most technologically advanced battleship in history. We see its creation as the flagship of Japanese naval power, its part... more information

Before the nuclear bomb, no weapon on earth had evoked so much fear, veneration & passion as the battleship. Its destructive power had no equal. Channel 4 documentary charting the ... more information

The story of the battleship is told in this WWII documentary, including details on the naval conflicts it proved to be most powerful in. 55 mins more information

A study of the Allied air strikes on Hitler's capital city, a move designed to penetrate the heart of Nazi headquarters. more information

The survivors of the blitz on Coventry give their accounts of the evening which saw WWII come to the Midlands. more information

A look at the Luftwaffe's attempts to bomb the northern cities of England, using France & Norway as convenient launch pads. more information

Telling the story of Britain's last great Imperial war using accounts from soldiers who fought in the bitter, bloody clash. more information

Using dramatised reconstructions & re-enactments to tell the story of Britain at the height of her Imperial ambition. more information

Contains the DVDs Story Of The Spitfire, Story Of The Hurricane & the De Havilland Mosquito (Pegasus) more information

The battle of Cambrai marked the beginning of the end for trench warfare, ushering in a new era of battlefield technology. more information