PBS America (Freeview) Thursday

A look at how advancements in aeronautics and weaponry reshaped battle strategies in the Second World War, from bombers to fighters

Hitler takes an enormous gamble as Nazi forces fight the war on two fronts, braving the worst winter in memory to tackle the Allies to the west as the Russians get closer to Berlin

The violence in the Pacific in 1945, when Japanese soldiers were ordered to kill as many Americans as possible before their own deaths, while in Europe two armies headed for Berlin

South Vietnamese forces fighting on their own in Laos suffer a terrible defeat, while a re-elected President Nixon announces Hanoi has agreed to a peace deal

Hitler takes an enormous gamble as Nazi forces fight the war on two fronts, braving the worst winter in memory to tackle the Allies to the west as the Russians get closer to Berlin

The violence in the Pacific in 1945, when Japanese soldiers were ordered to kill as many Americans as possible before their own deaths, while in Europe two armies headed for Berlin

South Vietnamese forces fighting on their own in Laos suffer a terrible defeat, while a re-elected President Nixon announces Hanoi has agreed to a peace deal

Capri Cafaro's roadtrip across the USA takes her to Virginia where she learns about the quintessential American staple, the apple