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Experts question what probes on Mars may have found over the past 40 years, asking if Nasa could be hiding proof of life on the Red Planet from the public

Giorgio Tsoukalos joins forces with theorists to consider whether unexplained advances in human evolution can be attributed to alien architects

The tide of the war begins to turn against Germany, prompting propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels to make a speech in which he calls for 'total war'

Significant victories against the Germans in the latter stages of the war, including the lifting of the siege of Leningrad after 900 days and the Battle of Normandy

Himmler's desire to unearth the true origins of humanity led to an attempt to prove the Paleolithic past of Germany's Aryan race

During his time in charge, Himmler made the study of runes - letters of ancient Germanic writing - obligatory for SS officers in the belief they held powers

Reporter Robert Sherrod accompanies Marines on their assault of Iwo Jima and witnesses the horror of the fight, as well as the flag raising

Detailing how an elite group of British paratroopers managed to launch a midnight raid in order to capture Hitler's unusual radar equipment

A look at what it was really like to live and survive during one of the most devastating conflicts the world has ever seen

A focus on the German submarines that caused havoc in the American desert, the playboy pilot they couldn't cage and the young lovers whose escape defied all odds

A focus on Hitler's last soldier in America who defied the FBI for 40 years and the prisoners who revealed the secrets of the death camps

Himmler's desire to unearth the true origins of humanity led to an attempt to prove the Paleolithic past of Germany's Aryan race

During his time in charge, Himmler made the study of runes - letters of ancient Germanic writing - obligatory for SS officers in the belief they held powers

Significant victories against the Germans in the latter stages of the war, including the lifting of the siege of Leningrad after 900 days and the Battle of Normandy

The fate of homes in a world without people, where suburbs turn into mass infernos, and a famous castle topples, owing to a hidden flaw

The Hanoi Hilton, an American PoW prison of the Vietnam War located in the city of Hanoi

The Sing Sing Correctional Facility, situated north of New York City and regarded as one of the country's most notorious prisons

Drama-documentary telling the story of the Roman Empire. As the Roman Empire expanded, so did the diversity of exotic beasts brought back to entertain the Colosseum crowds

Experts question what probes on Mars may have found over the past 40 years, asking if Nasa could be hiding proof of life on the Red Planet from the public

Giorgio Tsoukalos joins forces with theorists to consider whether unexplained advances in human evolution can be attributed to alien architects

The Ark of the Covenant is believed to possess a mythical power. The team members trace the Ark's destructive path to uncover the truth behind its elusive journey

Part two of two. Archaeologists investigate the truth behind key moments that took Caesar to the brink of defeat in his pursuit of power

A look at what it was really like to live and survive during one of the most devastating conflicts the world has ever seen

Detailing how an elite group of British paratroopers managed to launch a midnight raid in order to capture Hitler's unusual radar equipment

A focus on Hitler's last soldier in America who defied the FBI for 40 years and the prisoners who revealed the secrets of the death camps