War & Politics

Eye-witness veteran testimony from men who served under fire on the frontline

In 1918, at the time of the First World War and the Russian Civil War, Leon Trotsky founded the Red Army. It was not only used externally, but ...

Modern history can be divided into two time frames: before 9/11 and after 9/11. This five-part docuseries is a cohesive chronicle of the ...

The decline of Hitler’s empire from the inside out by exploring the decline of the Nazis through the perspective of Hitler’s bumbling ...

An espionage thriller and cross-culture satire about the struggles of a half-French, half-Vietnamese communist spy during the final days of the ...

Hitler’s Secret Sex Life exposes the myriad of rumours, theories and disputed historical accounts of Adolf Hitler’s sexual psychology. ...

The documentary series explores different political figures throughout history.

This series takes viewers deep into the heart of battle, to reveal the critical turning points in some of WWII’s most decisive confrontations.

In 1960s Spain, a Holocaust survivor joins a group of agents seeking justice against the hundreds of Nazis who fled to the nation to hide after WWII.

The decades during the Cold War were one thing above all: a race between scientists. Researchers, engineers and experts from the USA and the ...

In Japan in the year 1600, at the dawn of a century-defining civil war, Lord Yoshii Toranaga is fighting for his life as his enemies on the ...

May 10th, 1940, Hitler takes on the West. Will he precipitate Europe into the Apocalypse?

The Great War in Numbers tells the complete story of World War I – from outbreak to conclusion – and the fragile peace that followed. ...

Exploring the buildings that were built to defend Britain from a German invasion during World War II. From coastal defences, to secret bases, ...

Documentary remembering those Scots who were involved in the Troubles.

The Nazi era from 1993 to 1945 is illustrated through archived material, with insights and anecdotes provided by world-leading experts and ...

The year 1540 was a crucial turning point in American history. The Great Indian Wars were incited by Francisco Vazquez de Coronado when his ...

A five-part series that explores the forgotten story of the incredible engineering feats and secret survival techniques of five legendary battles ...

In six films, Adam Curtis traces the different forces across the world that have led to now. It covers a wide range—including the strange roots ...

In this sequel to “Vikings,” a hundred years have passed and a new generation of legendary heroes arises to forge its own destiny — ...

As the Cold War rages, ex-smuggler turned reluctant spy Harry Palmer finds himself at the centre of a dangerous undercover mission, on which he ...

Cruz Manuelos, a rough-around-the-edges but passionate young Marine, is recruited to join the CIA’s Lioness Engagement Team to help bring ...

Historian Dan Snow relives the story of a crack team of 133 young airmen whose mission is to destroy the great dams of Germany in World War Two ...

After a defector is murdered, British agent Fielding Scott is assigned to track down a mole in his own ranks in 1961 Berlin. His investigation ...

Historian Bettany Hughes has embarked on an epic, personal journey. Inspired by Homer’s The Odyssey, she will sail the unpredictable ...

Politician Peter Laurence’s private life is falling apart. Shamelessly untroubled by guilt or remorse, he seeks to further his own agenda ...

A diverse, dedicated, rough-and-tumble squad of soldiers spearheads the Allied invasion of Italy during World War II.

On October 6th 1973, the Middle East was shaken by the biggest war it had ever seen. A war that should have been the last one, and that forever ...

Historian Lucy Worsley debunks popular myths and royal as well as anti-royal propaganda about key events from British royal history including the ...

The story of how the Guardia Civil, a militarized police force, fought for nearly half a century against ETA, a ruthless terrorist gang dedicated ...