World War II: Secrets from Above

Season 1

As we fly above the infamous battle sites of D-Day and Dunkirk, soar over hidden Nazi bunkers, and glide across lost battleships and sunken shipwrecks - this new series exposes secrets of World War Two - in a brand-new way.

Where to Watch World War II: Secrets from Above • Season 1

6 Episodes

Road To D-Day
E1
Road To D-DayMatching archive film and photography to their original locations, this series charts the most extraordinary events of WWII from a unique perspective.
Hitler's Vengeance Weapons
E2
Hitler's Vengeance Weapons1942 – the Nazis develop the world’s first cruise and ballistic missiles. Can the Allies stop Hitler before he rains down terror from above?
Road to Berlin
E3
Road to BerlinDecember 1944 - Hitler launches an all-out assault on the Western front across Belgium and Luxembourg; vastly outnumbered allied platoons face off against entire German battalions in a series of David Vs Goliath attacks.
Dambusters
E4
DambustersBy 1943 Hitler's marauding armies have steamrollered across Europe; the allies can't compete on the battlefield, so the commanders plan an audacious attack on the booming industry, which is producing German tanks, submarines and aircraft.
Battle of the Bulge
E5
Battle of the BulgeDecember 1944 - Hitler launches an all-out assault on the Western front across Belgium and Luxembourg. In small towns, vastly outnumbered Allied platoons face off against entire German battalions in a series of David Vs Goliath attacks that pits superior Nazi weaponry against American mettle: The Battle of the Bulge.
Escape from Dunkirk
E6
Escape from Dunkirk1945, Stalin is waging a war of annihilation against Nazi Germany. On the eastern front, more than a million Soviet soldiers storm into Berlin. But to achieve their prize, the Red Army must defeat several German strongholds.