During the second world war, the Nazis looted everything they could get their hands on, including an estimated 600 tons of gold, thousands of pieces of artwork, and millions of priceless artifacts. While some of these items have been found, much of it remains missing. Treasure hunter Darrell Miklos believes some of these stolen riches were loaded into specially modified U-Boats that are currently lying at the bottom of the Caribbean Sea. His evidence: two top-secret documents acquired over 40 years of research.
Everyone knows the story of Paul Revere and his famous midnight ride to warn colonial forces of the British approach. But history books don't tell of the man who sent Revere on his mission: Joseph Warren, America's least remembered founding father. Uncover the forgotten history of Warren and stories of other unsung heroes in our fight for independence.
On the morning of April 25, the first day of the land battles in Çanakkale, 1,050 soldiers under the command of Major Mahmut Sabri resisted enemy forces vastly superior in number for 32 hours without any help or support at Seddülbahir. And they halted the enemy's advance. This is the story of those heroes, told in "Seddülbahir 32 Hours."
Die Abenteuer des braven Soldaten Schwejk is an Austrian television series.
Schwejk is a bumbling fool (he claims to have been discharged from the army on the grounds of being a certified idiot) but manages to outwit his superiors and his arch nemesis, the secret policeman "Bretschneider" with hilarious results. Set during the first world war, it follow Schwejks adventures as a recruit in the Austro-Hungarian army.
In February 2022, at the turn of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, therapist Lydia is trying to divorce her husband. Instead of following her daughter’s advice and fleeing the country, Lydia starts helping strangers, becoming a source of transport.
The history of China's Tsinghua University, starting from the beginning of the 20th century, whose several generations of presidents and graduates have devoted themselves to make their country more prosperous.
This 6-hour documentary series recalls one of the most thrilling races in history, between three icons, super powers and ideologies that came together to overcome a greater evil and achieve VE Day. Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin find themselves in an uneasy alliance, fraught with power-struggles, false promises and deadly suspicions of each other. The series paints an in-depth picture of the race to power and victory during the war, to reach VE Day.
Tracing the origins of anti-government extremism by examining a deadly series of historical events that galvanized far right radicals to take violent action.
An autobiographical account that is also the history of Spain during the dark years of the first half of the twentieth century. Spanish writer Arturo Barea (1897-1957) narrates his childhood in Madrid, his harsh experiences in Morocco during the Rif War and his political commitment to the Republican side during the Spanish Civil War.
Marshal Vasilevsky holds a meeting at the headquarters of the Red Army, demanding the liquidation of the Japanese chemical plant in Manchuria and to prevent the explosion of dangerous weapons depots. An echelon of soldiers arrives at the Far Eastern station, including a reconnaissance platoon, which will have to find the plant. The platoon includes Sergeant San Lee, nicknamed Sanya, and his colleague Kuzmin, a former student at the Institute of Oriental Languages. To get information about the location of the plant, the scouts need to get to Harbin and establish contact with the Soviet agent Rybak.
In a powerful household marked by scandal and hidden tensions, one family becomes entangled in the local resistance during the anti-Japanese war—until a child’s tragic discovery exposes a shocking spy conspiracy.