TV Schedule for Military History
Friday, August 29th TV listings for Military History
History's Raiders PT Boats in the Pacific
PT Boats sailed to the aid of Europe with great speed during World War II.
Dead Men's Secrets Secrets of Hitler's Special Forces
Hitler's elite special forces carry out some of the most daring raids of World War II, including the rescue of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini from his mountaintop prison.
The Three Wars of the Battleship Missouri
The behemoth serves in World War II, the Korean War, and Desert Storm.
Members of the 505 Regimental Combat Team become the first American soldiers to set foot on Hitler's "Fortress Europe."
Ancient Discoveries Riots and Revolutions
A secret manual explains how the Vietnamese defeated the United States in the 20th century and the Mongols 700 years earlier; King Mithridates; the invention of booby-traps and letter bombs; Spartacus revolts against the Roman Empire.
Mail Call Knight's Armor; WWI Backpack; Landmine
Parts of 15th-century armor; World War I infantry backpack; ingredients of a land mine.
Mail Call Flak Vest; Medieval Crossbow; WWI Pilots
Body armor; accuracy of a medieval crossbow; how World War I pilots shot through their propellers.
History's Raiders PT Boats in the Pacific
PT Boats sailed to the aid of Europe with great speed during World War II.
Dead Men's Secrets Secrets of Hitler's Special Forces
Hitler's elite special forces carry out some of the most daring raids of World War II, including the rescue of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini from his mountaintop prison.
The Three Wars of the Battleship Missouri
The behemoth serves in World War II, the Korean War, and Desert Storm.
Dead Men's Secrets America's Secret War
U.S. intelligence gathering develops during World War II through the Office of Strategic Services and the Allied Intelligence Bureau.
Modern Marvels The Maginot Line
France builds a defensive string of forts between itself and Germany.
Modern Marvels Strategic Air Command
At the height of the Cold War, the Strategic Air Command controls thousands of nuclear weapons, planes and missiles.
During the Cold War, much of the Soviet Union's economy goes into developing weapons.
Mail Call Civil War Cannoneers; Night Vision; Clearing a Minefield
Aiming Civil War artillery pieces; how night-vision technology works; how to clear a minefield.
Mail Call Landing Craft, Air Cushion Hovercraft (LCAC); U.S. Cavalry Saddles; Gas Masks
Operating the LCAC; cavalry saddles, used in the Old West; how gas masks work.
History's Raiders Search & Rescue in the Balkans
In June 1995, two U.S. Air Force F-16 fighter-bombers are engaged by surface to air missiles from Serb territory.
Modern Marvels Strategic Air Command
At the height of the Cold War, the Strategic Air Command controls thousands of nuclear weapons, planes and missiles.
During the Cold War, much of the Soviet Union's economy goes into developing weapons.
Mail Call Civil War Cannoneers; Night Vision; Clearing a Minefield
Aiming Civil War artillery pieces; how night-vision technology works; how to clear a minefield.
Mail Call Landing Craft, Air Cushion Hovercraft (LCAC); U.S. Cavalry Saddles; Gas Masks
Operating the LCAC; cavalry saddles, used in the Old West; how gas masks work.
History's Raiders Search & Rescue in the Balkans
In June 1995, two U.S. Air Force F-16 fighter-bombers are engaged by surface to air missiles from Serb territory.
Dead Men's Secrets America's Secret War
U.S. intelligence gathering develops during World War II through the Office of Strategic Services and the Allied Intelligence Bureau.
Modern Marvels The Maginot Line
France builds a defensive string of forts between itself and Germany.
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Mail Call Civil War Cannoneers; Night Vision; Clearing a Minefield
Aiming Civil War artillery pieces; how night-vision technology works; how to clear a minefield.
Mail Call Landing Craft, Air Cushion Hovercraft (LCAC); U.S. Cavalry Saddles; Gas Masks
Operating the LCAC; cavalry saddles, used in the Old West; how gas masks work.