Saturday, August 16th TV listings for Smithsonian Channel Canada
Canada: Over the Edge Gaspe Peninsula
The natural wonders of the Gaspe Peninsula.
Canada: Over the Edge Eastern Shore, New Brunswick
Incredible rock formations, peat farms and some of the East Coast's impressive sand dunes.
Abandoned Engineering Quest for Power
A look at disused structures that used to be at the forefront of the world's power supply, including Budapest's Kelenfold Power Station and New York's Wardenclyffe Tower.
WWII's Most Daring Raids Storming Mussolini's Island
The first invasion of the Italian Campaign of WWII: Operation Husky.
WWII's Most Daring Raids Cutting Rommel's Lifeline
A secret British regiment in 1942 led a daring raid on a Nazi-occupied Libyan harbor.
WWII's Most Daring Raids Secret Weapon Sabotage
An elite squad of Norwegians destroy a power plant in 1943 that the Nazis may have been using for nuclear weapons research.
Air Warriors A-10 Warthog
The history of the mean and ugly jet aircraft, the A-10 Warthog.
Air Warriors Prowler-Growler
Electronic warfare aircraft; the EA-6B Prowler; the EA-18G Growler.
Make It Out Alive San Francisco Quake
When a magnitude 6.9 earthquake strikes San Francisco in 1989, the city is thrown into chaos.
The Secret History of World War II Dunkirk
First-hand accounts, recreations and expert interviews of the battle of Dunkirk, and how soldiers were trapped on the French beach by German forces.
Hitler's Last Stand Castle Valor
A platoon of American Buffalo Soldiers exceeds all expectations to advance on a Nazi-occupied castle in the foothills of Northern Italy.
WWII Battles in Color Barbarossa
Cameras roll as Nazi Germany launches an all-out assault on the Soviet Union.
Untold Arctic Wars Race for the North
The German war industry urgently needs more iron; Hitler has his eye on the Norwegian coast and especially on the harbor of Narvik, through which iron ore is shipped from Sweden.
World of Warships Clash of Titans The Story Of The French
On July 3, 1940, the British fleet attacks the French navy at Mers el-Kébir, Algeria; in ten minutes, Bretagne sank, Mogador was destroyed, and Provence and Dunkerque were grounded.
WWII Battles in Color Barbarossa
Cameras roll as Nazi Germany launches an all-out assault on the Soviet Union.
Untold Arctic Wars Race for the North
The German war industry urgently needs more iron; Hitler has his eye on the Norwegian coast and especially on the harbor of Narvik, through which iron ore is shipped from Sweden.
World of Warships Clash of Titans The Story Of The French
On July 3, 1940, the British fleet attacks the French navy at Mers el-Kébir, Algeria; in ten minutes, Bretagne sank, Mogador was destroyed, and Provence and Dunkerque were grounded.
Abandoned Engineering Quest for Power
A look at disused structures that used to be at the forefront of the world's power supply, including Budapest's Kelenfold Power Station and New York's Wardenclyffe Tower.
WWII Battles in Color Barbarossa
Cameras roll as Nazi Germany launches an all-out assault on the Soviet Union.