Saturday, April 25th TV listings for Smithsonian Channel Canada
Extreme Airport Africa Flight Of The Pangolin
A bush airport fights fire with fire; flying Namibian cowboys race against the heat to save antelope from drought; a father and son duo of mechanics tackle a test that can make or break their careers, and an endangered Pangolin.
Extreme Airport Africa Penguin Airlift
An SOS from an island of penguins sends a helicopter team on an emergency mission; a young pilot attempts a record-breaking flight; aircraft maintenance teams tackle a dangerous fluid leak; vets in Zambia stop a war between humans and elephants.
Canada 1812: Forged in Fire Isaac Brock
Isaac Brock's daring made him a hero, but may also be his flaw.
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Discover how an invasion set the stage for collapse in the era's great cities.
Untold Arctic Wars The Cold Playground of Spies
A different view of the events in the Arctic during World War II, with unknown details; a focus on the struggle of the great powers for control of the area and its natural resources.
WWII's Most Daring Raids Churchill Strikes Back
British Commandos raid two occupied Norwegian islands to wipe out fish oil factories used to make explosives.
WWII Battles in Color El Alamein
Footage of life and death on the battlefield of El Alamein and behind the lines in the African desert.
Untold Arctic Wars Hitler's Big Gamble
Investigate the costs of Hitler's Soviet invasion, which aims to give the Nazis control over a key nickel mine and a transportation hub; seeing how this summer battle turns into a bitter winter war as the Allies tighten their grip on the Arctic.
Hell Below The Hunted
Retracing the steps of a German U-boat that's willing to do anything to replace its dwindling fuel and food stores, and get back to port; examining how the crew, plagued by scurvy, turns the tables on the US submarines that try to ram their ship.
WWII's Most Daring Raids Churchill Strikes Back
British Commandos raid two occupied Norwegian islands to wipe out fish oil factories used to make explosives.
Untold Arctic Wars Hitler's Big Gamble
Investigate the costs of Hitler's Soviet invasion, which aims to give the Nazis control over a key nickel mine and a transportation hub; seeing how this summer battle turns into a bitter winter war as the Allies tighten their grip on the Arctic.
Greatest Escapes of World War II
Examine how German soldiers used an erotic painting and other decoys to distract their captors as they tunnelled out of Island Farm POW camp in Wales; see how American bombardiers were smuggled out of Russia, and study a wartime Trojan Horse plot.
Hitler's Last Stand Suicide Hill
A Japanese American regiment fights through darkened forests, heavy rains and entrenched Nazis to reach a lost U.S. battalion in the Vosges Mountains.
Murderous History Edinburgh Body Snatchers
When a woman is found dead in the cellar of an Edinburgh doctor in 1828, police uncover a murky world where murders are being committed for money.
Greatest Escapes of World War II
Examine how German soldiers used an erotic painting and other decoys to distract their captors as they tunnelled out of Island Farm POW camp in Wales; see how American bombardiers were smuggled out of Russia, and study a wartime Trojan Horse plot.
Hitler's Last Stand Suicide Hill
A Japanese American regiment fights through darkened forests, heavy rains and entrenched Nazis to reach a lost U.S. battalion in the Vosges Mountains.
Murderous History Edinburgh Body Snatchers
When a woman is found dead in the cellar of an Edinburgh doctor in 1828, police uncover a murky world where murders are being committed for money.
Hitler's Last Stand Suicide Hill
A Japanese American regiment fights through darkened forests, heavy rains and entrenched Nazis to reach a lost U.S. battalion in the Vosges Mountains.
Legends of the Pharaohs The Tyrant King
Investigating whether the pharaoh who ordered the building of the Great Pyramid of Giza was really the tyrant he was said to be.
Murderous History Edinburgh Body Snatchers
When a woman is found dead in the cellar of an Edinburgh doctor in 1828, police uncover a murky world where murders are being committed for money.
Hitler's Last Stand Suicide Hill
A Japanese American regiment fights through darkened forests, heavy rains and entrenched Nazis to reach a lost U.S. battalion in the Vosges Mountains.
Air Warriors F-14 Tomcat
The true story of the F-14 Tomcat, the military aircraft made famous in "Top Gun"; how it served as the US Navy's top carrier fighter for a generation.
Air Warriors PBY Catalina
A look at the amphibious aircraft and the many roles it served during WWII, from patrol bomber to search-and-rescue aircraft.
Air Warriors B-17 Flying Fortress
The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress is one of the most lethal bombers of the U.S. Air Force in WWII's European and Pacific campaigns; among other things, the plane delivered food to the German-occupied Netherlands.