Sunday, June 7th TV listings for Smithsonian Channel Canada
How the Nazis Lost the War Strange Bedfellows
Germany's selection of strange bedfellows in the form of despots and dictators comes back to haunt them.
24 Hours That Changed The World 24 Hours: The Fall of Nazi Germany
Exploring the events that occurred twenty-four hours before the unconditional surrender of Germany and Japan, commemorating the eightieth anniversary of the end of the Second World War.
Cosmic Vistas Cosmic Rays
Examining how cosmic rays are produced and what that can tell us about the universe.
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How the Nazis Lost the War Strange Bedfellows
Germany's selection of strange bedfellows in the form of despots and dictators comes back to haunt them.
24 Hours That Changed The World 24 Hours: The Fall of Nazi Germany
Exploring the events that occurred twenty-four hours before the unconditional surrender of Germany and Japan, commemorating the eightieth anniversary of the end of the Second World War.
24 Hours That Changed The World 24 Hours: The Japanese Surrender
On the August 1945; after two U.S. nuclear attacks, Japan's emperor prepares the nation to surrender; the undercover miliary factions plot to fight on; how close did they get to changing history?
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.
The Secret History of World War II D-Day
First-hand accounts, re-creations and expert interviews of D-Day in 1944, where the Allied Forces of Britain, America, Canada and France attacked German forces on the coast of Normandy, France.
The Secret History of World War II Pearl Harbor
The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor triggers the U.S. entering WWII; we reveal the secret stories behind the battle such as that of Dorie Miller.
WWII: Rise of the Tank Mechanised Warfare
Investigate how early concepts of armoured fighting vehicles influenced the creation of the very first tank prototype. See how the muddy battlefields of WW I became a crucial testing ground for a machine that would soon change military history.
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.
The Secret History of World War II D-Day
First-hand accounts, re-creations and expert interviews of D-Day in 1944, where the Allied Forces of Britain, America, Canada and France attacked German forces on the coast of Normandy, France.
The Secret History of World War II Pearl Harbor
The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor triggers the U.S. entering WWII; we reveal the secret stories behind the battle such as that of Dorie Miller.
The Secret History of World War II The Battle of Britain
There are many stories behind the 1940 Battle of Britain, like pilot Bill Millington who sacrifices himself to save civilians.
The Secret History of World War II The Blitz
The tales behind the Blitz; the employment of German speaking radio controllers to confuse Luftwaffe pilots; the French spy who helped the RAF.
The Secret History of World War II Behind Enemy Lines
Exploring the many battles fought out on the banks of the Rhine in 1944 and the secrets behind the lines of the battleground.
Greatest Escapes of World War II
Revisit Colditz Castle, a Nazi fortress where breakouts featured human catapults and clever disguises; meet the pilots who staged the famed Great Escape from a Polish stalag; see how 32 POWs pulled off the Warburg Wire Job in just one minute.
Greatest Escapes of World War II
Relive the Flight of the Crow, a trek across Nazi-occupied Europe; find out how two Austrian mountaineers hiked their way out of the Himalayas, then learn why 378 Japanese POWs risked it all in Australia's bloody Cowra Breakout.
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.
Greatest Escapes of World War II
A mass uprising that shows the world the truth about the Nazis' secret Sobibor death camp; learn how the Davao Dozen break out of a harsh Japanese penal colony and explore how two plucky German pilots plot to get out of Britain.
Greatest Escapes of World War II
Discover the German submarines that caused havoc in the American desert, the playboy pilot they couldn't cage, and the young lovers whose escape defied all odds.
World's Most Scenic River Journeys The Suwannee
Meandering through the black waters of a primordial river immortalized in a folk song.
Mysteries From Above Mysteries of the Misplaced
Peek at landmarks in places where they shouldn't be; wing your way over an imperial pyramid in the Netherlands, a metal sphere in remote Russia, a lion shape carved into an English hillside and a bare swath cut through an Austrian forest.
Extreme Weather Salvage Pirates and Tornadoes
Salvage crews work to install the world's largest environmental protection barrier; flying into a highly volatile region, crews battle pirates, tornadoes, and riots to salvage a wrecked cargo ship.