TV Schedule for Smithsonian Channel USA HD
Thursday, May 23rd TV listings for Smithsonian Channel USA HD
WWII's Most Daring Raids Stealing Hitler's Radar
An elite group of British paratroopers launch a midnight raid in order to capture Hitler's unusual radar equipment.
WWII's Most Daring Raids Easy Company's First Assault
American paratroopers are dropped behind German lines on D-Day in order to secure territory behind the beaches.
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.
Atomic Age Declassified Born With the Bomb
Recently declassified U.S. government documents reveal hidden secrets about the nuclear arms race.
Atomic Age Declassified Spies in Space
An inside look at the Manned Orbiting Laboratory, a top-secret military spy station developed during the Cold War.
Atomic Age Declassified Filming the Bomb
During the Cold War, the U.S. government partners with Hollywood to create films for scientific research, military training and propaganda.
100 Missions: Surviving Vietnam
An inside look at the USAF's bombing operation over North Vietnam in the late 1960s and each pilot's goal to reach 100 missions to earn his ticket home.
U.S. Army gun truckers are assigned trucks that are woefully under equipped for protecting vital convoys; the truckers scavenge parts and weapons to turn these unarmed trucks into five-ton killing machines during the war.
Top-secret communications between POWs and U.S. intelligence in the Vietnam War.
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.
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 Storming Mussolini's Island
The first invasion of the Italian Campaign of WWII: Operation Husky.
WWII's Most Daring Raids Stealing Hitler's Radar
An elite group of British paratroopers launch a midnight raid in order to capture Hitler's unusual radar equipment.
WWII's Most Daring Raids Easy Company's First Assault
American paratroopers are dropped behind German lines on D-Day in order to secure territory behind the beaches.
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.
Atomic Age Declassified Born With the Bomb
Recently declassified U.S. government documents reveal hidden secrets about the nuclear arms race.
Atomic Age Declassified Spies in Space
An inside look at the Manned Orbiting Laboratory, a top-secret military spy station developed during the Cold War.
Atomic Age Declassified Filming the Bomb
During the Cold War, the U.S. government partners with Hollywood to create films for scientific research, military training and propaganda.
Air Disasters Racing the Storm
An MD-82 crash lands in Arkansas during a severe thunderstorm, but investigators believe weather was not the main reason for the accident.
Air Disasters Missing Over New York
Avianca Flight 52 is delayed numerous times by bad weather en route and is dangerously low on fuel as it attempts a landing at New York City.
Air Disasters Cockpit Killer
When an African airliner mysteriously crashes, Namibian investigators have to rule out a host of possible causes before reaching a their conclusion.
Air Disasters Terror in Paradise
On 9 August 2007, Air Moorea Flight 1121 crashes shortly after taking off from Moorea Airport in French Polynesia, killing all 19 passengers and the pilot.
Air Disasters Out of Control
A simple error years prior causes the deadliest single-plane crash in history.
Air Disasters Peril Over Portugal
On December 21, 1992, Martinair Flight 495 crashes off the right side of the runway while attempting to land at Faro Airport in Faro, Portugal, in severe weather conditions, killing 56 of the 340 people on board.