TV Schedule for Smithsonian Channel USA - Pacific HD
Saturday, May 24th TV listings for Smithsonian Channel USA - Pacific HD
Air Disasters Runway Breakup
Caught in a major tropical storm, a 737 crashes just short of the runway on a Caribbean island, but the accident may not have been weather-related.
Air Disasters Terror Over Egypt
When a plane carrying Russian tourists crashes in Egypt, investigators face political tensions and terrorist claims in their search for the truth.
Air Disasters Free Fall
A computer glitch causes a highly automated Qantas Airways flight to nearly fall out of the sky; Australian investigators must find the cause before it happens again.
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.
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.
America's Secret D-Day Disaster
The Allied forces' top-secret rehearsal for D-Day that went wrong.
A retelling of the D-Day invasion and its critical naval operation involving an armada of diverse and ingenious vessels.
How the legendary "Dambuster" bomber squadron of WWII fooled Nazi Germany into believing the Allied invasion was going to be at Calais, rather than Normandy, and went to on to destroy Hitler's super weapons.
The Battle of Normandy: 85 Days in Hell
On D-Day, Allied forces land in Normandy, France, to beat back the German troops and liberate France; previously unseen archival footage captures the 85-day struggle to liberate Europe and includes rare images of the battle itself.
The Pacific War in Color An Ocean Apart
A look at life in the Pacific before, during, and after the attack on Pearl Harbor, presented through home movies and combat footage.
The Pacific War in Color Shockwaves
Months after the Pearl Harbor attack, shock waves reverberate in every corner of the Pacific; Americans deploy to stem the enemy's advance; after culture clashes, Allied forces later bond over efforts to thwart Japan's move to control New Guinea.
The Pacific War in Color Island Hopping
In 1943, the United States engages in a new series of island-hopping invasions; the first stop is the Tarawa Atoll, where troops embark upon the largest amphibious invasion ever staged in the Pacific to fight one of the costliest battles of the war.
The Pacific War in Color The Enemy Underground
By the summer of 1944, the United States is gaining the upper hand in the Pacific War with better training, troop numbers and supply lines; it aims for the heart of Japan's inner defense ring, engaging in a naval battle for Saipan in the Marianas.
The Pacific War in Color Striking Distance
Allied forces move to take the valuable islands of Tinian and Guam that threaten American air operations; meanwhile, Gen. Curtis LeMay is tasked with planning and executing a fire bombing campaign against Japan.
The Pacific War in Color Fire From the Sky
Allies slug it out on the island of Peleliu in a campaign to pave the way for Gen. MacArthur's return to the Philippines; footage shows troops enduring the muddy muck in the Philippines; Japan unveils a devastating new tactic, the kamikaze.
The Pacific War in Color No Surrender
By the spring of 1945, the United States begins to take back the Philippines; on Borneo, the Australians invade Labuan; when the United States invades Okinawa, Japan makes a strong stand and launches the biggest kamikaze attacks of the war.
The Pacific War in Color From the Ashes
President Harry Truman decides to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki; Emperor Hirohito surrenders, and Gen. Douglas MacArthur arrives to oversee the country's occupation; mortal enemies must now become partners in Japan's rebirth.
Hell Below The Wolfpack
Germany devastated Allied ships in the Atlantic, thanks to the new wolf pack tactic in 1940.
Hell Below Hitler's Revenge
The Nazi campaign to send U-boats across the Atlantic to the U.S. at the beginning of Operation Drumbeat.
Hell Below America Fights Back
U.S. submarine skippers change the course of the WWII after entering the war and taking the fight to Japanese warships.