TV Schedule for Smithsonian Channel USA - Pacific
Thursday, May 8th TV listings for Smithsonian Channel USA - Pacific
Air Disasters Cockpit Failure
Bad weather and a series of errors lead to the 2001 crash of a plane on its approach to Zurich Airport.
Air Disasters Engines Out
When an aircraft loses total engine power, a pilot's training can make all the difference in the world, but it's still up to investigators to determine what went wrong.
Air Disasters Instrument Confusion
When critical instruments in the cockpit can't be trusted, the consequences can be fatal.
Combat Ships Secrets of the Sea
Stories of espionage at sea, including deadly U-boat cat-and-mouse games during WWI, the sinking of the Lusitania, a gun-smuggling private yacht that made history, and liners turned troopships.
Combat Ships Courageous Captains
Exploring maritime heroes who left their mark on history through their bravery and skill, including Larry Chambers, Ernest Evans, and Robert Smalls.
Combat Ships The Battle of Trafalgar
The legendary Battle of Trafalgar in 1805, which pitted Napoleon's French ships against a British armada under the command of Admiral Horatio Nelson.
Combat Ships Heroes of Guadalcanal
A comprehensive look at the naval battle of Guadalcanal in November 1942 and the heroic efforts of U.S. sailors who held off powerful Imperial Navy.
Combat Ships Smugglers and Pirates
A look at how maritime task forces and the Coast Guard are keeping commercial vessels and US shores safe from pirates and drug smugglers.
Combat Ships The Battle of Leyte Gulf
It is considered the largest sea battle in history: the Battle of Leyte Gulf in WWII was three days of ingenious strategy and white-knuckle combat between warships, aircraft and kamikazes.
Combat Ships The Battle of Incheon
A portrayal of a crucial September 1950 military operation that helped the UN and ROK gain the upper hand over North Korea in the Korean War.
Combat Ships Lightning Strikes
Examining some of maritime history's most effective lightning strikes; how the French frigate Nivôse set a trap to lure Somali pirates; how the HMS Illustrious captured a well-defended Mediterranean harbor in WWII; a surprise attack on Tokyo in 1942.
Combat Ships Secrets and Lies
A look at how the art of deception was used by naval forces in the first half of the 20th century; in 1939, the German raider Atlantis is equipped with fake funnels, while its sailors dressed as women pushing prams to fool Allied merchant ships.
Combat Ships Galleons and Privateers
Revolutionary ship design helped Sir John Hawkins and Sir Francis Drake lead England to defeat the Spanish Armada and become a world power.
America's Secret D-Day Disaster
The Allied forces' top-secret rehearsal for D-Day that went wrong.
Combat Ships Metal War Ships
The evolution from wooden ships to metal ones in the second half of the 19th century is examined.
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.
Liberation: D-Day to Berlin France
In 1944 the Allied invasion of Nazi-occupied Europe brings the hope of freedom and the devastation of war to the people of France.
Liberation: D-Day to Berlin Belgium and the Netherlands
New colourized footage and testimony reveal the true cost paid by the Allies and civilians to free Belgium and the Netherlands from Nazi occupation.
Liberation: D-Day to Berlin Hitler Strikes Back
In late 1944 Hitler forces the Americans into their biggest and bloodiest battle of the war when he launches a surprise attack into liberated Belgium.
Liberation: D-Day to Berlin Germany
New colourized footage and testimony reveals the cost of victory, the aftermath of war and the liberation of the camps and the destruction of Germany.
First-person accounts and rare color footage detail the final 100 days of World War II in Europe.
Air Warriors C-17
The inside story of the massive military transport aircraft, the C-17.
The Spitfire's legend and role in the Battle of Britain.