TV Schedule for Smithsonian Channel USA - Pacific

Combat Ships Amphibious Assaults

The evolution of amphibious assault vehicles, including the restoration of Britain's last surviving LCT 7074 landing craft, designed to carry six Churchill tanks.

Combat Ships World Wars

A look at how the role of battleships changed over the course of the First and Second World Wars.

Combat Ships Torpedo Boats

From tests in the River Thames, to the German's deadly U-boat attacks in World War II, this episode explores the silent threat of submarines.

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 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 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 was equipped with fake funnels, while its sailors dressed as women pushing strollers 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.

Combat Ships The Fast and Furious

A look at Naval warfare's fastest combat ships and how the advantage of speed determined the outcome of some of the great seas battles of the last 150 years.

Combat Ships Doomed Vessels

Bad design, human error and the enemy sent great ships to tragic ends, like Britain's K13 submarine and HMS Hood, Sweden's 17th century Vasa, and Kublai Khan's fleet, sunk by the original kamikaze.

Combat Ships Metal War Ships

The evolution from wooden ships to metal ones in the second half of the 19th century is examined.

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.

Air Warriors Stuka Dive Bomber

A look at the rise and fall of the infamous Nazi dive bomber Ju-87 Stuka, an aircraft of World War II.

Air Warriors F-4 Phantom

The inside story of the F-4 Phantom, the U.S. military's go-to fighter for more than four decades.

Air Warriors Top Choppers

The world's most versatile and powerful helicopters, including the Huey that served as a rescue helicopter in Vietnam, and the Apache attack helicopter.

Air Warriors Galaxy

An inside look at the U.S. Air Force's largest aircraft, the C-5 Galaxy; its most dramatic combat and peacetime missions over the last 50 years.

Air Warriors OV-10 Bronco

The Vietnam-era OV-10 Bronco is pulled out of retirement to join the fight against ISIS.

F6F Hellcat

The naval fighter designed to counter the Japanese Zero turns the tide of the war in the Pacific.

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 B-24 Liberator

The most-produced bomber in US history, used during World War II by every branch of the American military, as well as by the Royal Air Force.

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 Mosquito

A look at the British multirole fighter aircraft; the de Havilland Mosquito was used in the Second World War as a bomber, fighter and reconnaissance aircraft.

Air Warriors Hawker Hurricane

The overlooked underdog of British fighter planes; fast and versatile, the dogfighter doubled as a bomber and ground support aircraft in every theatre of WWII.

Air Warriors Tornado

An inside look at the Panavia Tornado's evolution from a Cold War low-level bomber to a high-level fighter-interceptor.

Air Warriors Lancaster

The inside story of the Avro Lancaster, the British bomber that was rushed into service to fight back against Nazi Germany.