TV Schedule for Smithsonian Channel USA
Sunday, May 24th TV listings for Smithsonian Channel USA
Apocalypse: World War II World Ablaze
America joins the war; the conflict rages in South-East Asia, North Africa and Russia; the Nazis instigate The Final Solution.
Apocalypse: The Second World War The Noose
The death toll rises as the war reaches its conclusion.
Apocalypse: World War II Inferno
The Allies' heroics keep Hitler from advancing; the Red Army arrives in Berlin.
The Blitz: Days That Changed WWII
The story of Nazi Germany's unprecedented aerial assault on Britain's major cities and how the resilience of its citizens became a news event.
Combat Trains WWII: The Homefront
Eyewitness accounts of how trains were able to bring back troops from Dunkirk, and evacuate hundreds of children to safety during World War II.
The Weapon Hunter D-Day Detonator
A reconstruction of the four key elements of D-Day that made it one of history's greatest battles.
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 colorized footage and testimony reveal the 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 battle of the war when he launches a surprise attack into liberated Belgium.
Liberation: D-Day to Berlin Germany
New colorized footage and testimony reveals the cost of victory, the aftermath of war and the liberation of the camps and the destruction of Germany.
Disasters Engineered Beneath the Surface
Nothing can stop an earthquake and while the ground may feel solid, below our feet, the earth is shifting constantly, sometimes violently.
Disasters Engineered Unnatural Causes New
The 2011 Fukushima nuclear meltdown hit Japan in the wake of a tsunami, creating a crisis on a par with Chernobyl; just a few months later, a lightning strike affected signaling on a bullet train in China, leading to a catastrophic collision.
WWII Battles in Color Blitzkrieg
Rare archive footage charts the German Army in 1940 as it unleashes a new Blitzkrieg tactic.
WWII Battles in Color Barbarossa
Cameras roll as Nazi Germany launches an all-out assault on the Soviet Union.
WWII Battles in Color El Alamein
Footage of life and death on the battlefield of El Alamein and behind the lines in the African desert.
WWII Battles in Color Kursk
The story of the greatest tank battle the world has ever seen.
WWII Battles in Color The Bulge
Eyewitness accounts from those who fought in the US military's bloodiest battle on the European front in World War II.
WWII Battles in Color Berlin
Incredible footage, colorized for the first time, chronicles the final days of the Third Reich and the brutal battle for Berlin, though German defeat looked certain. Nazi soldiers persisted in fighting despite the inevitability of their downfall.
Military cameramen's footage of the Battle of Okinawa shows the intensity of the battle, on land and sea, in vivid color.
Footage of the Pacific campaign during World War II and Japan's downfall.
The war was over in Europe but in the Pacific one of the bloodiest battles was being fought; a look at the bloody and history-altering final 100 days of the Pacific War, shown through rare war footage and first-person accounts.
Memorial May: The Pacific War 1
Explore the rising tensions between the U.S. and Japan before WWII. Rare color footage and firsthand accounts reveal how two nations on opposite sides of the Pacific were drawn into a devastating conflict.
Memorial May: The Pacific War 1
Explore the rising tensions between the U.S. and Japan before WWII. Rare color footage and firsthand accounts reveal how two nations on opposite sides of the Pacific were drawn into a devastating conflict.
Memorial May: The Pacific War 1
Explore the rising tensions between the U.S. and Japan before WWII. Rare color footage and firsthand accounts reveal how two nations on opposite sides of the Pacific were drawn into a devastating conflict.