Viasat History

March 1945: a special unit of the SS feels disturbed by wandering forced labourers in the West when their commander orders a massacre; this was a war crime that remained unpunished for decades.

As a witness to some of the darkest chapters of human history, Polish officer Witold Pilecki was the first man to inform the Allies about the reality of the Holocaust from inside Auschwitz.

A burning story of love and power took place in Alexandria's sumptuous palaces; this ancient jewel of the Mediterranean brings to light relics that allow us to reconstruct the queen's true face.

The invasion of Poland forces even resistant nations into declaring war. Chamberlain is replaced by Winston Churchill. Now hardly-remembered early naval encounters start to shape the war.

From Lugers to MG42 machine guns and the Pak40 anti-tank gun, James Holland uncovers how the craftsmanship of German weapons engineering was totally unsuited to fighting a long attritional war.

A burning story of love and power took place in Alexandria's sumptuous palaces; this ancient jewel of the Mediterranean brings to light relics that allow us to reconstruct the queen's true face.

This documentary tells the story of a typical day in 1944 at the concentration camp of Auschwitz; it is based on a unique document which is kept in the Israeli memorial site of Yad Vashem.

Discoveries in Egypt in the 19th and 20th centuries included strange zodiacs, hymns to Egypt's solar god, and heretical Christian texts. These threatened to shake the foundations of Christianity.

We discover an intriguing new theory about Göbekli Tepe in southern Turkey; one of the world's oldest mysteries dating back over 12,000 years, we still don't understand who built it or why.

Stonehenge is a 5,000 year-old mystery; now the discovery and dating of an ancient mass grave at the Stonehenge site is suggesting that this iconic site began as a Neolithic graveyard.

This documentary tells the story of a typical day in 1944 at the concentration camp of Auschwitz; it is based on a unique document which is kept in the Israeli memorial site of Yad Vashem.

Cleopatra did not hesitate to eliminate her enemies... even if they were family members; archaeologists enter the only Ptolemaic mausoleum ever discovered to shed light on the queen's family.

Hitler offers a scapegoat: the Jews.

Nazism and fascism shared a hatred for the Freemasons, the most powerful society of their times; we investigate the reasons for fascism's obsession with Freemasonry and uncover its consequences.

War explodes across Western Europe. The Germans' mobile armour, airborne troops and airpower on the battlefield makes their assault unstoppable. France is ready to fall to the Nazis.

This documentary tells the story of a typical day in 1944 at the concentration camp of Auschwitz; it is based on a unique document which is kept in the Israeli memorial site of Yad Vashem.

Stonehenge is a 5,000 year-old mystery; now the discovery and dating of an ancient mass grave at the Stonehenge site is suggesting that this iconic site began as a Neolithic graveyard.

Laser surveys lead the team to undiscovered jungle temples, ground-penetrating radar reveals how kings took new territory, and could a huge jungle pyramid expose the makings of a mysterious cult?

Cleopatra did not hesitate to eliminate her enemies... even if they were family members; archaeologists enter the only Ptolemaic mausoleum ever discovered to shed light on the queen's family.

Hitler offers a scapegoat: the Jews.

War explodes across Western Europe. The Germans' mobile armour, airborne troops and airpower on the battlefield makes their assault unstoppable. France is ready to fall to the Nazis.

Nazism and fascism shared a hatred for the Freemasons, the most powerful society of their times; we investigate the reasons for fascism's obsession with Freemasonry and uncover its consequences.

Newfound writings have turned the history of Christianity upside down; did Jesus marry Mary Magdalene and have children with her? We try to solve one of the world's most puzzling mysteries.

Cleopatra did not hesitate to eliminate her enemies... even if they were family members; archaeologists enter the only Ptolemaic mausoleum ever discovered to shed light on the queen's family.

The Night of the Long Knives is considered the first act of horror committed by the Nazis; this first episode sheds light on the sequence of events that led to this night of unprecedented violence.

War explodes across Western Europe. The Germans' mobile armour, airborne troops and airpower on the battlefield makes their assault unstoppable. France is ready to fall to the Nazis.

Nazism and fascism shared a hatred for the Freemasons, the most powerful society of their times; we investigate the reasons for fascism's obsession with Freemasonry and uncover its consequences.

Cleopatra did not hesitate to eliminate her enemies... even if they were family members; archaeologists enter the only Ptolemaic mausoleum ever discovered to shed light on the queen's family.

Newfound writings have turned the history of Christianity upside down; did Jesus marry Mary Magdalene and have children with her? We try to solve one of the world's most puzzling mysteries.

Laser surveys lead the team to undiscovered jungle temples, ground-penetrating radar reveals how kings took new territory, and could a huge jungle pyramid expose the makings of a mysterious cult?

The remains of 7,000 humans were discovered in the Hal Saflieni Hypogeum, Malta's Neolithic temple; could the temple reveal the mystery of who they belonged to and what happened to its owners?

One of the grizzliest finds in Roman archaeology - the decapitated heads of over 80 battle-scarred skeletons, all buried in the same ritualistic manner nearly 2000 years ago. Who were these people?

Newfound writings have turned the history of Christianity upside down; did Jesus marry Mary Magdalene and have children with her? We try to solve one of the world's most puzzling mysteries.

The team uses drones to explore one of the world's largest ancient water systems, and ancient weapons and traces of a colossal iron industry reveal the truth behind the power of the Khmer military.

After delving in the Battle of Actium, this final episode takes us to Alexandria, where Cleopatra and her lover ended their lives; will this investigation finally lead to the legendary queen's tomb?

The question now is how to force capitulation.

Nazism and fascism shared a hatred for the Freemasons, the most powerful society of their times; we investigate the reasons for fascism's obsession with Freemasonry and uncover its consequences.

A look at the events that lead up to the Second World War using archive footage and eye witnesses.

Newfound writings have turned the history of Christianity upside down; did Jesus marry Mary Magdalene and have children with her? We try to solve one of the world's most puzzling mysteries.

One of the grizzliest finds in Roman archaeology - the decapitated heads of over 80 battle-scarred skeletons, all buried in the same ritualistic manner nearly 2000 years ago. Who were these people?

The team uses drones to explore one of the world's largest ancient water systems, and ancient weapons and traces of a colossal iron industry reveal the truth behind the power of the Khmer military.

After delving in the Battle of Actium, this final episode takes us to Alexandria, where Cleopatra and her lover ended their lives; will this investigation finally lead to the legendary queen's tomb?

The question now is how to force capitulation.

A look at the events that lead up to the Second World War using archive footage and eye witnesses.

Nazism and fascism shared a hatred for the Freemasons, the most powerful society of their times; we investigate the reasons for fascism's obsession with Freemasonry and uncover its consequences.

Viasat History. Spanning from the Columbian mountains to the deserts of Peru, the discoveries made in this archaeological investigation revolutionise our perception of gold and its role over the last 500 years.

After delving in the Battle of Actium, this final episode takes us to Alexandria, where Cleopatra and her lover ended their lives; will this investigation finally lead to the legendary queen's tomb?

1934: from June 29th to July 2nd, Hitler achieved a wave of killings and even eliminated his only friend, but what really happened? Was Hitler in full control of the destructive power he personified?

A look at the events that lead up to the Second World War using archive footage and eye witnesses.

Nazism and fascism shared a hatred for the Freemasons, the most powerful society of their times; we investigate the reasons for fascism's obsession with Freemasonry and uncover its consequences.

After delving in the Battle of Actium, this final episode takes us to Alexandria, where Cleopatra and her lover ended their lives; will this investigation finally lead to the legendary queen's tomb?

Viasat History. Spanning from the Columbian mountains to the deserts of Peru, the discoveries made in this archaeological investigation revolutionise our perception of gold and its role over the last 500 years.

The team uses drones to explore one of the world's largest ancient water systems, and ancient weapons and traces of a colossal iron industry reveal the truth behind the power of the Khmer military.

The crucifixion of Jesus changed the world; how much of our understanding of this event is true, and what answers can be found in the Holy Land to back up the Bible's story?

The crucifixion of Jesus changed the world; how much of our understanding of this event is true, and what answers can be found in the Holy Land to back up the Bible's story?

Newfound writings have turned the history of Christianity upside down; did Jesus marry Mary Magdalene and have children with her? We try to solve one of the world's most puzzling mysteries.

Laser surveys lead the team to undiscovered jungle temples, ground-penetrating radar reveals how kings took new territory, and could a huge jungle pyramid expose the makings of a mysterious cult?

The team uses drones to explore one of the world's largest ancient water systems, and ancient weapons and traces of a colossal iron industry reveal the truth behind the power of the Khmer military.

This documentary tells the story of a typical day in 1944 at the concentration camp of Auschwitz; it is based on a unique document which is kept in the Israeli memorial site of Yad Vashem.

Hitler used confrontations between economic crises and street violence to provoke the need for more authoritarian power; the "ordinary man with political genius" became the 'Chancellor of Peace'.

Decoding tools reveal exchanges between the Führer and his allies; Hitler morphs from political leader to military strategist; the masters of the Reich unleash a world war in seven years.

We look at the conversations at the heart of German power; the deciphering of archive images allows us to understand the motivations of the Nazi regime in their conquest of Europe.

We look at the Nazi hegemony from 1941 to its decline in 1945; deciphered archives show us the greatest offensive of the 20th century in the East as well as the apocalypse of a ruined Germany.

At the outbreak of World War II, the Nazis had the finest airforce in the entire world; James Holland learns how internecine squabbles led the Nazi High Command on the catastrophic road to defeat.

James Holland uncovers the truth behind Hitler's feared Panzer divisions and explores how the German obsession with over-engineering their armoured vehicles brought about their downfall.

James Holland explores the U-boat fleet - from one-man torpedoes to the Type XXI - and uncovers how Hitler's failure to understand maritime warfare held the key to the outcome of World War II.

From Lugers to MG42 machine guns and the Pak40 anti-tank gun, James Holland uncovers how the craftsmanship of German weapons engineering was totally unsuited to fighting a long attritional war.

This documentary tells the story of a typical day in 1944 at the concentration camp of Auschwitz; it is based on a unique document which is kept in the Israeli memorial site of Yad Vashem.

Was Adolf Hitler a master of war or a maker of war? His obsessive quest for territorial domination led to early triumphs, but his refusal to listen to his generals led to catastrophic failures.

March 6th, 1945: Cologne is the first German city to fall to the Allies. Stalin plans to conquer Berlin before the other Allies arrive; the Wochenschau stokes up fear of the Red Army.

We look at the Nazi hegemony from 1941 to its decline in 1945; deciphered archives show us the greatest offensive of the 20th century in the East as well as the apocalypse of a ruined Germany.

This documentary tells the story of a typical day in 1944 at the concentration camp of Auschwitz; it is based on a unique document which is kept in the Israeli memorial site of Yad Vashem.

Viasat History. Spanning from the Columbian mountains to the deserts of Peru, the discoveries made in this archaeological investigation revolutionise our perception of gold and its role over the last 500 years.

Newfound writings have turned the history of Christianity upside down; did Jesus marry Mary Magdalene and have children with her? We try to solve one of the world's most puzzling mysteries.

The remains of hundreds of children and juvenile llamas dating back to the 15th century have been found in Peru - a team of scientists investigates the circumstances behind these sacrifices.

Laser surveys lead the team to undiscovered jungle temples, ground-penetrating radar reveals how kings took new territory, and could a huge jungle pyramid expose the makings of a mysterious cult?

The team uses drones to explore one of the world's largest ancient water systems, and ancient weapons and traces of a colossal iron industry reveal the truth behind the power of the Khmer military.

Thousands of people were dosed with LSD by the CIA; did the CIA murder its own people, poison a whole French town, experiment on New Yorkers and assassinate Bobby Kennedy?

The location of King Solomon's Mines has been a mystery for hundreds of years; new evidence has led to an amazing discovery. Might Solomon's wealth have come from the copper mines of southern Israel?

Was Adolf Hitler a master of war or a maker of war? His obsessive quest for territorial domination led to early triumphs, but his refusal to listen to his generals led to catastrophic failures.

March 6th, 1945: Cologne is the first German city to fall to the Allies. Stalin plans to conquer Berlin before the other Allies arrive; the Wochenschau stokes up fear of the Red Army.

We look at the Nazi hegemony from 1941 to its decline in 1945; deciphered archives show us the greatest offensive of the 20th century in the East as well as the apocalypse of a ruined Germany.

Laser surveys lead the team to undiscovered jungle temples, ground-penetrating radar reveals how kings took new territory, and could a huge jungle pyramid expose the makings of a mysterious cult?

The team uses drones to explore one of the world's largest ancient water systems, and ancient weapons and traces of a colossal iron industry reveal the truth behind the power of the Khmer military.

Viasat History. Spanning from the Columbian mountains to the deserts of Peru, the discoveries made in this archaeological investigation revolutionise our perception of gold and its role over the last 500 years.

Viasat History. We meet a team of Egyptologists in Luxor; they are intrigued by a richly adorned tomb where they try to uncover the secrets of its priests, scribes, painters, engravers and builders.

Viasat History. We meet a team of Egyptologists in Luxor; they are intrigued by a richly adorned tomb where they try to uncover the secrets of its priests, scribes, painters, engravers and builders.

Mysterious objects are uncovered on a Welsh farm, triggering a major archaeological investigation; discover the remarkable and violent story of the war of resistance in the Roman Empire's Wild West.

Professor Salima Ikram shows us an extraordinary series of reliefs and inscriptions about Ramses' battles with the "Sea People" at Ramses III's mortuary temple at Medinet Habu in Egypt.

Around 1200 B.C. / B.C.E.: Bronze Age people are on the move across the Eastern Mediterranean and sacking and burning the great centres of civilisation as they go.

For decades most experts have been convinced that Africa is the cradle of mankind, but researchers have come across more finds in recent years that cast doubt on this well-established theory.

At Pompeii, in the biggest dig in a generation, archaeologists excavate a new city block.

The first empress of Rome, the ruthless Livia Drusilla, carved a corpse-strewn path to putting her own son on the emperor's throne before her golden dynasty descended into an age of terror.

Mary Beard uncovers the hidden world of the emperors of Rome.

March 6th, 1945: Cologne is the first German city to fall to the Allies. Stalin plans to conquer Berlin before the other Allies arrive; the Wochenschau stokes up fear of the Red Army.

Was Adolf Hitler a master of war or a maker of war? His obsessive quest for territorial domination led to early triumphs, but his refusal to listen to his generals led to catastrophic failures.

We look at the Nazi hegemony from 1941 to its decline in 1945; deciphered archives show us the greatest offensive of the 20th century in the East as well as the apocalypse of a ruined Germany.

Newfound writings have turned the history of Christianity upside down; did Jesus marry Mary Magdalene and have children with her? We try to solve one of the world's most puzzling mysteries.

Viasat History. Spanning from the Columbian mountains to the deserts of Peru, the discoveries made in this archaeological investigation revolutionise our perception of gold and its role over the last 500 years.

Experts look to uncover the truth behind the mystery of Mary Magdalene's life after witnessing the resurrection.

A team of experts investigate the methods Hitler used to indoctrinate Germany, turning it into a finely-tuned war machine; we visit Goebbels' Propaganda Ministry and the holiday park of Prora.

The ten plagues in the Bible's book of Exodus is one of the strangest stories ever told; new evidence suggests these events were real natural phenomena with one single catastrophic cause.

Viasat History. Spanning from the Columbian mountains to the deserts of Peru, the discoveries made in this archaeological investigation revolutionise our perception of gold and its role over the last 500 years.

Was an ancient glass scarab in Tutankhamun's tomb created by forces that are literally out of this world, and does a 4,000-year-old tablet really have building instructions for Noah's Ark?

Leading experts in their field try to unravel the mystery behind fascinating and doomed objects including Tutankhamun's tomb, the Terracotta Army, the Hope Diamond and the Amber Room.

This episode focuses on Guernsey, an island which Hitler occupied and fortified over the course of five years.

Some of the most nauseating Nazi experiments were performed in the name of creating a pure Aryan race.

The war in Europe is transformed when, on 22nd June 1941, Hitler unleashes Operation Barbarossa. The Nazi invasion of The Soviet Union has begun.

Viasat History. Spanning from the Columbian mountains to the deserts of Peru, the discoveries made in this archaeological investigation revolutionise our perception of gold and its role over the last 500 years.

The pockmarked mummy of Pharaoh Ramesses V looks serene, but there's evidence of deliberately inflicted wounds that suggest a sudden violent death... if this was the case, then who was the killer?

Leading experts in their field try to unravel the mystery behind fascinating and doomed objects including Tutankhamun's tomb, the Terracotta Army, the Hope Diamond and the Amber Room.

Was an ancient glass scarab in Tutankhamun's tomb created by forces that are literally out of this world, and does a 4,000-year-old tablet really have building instructions for Noah's Ark?

This episode focuses on Guernsey, an island which Hitler occupied and fortified over the course of five years.

The war in Europe is transformed when, on 22nd June 1941, Hitler unleashes Operation Barbarossa. The Nazi invasion of The Soviet Union has begun.

Some of the most nauseating Nazi experiments were performed in the name of creating a pure Aryan race.

April 16th, 1945: the Red Army begins its offensive on Berlin; the first concentration camps have been liberated by British and US forces; on May 8th, the Second World War comes to an end in Europe.

How could a nobody become a dictator, bringing down a democracy in just a few years?.

This episode focuses on Guernsey, an island which Hitler occupied and fortified over the course of five years.

The war in Europe is transformed when, on 22nd June 1941, Hitler unleashes Operation Barbarossa. The Nazi invasion of The Soviet Union has begun.

The war in Europe is transformed when, on 22nd June 1941, Hitler unleashes Operation Barbarossa. The Nazi invasion of The Soviet Union has begun.

How could a nobody become a dictator, bringing down a democracy in just a few years?.

April 16th, 1945: the Red Army begins its offensive on Berlin; the first concentration camps have been liberated by British and US forces; on May 8th, the Second World War comes to an end in Europe.

Leading experts in their field try to unravel the mystery behind fascinating and doomed objects including Tutankhamun's tomb, the Terracotta Army, the Hope Diamond and the Amber Room.

A team of experts investigate the methods Hitler used to indoctrinate Germany, turning it into a finely-tuned war machine; we visit Goebbels' Propaganda Ministry and the holiday park of Prora.

The future of the Romanov dynasty was in danger.

How could their tragic destinies share so many similarities?

Decapitated human heads shrunk to a fraction of their original size; displayed in museums and private collections, there are thousands of these heads around the world. Where do they come from?

April 16th, 1945: the Red Army begins its offensive on Berlin; the first concentration camps have been liberated by British and US forces; on May 8th, the Second World War comes to an end in Europe.

What is the purpose of the strange bronze Roman dodecahedrons that have baffled archaeologists for centuries, and is a Middle Eastern metal scroll a guide to billions of dollars of buried treasure?

Leading experts in their field try to unravel the mystery behind fascinating and doomed objects including Tutankhamun's tomb, the Terracotta Army, the Hope Diamond and the Amber Room.

The Maisy Battery was made up of three-and-a-half miles of recently-excavated trenches, bunkers, barracks, and gun encasements near Pointe du Hoc that tell a new story of D-Day.

WWII was a war in the skies; though the Treaty of Versailles had prevented the Germans from developing new weapons, they sponsored air clubs and pushed for supremacy in the air.

The Germans advance into Moscow, and the Japanese attack Pearl Harbour.

April 16th, 1945: the Red Army begins its offensive on Berlin; the first concentration camps have been liberated by British and US forces; on May 8th, the Second World War comes to an end in Europe.

The mangled mummy of Pharaoh Seqenenre Taa is a murder mystery that endures to this day; we discover the truth behind his brutal and humiliating death.

Leading experts in their field try to unravel the mystery behind fascinating and doomed objects including Tutankhamun's tomb, the Terracotta Army, the Hope Diamond and the Amber Room.

What is the purpose of the strange bronze Roman dodecahedrons that have baffled archaeologists for centuries, and is a Middle Eastern metal scroll a guide to billions of dollars of buried treasure?

The Maisy Battery was made up of three-and-a-half miles of recently-excavated trenches, bunkers, barracks, and gun encasements near Pointe du Hoc that tell a new story of D-Day.

The Germans advance into Moscow, and the Japanese attack Pearl Harbour.

WWII was a war in the skies; though the Treaty of Versailles had prevented the Germans from developing new weapons, they sponsored air clubs and pushed for supremacy in the air.

At Pompeii, in the biggest dig in a generation, archaeologists excavate a new city block.

Lyon is the third-largest city in France; in ancient times it was the largest. At the time, the capital of the Gauls was called Lugdunum, a showcase for Rome in lands conquered by Julius Caesar.

The Maisy Battery was made up of three-and-a-half miles of recently-excavated trenches, bunkers, barracks, and gun encasements near Pointe du Hoc that tell a new story of D-Day.

The Germans advance into Moscow, and the Japanese attack Pearl Harbour.

The Germans advance into Moscow, and the Japanese attack Pearl Harbour.

Lyon is the third-largest city in France; in ancient times it was the largest. At the time, the capital of the Gauls was called Lugdunum, a showcase for Rome in lands conquered by Julius Caesar.

At Pompeii, in the biggest dig in a generation, archaeologists excavate a new city block.

Leading experts in their field try to unravel the mystery behind fascinating and doomed objects including Tutankhamun's tomb, the Terracotta Army, the Hope Diamond and the Amber Room.

The Devil's Bible has long intrigued experts; who wrote it? In search of the truth, we visit a castle said to house a gate to Hell, huge rock-carved demons, and the palaces of heretical monarchs.

The Habsburgs were the most powerful family in Europe for centuries; why was their destiny so fatal, and were all their tribulations connected to some kind of curse?

In 1950, three Danish farmers came across a grizzly find - a body buried in a peat bog. Instances of this became known as 'bog bodies', naturally mummified corpses buried during Europe's Iron Age.

At Pompeii, in the biggest dig in a generation, archaeologists excavate a new city block.

Is a 2,000-year-old weathered jar discovered on an Iraqi excavation really the world's oldest battery, and why is a 3,000-year-old Egyptian mummy screaming?

This episode's hunt for cursed treasure begins not with diamonds and gold, but with skin and bone unearthed in the dangerous wilds of Russia's arctic Yamal Peninsula...

The Spanish island of Villa Winter was suspected of being a port for German U-boats and part of a larger plan to invade the United States.

Adolf Hitler was famously against using chemical and biological weapons, but chemistry and biological science still played an incredible role in the Nazis' unquenchable quest for power.

Japan's escalation of the War in the East is devastatingly effective, but despite their success it is possible to see their inevitable defeat, and they have roused the military might of the USA.

At Pompeii, in the biggest dig in a generation, archaeologists excavate a new city block.

The shocking remains of a 3,000-year-old screaming mummy have haunted Egyptologists for decades; what happened to leave him looking like something from a horror film?

This episode's hunt for cursed treasure begins not with diamonds and gold, but with skin and bone unearthed in the dangerous wilds of Russia's arctic Yamal Peninsula...

Is a 2,000-year-old weathered jar discovered on an Iraqi excavation really the world's oldest battery, and why is a 3,000-year-old Egyptian mummy screaming?

The Spanish island of Villa Winter was suspected of being a port for German U-boats and part of a larger plan to invade the United States.

Japan's escalation of the War in the East is devastatingly effective, but despite their success it is possible to see their inevitable defeat, and they have roused the military might of the USA.

Adolf Hitler was famously against using chemical and biological weapons, but chemistry and biological science still played an incredible role in the Nazis' unquenchable quest for power.