Viasat History

Filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl created propaganda that helped mythologise Hitler and seduce a nation into extremism. After the fall of the Third Reich, she spent a lifetime denying responsibility.

Tracing the origins of his sadistic pseudo-science, we investigate Josef Mengele, the notorious demon doctor of Auschwitz.

Throughout WWII, Jews were deported to extermination camps such as Buchenwald; Commander Koch leads a middle-class life nearby with his family as his children play next door to the horror of the camp.

What is a tank? From the early concepts to the first tank prototype, we examine how the battlefields of WWI set the scene for the mechanised warfare of WWII.

WWII has begun; new tank strategies take the world by storm and completely change the way wars are fought. As war engulfs Europe, each country learns to adapt to mechanised warfare in its own way.

During WWII, countries all over the world leverage their industrial might to perfect the art of tank manufacturing; will quality or quantity matter more when it comes to armoured warfare?

The tank became the key to victory during WWII; Germany unveils its latest evolution of the German panzer, the Panther, but is it ready for battle, and is it enough to overcome the Soviet T-34?

Tanks continued to evolve and older tanks found a new life on the Pacific battlefront; with the end of WWII in Europe in sight, anything went in the peak of experimentation of tank design.

They move under the cover of thick forests or hide in the icy snow and go by a number of different names from Bigfoot to Sasquatch to Yeti, but do these giant apelike creatures actually exist?

Alfred Rosenberg, a Nazi ideologue, crafted the racist blueprint behind the regime - proving that ideas can kill, his writings shaped the intellectual foundation of Nazi brutality.

Was Egypt's last queen truly killed by a snake? Prof. Suzannah Lipscomb explores various academic theories. Dr Shepherd launches a forensic analysis and dives into Roman records.

The team ventures further into Minnesota lore as residents offer up theories of what they think happened to the lost Viking. The team is led to sites where remnants may reside.

Explore the stories of six formidable rulers, revealing their dark legacies and the impact they've had on history.

Martin Bormann operates in the shadows - inconspicuous, ambitious and unscrupulous, he becomes the man who pulls the strings behind Hitler's power.

By the end of WWII, the tank had evolved from its trench-crossing beginnings; it had turned into a vision of armoured warfare that carried on through the Cold War and into the present day.

Alfred Rosenberg, a Nazi ideologue, crafted the racist blueprint behind the regime - proving that ideas can kill, his writings shaped the intellectual foundation of Nazi brutality.

Was Egypt's last queen truly killed by a snake? Prof. Suzannah Lipscomb explores various academic theories. Dr Shepherd launches a forensic analysis and dives into Roman records.

The team ventures further into Minnesota lore as residents offer up theories of what they think happened to the lost Viking. The team is led to sites where remnants may reside.

Explore the stories of six formidable rulers, revealing their dark legacies and the impact they've had on history.

Martin Bormann operates in the shadows - inconspicuous, ambitious and unscrupulous, he becomes the man who pulls the strings behind Hitler's power.

Alfred Rosenberg, a Nazi ideologue, crafted the racist blueprint behind the regime - proving that ideas can kill, his writings shaped the intellectual foundation of Nazi brutality.

Geli Raubal and Eva Braun, two women brought into Hitler's private life. One met a tragic end during his rise to power, the other followed him to a deadly finale.

Nazi naval commander Karl Donitz claimed after the Second World War that he'd only been a sailor following orders, but we set out to prove that he earned his bloody role as Hitler's successor.

Hitler's health went downhill; Hermann Göring was barely sane due to his morphine addiction. With the war turning, Hitler and his court retreated to his bunker in Berlin and staged his inglorious end.

The Allies plan how to break through Hitler's Atlantic Wall for years. The D-Day fleet is the biggest assembled in history, responsible for one of the bloodiest and most extraordinary battles of WW2.

Alfred Rosenberg, a Nazi ideologue, crafted the racist blueprint behind the regime - proving that ideas can kill, his writings shaped the intellectual foundation of Nazi brutality.

By the end of WWII, the tank had evolved from its trench-crossing beginnings; it had turned into a vision of armoured warfare that carried on through the Cold War and into the present day.

Martin Bormann operates in the shadows - inconspicuous, ambitious and unscrupulous, he becomes the man who pulls the strings behind Hitler's power.

The Allies plan how to break through Hitler's Atlantic Wall for years. The D-Day fleet is the biggest assembled in history, responsible for one of the bloodiest and most extraordinary battles of WW2.

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?

The future of the Romanov dynasty was in danger.

How could their tragic destinies share so many similarities?

Joachim von Ribbentrop, Hitler's foreign minister, became an architect of the Nazi-Soviet Pact; Ribbentrop's loyalty and opportunism placed him at the heart of Nazi Germany's decisions and alliance.

Geli Raubal and Eva Braun, two women brought into Hitler's private life. One met a tragic end during his rise to power, the other followed him to a deadly finale.

Nazi naval commander Karl Donitz claimed after the Second World War that he'd only been a sailor following orders, but we set out to prove that he earned his bloody role as Hitler's successor.

Hitler's health went downhill; Hermann Göring was barely sane due to his morphine addiction. With the war turning, Hitler and his court retreated to his bunker in Berlin and staged his inglorious end.

Eva Braun stands in the dictator's shadow - she is invisible to the public, irreplaceable in the inner circle, and loyal to the bitter end.

What is a tank? From the early concepts to the first tank prototype, we examine how the battlefields of WWI set the scene for the mechanised warfare of WWII.

Joachim von Ribbentrop, Hitler's foreign minister, became an architect of the Nazi-Soviet Pact; Ribbentrop's loyalty and opportunism placed him at the heart of Nazi Germany's decisions and alliance.

Geli Raubal and Eva Braun, two women brought into Hitler's private life. One met a tragic end during his rise to power, the other followed him to a deadly finale.

Nazi naval commander Karl Donitz claimed after the Second World War that he'd only been a sailor following orders, but we set out to prove that he earned his bloody role as Hitler's successor.

Hitler's health went downhill; Hermann Göring was barely sane due to his morphine addiction. With the war turning, Hitler and his court retreated to his bunker in Berlin and staged his inglorious end.

Eva Braun stands in the dictator's shadow - she is invisible to the public, irreplaceable in the inner circle, and loyal to the bitter end.

What is a tank? From the early concepts to the first tank prototype, we examine how the battlefields of WWI set the scene for the mechanised warfare of WWII.

Joachim von Ribbentrop, Hitler's foreign minister, became an architect of the Nazi-Soviet Pact; Ribbentrop's loyalty and opportunism placed him at the heart of Nazi Germany's decisions and alliance.

The firebombing of Tokyo signalled the power of the B29 bomber, the development of which exceeded in cost the Manhattan Project that produced the A-bomb.

February 1945: a quarter of all US Marines who died in WWII were killed in Iwo Jima; the Leathernecks were forced to re-think their tactics as one in three of them became a casualty.

1943: as the Allies bombed Nazi-occupied Europe, a massive concrete dome rose from the French countryside. This huge shell reportedly concealed a crucial component of Hitler's plan for victory.

Hitler's audacious plan to turn the tide of the war; colourised archive depicts the Germans' opening salvo artillery barrage and George Patton's arrival in Bastogne to break the German siege.

Joachim von Ribbentrop, Hitler's foreign minister, became an architect of the Nazi-Soviet Pact; Ribbentrop's loyalty and opportunism placed him at the heart of Nazi Germany's decisions and alliance.

What is a tank? From the early concepts to the first tank prototype, we examine how the battlefields of WWI set the scene for the mechanised warfare of WWII.

Eva Braun stands in the dictator's shadow - she is invisible to the public, irreplaceable in the inner circle, and loyal to the bitter end.

Hitler's audacious plan to turn the tide of the war; colourised archive depicts the Germans' opening salvo artillery barrage and George Patton's arrival in Bastogne to break the German siege.

Like the Kennedy dynasty in the US, the Agnelli story is marked by an over-sized influence on the history of their country and by a succession of tragedies that has spanned generations.

Joseph Goebbels, the ruthless Nazi propaganda minister, weaponised words to deceive a nation and glorify Hitler; he engineered the ideology that fuelled genocide and led to total war.

We revisit the Chernobyl catastrophe and its devastating human and environmental toll; the true impact remains hotly debated decades later and the threat of another disaster still looms.

February 1945: a quarter of all US Marines who died in WWII were killed in Iwo Jima; the Leathernecks were forced to re-think their tactics as one in three of them became a casualty.

1943: as the Allies bombed Nazi-occupied Europe, a massive concrete dome rose from the French countryside. This huge shell reportedly concealed a crucial component of Hitler's plan for victory.

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'.

WWII has begun; new tank strategies take the world by storm and completely change the way wars are fought. As war engulfs Europe, each country learns to adapt to mechanised warfare in its own way.

Joseph Goebbels, the ruthless Nazi propaganda minister, weaponised words to deceive a nation and glorify Hitler; he engineered the ideology that fuelled genocide and led to total war.

Athenian democracy - bought with blood and violence..

Civil war, plague, decline - the end of Greece's golden age..

Alexander the Great becomes a legend through cruel conquests..

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'.

WWII has begun; new tank strategies take the world by storm and completely change the way wars are fought. As war engulfs Europe, each country learns to adapt to mechanised warfare in its own way.

Joseph Goebbels, the ruthless Nazi propaganda minister, weaponised words to deceive a nation and glorify Hitler; he engineered the ideology that fuelled genocide and led to total war.

French explorer Franck Goddio has been working on a 3D reconstruction of an ancient monument resting beneath the Mediterranean Sea: the remains of the temple of Cleopatra, the last queen of Egypt.

The games and entertainment, plus violence as a political instrument, with the Battle of Laugaricio (modern-day Slovakia), portraits of Commodus and Lucilla, and the legendary Colosseum.

As archaeologists decode the 4500-year-old journal of a pyramid worker, they uncover new clues about how the Great Pyramid was built; can they transport a heavy stone block using manpower alone?

Churchill turns to his formidable bomber force to break the deadlock.

Joseph Goebbels, the ruthless Nazi propaganda minister, weaponised words to deceive a nation and glorify Hitler; he engineered the ideology that fuelled genocide and led to total war.

WWII has begun; new tank strategies take the world by storm and completely change the way wars are fought. As war engulfs Europe, each country learns to adapt to mechanised warfare in its own way.

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'.

Churchill turns to his formidable bomber force to break the deadlock.

Albert Speer, Hitler's architect and armaments minister, built the industrial foundations of the Nazi war machine; after the downfall, he crafted a carefully managed myth to escape the gallows.

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 games and entertainment, plus violence as a political instrument, with the Battle of Laugaricio (modern-day Slovakia), portraits of Commodus and Lucilla, and the legendary Colosseum.

As archaeologists decode the 4500-year-old journal of a pyramid worker, they uncover new clues about how the Great Pyramid was built; can they transport a heavy stone block using manpower alone?

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.

During WWII, countries all over the world leverage their industrial might to perfect the art of tank manufacturing; will quality or quantity matter more when it comes to armoured warfare?

Albert Speer, Hitler's architect and armaments minister, built the industrial foundations of the Nazi war machine; after the downfall, he crafted a carefully managed myth to escape the gallows.

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 games and entertainment, plus violence as a political instrument, with the Battle of Laugaricio (modern-day Slovakia), portraits of Commodus and Lucilla, and the legendary Colosseum.

As archaeologists decode the 4500-year-old journal of a pyramid worker, they uncover new clues about how the Great Pyramid was built; can they transport a heavy stone block using manpower alone?

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.

During WWII, countries all over the world leverage their industrial might to perfect the art of tank manufacturing; will quality or quantity matter more when it comes to armoured warfare?

Albert Speer, Hitler's architect and armaments minister, built the industrial foundations of the Nazi war machine; after the downfall, he crafted a carefully managed myth to escape the gallows.

In 1992, the Yugoslav army left the Croatian island of Vis abandoning 30 military facilities, an underground hospital, a submarine shelter and tunnels; after centuries of war, Vis embraced peace.

Thanks to exceptional excavations in four lost cities of the Mongol empire, archaeologists are revealing the visionary society created by Genghis Khan in the 13th century A.D. / C.E.

We revisit the Chernobyl catastrophe and its devastating human and environmental toll; the true impact remains hotly debated decades later and the threat of another disaster still looms.

Hitler offers a scapegoat: the Jews.

Albert Speer, Hitler's architect and armaments minister, built the industrial foundations of the Nazi war machine; after the downfall, he crafted a carefully managed myth to escape the gallows.

During WWII, countries all over the world leverage their industrial might to perfect the art of tank manufacturing; will quality or quantity matter more when it comes to armoured warfare?

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.

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 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?

Alexander the Great is the most famous commander of all time, but his grave was lost some 1,000 years ago and researchers around the world have been looking for it ever since.

Hans Frank, Hitler's personal lawyer turned Governor-General of occupied Poland, oversaw the largest of the Nazi ghettos in occupied Poland; as defeat loomed, he sought redemption through confession.

In 1992, the Yugoslav army left the Croatian island of Vis abandoning 30 military facilities, an underground hospital, a submarine shelter and tunnels; after centuries of war, Vis embraced peace.

Thanks to exceptional excavations in four lost cities of the Mongol empire, archaeologists are revealing the visionary society created by Genghis Khan in the 13th century A.D. / C.E.

We revisit the Chernobyl catastrophe and its devastating human and environmental toll; the true impact remains hotly debated decades later and the threat of another disaster still looms.

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.

The tank became the key to victory during WWII; Germany unveils its latest evolution of the German panzer, the Panther, but is it ready for battle, and is it enough to overcome the Soviet T-34?

Hans Frank, Hitler's personal lawyer turned Governor-General of occupied Poland, oversaw the largest of the Nazi ghettos in occupied Poland; as defeat loomed, he sought redemption through confession.

In 1992, the Yugoslav army left the Croatian island of Vis abandoning 30 military facilities, an underground hospital, a submarine shelter and tunnels; after centuries of war, Vis embraced peace.

Thanks to exceptional excavations in four lost cities of the Mongol empire, archaeologists are revealing the visionary society created by Genghis Khan in the 13th century A.D. / C.E.

We revisit the Chernobyl catastrophe and its devastating human and environmental toll; the true impact remains hotly debated decades later and the threat of another disaster still looms.

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.

The tank became the key to victory during WWII; Germany unveils its latest evolution of the German panzer, the Panther, but is it ready for battle, and is it enough to overcome the Soviet T-34?

Hans Frank, Hitler's personal lawyer turned Governor-General of occupied Poland, oversaw the largest of the Nazi ghettos in occupied Poland; as defeat loomed, he sought redemption through confession.

Prof. Lipscomb uncovers the layers behind the Mongol emperor's mysterious disappearance. With archery experiments, a rare manuscript, and digital forensics, the truth may be stranger than legend.

Wildfires ravage much of Canada's north, throwing a wrench into the crew's expedition plans. With a lack of planes, helicopters, and supplies the group must find ways to overcome these issues.

He famously tinkered as Rome burnt, but the legend of Nero commonly accepted as true is pure myth; he was, however, responsible for some of the worst crimes committed by a Roman emperor.

The question now is how to force capitulation.

Hans Frank, Hitler's personal lawyer turned Governor-General of occupied Poland, oversaw the largest of the Nazi ghettos in occupied Poland; as defeat loomed, he sought redemption through confession.

The tank became the key to victory during WWII; Germany unveils its latest evolution of the German panzer, the Panther, but is it ready for battle, and is it enough to overcome the Soviet T-34?

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.

The question now is how to force capitulation.

By the end of WWII, the tank had evolved from its trench-crossing beginnings; it had turned into a vision of armoured warfare that carried on through the Cold War and into the present day.

What is a tank? From the early concepts to the first tank prototype, we examine how the battlefields of WWI set the scene for the mechanised warfare of WWII.

WWII has begun; new tank strategies take the world by storm and completely change the way wars are fought. As war engulfs Europe, each country learns to adapt to mechanised warfare in its own way.

We revisit the Chernobyl catastrophe and its devastating human and environmental toll; the true impact remains hotly debated decades later and the threat of another disaster still looms.

February 1945: a quarter of all US Marines who died in WWII were killed in Iwo Jima; the Leathernecks were forced to re-think their tactics as one in three of them became a casualty.

1943: as the Allies bombed Nazi-occupied Europe, a massive concrete dome rose from the French countryside. This huge shell reportedly concealed a crucial component of Hitler's plan for victory.

Alfred Rosenberg, a Nazi ideologue, crafted the racist blueprint behind the regime - proving that ideas can kill, his writings shaped the intellectual foundation of Nazi brutality.

Joachim von Ribbentrop, Hitler's foreign minister, became an architect of the Nazi-Soviet Pact; Ribbentrop's loyalty and opportunism placed him at the heart of Nazi Germany's decisions and alliance.

Joseph Goebbels, the ruthless Nazi propaganda minister, weaponised words to deceive a nation and glorify Hitler; he engineered the ideology that fuelled genocide and led to total war.

Albert Speer, Hitler's architect and armaments minister, built the industrial foundations of the Nazi war machine; after the downfall, he crafted a carefully managed myth to escape the gallows.

Hans Frank, Hitler's personal lawyer turned Governor-General of occupied Poland, oversaw the largest of the Nazi ghettos in occupied Poland; as defeat loomed, he sought redemption through confession.

Geli Raubal and Eva Braun, two women brought into Hitler's private life. One met a tragic end during his rise to power, the other followed him to a deadly finale.

Nazi naval commander Karl Donitz claimed after the Second World War that he'd only been a sailor following orders, but we set out to prove that he earned his bloody role as Hitler's successor.

Hitler's health went downhill; Hermann Göring was barely sane due to his morphine addiction. With the war turning, Hitler and his court retreated to his bunker in Berlin and staged his inglorious end.

The firebombing of Tokyo signalled the power of the B29 bomber, the development of which exceeded in cost the Manhattan Project that produced the A-bomb.

February 1945: a quarter of all US Marines who died in WWII were killed in Iwo Jima; the Leathernecks were forced to re-think their tactics as one in three of them became a casualty.

1943: as the Allies bombed Nazi-occupied Europe, a massive concrete dome rose from the French countryside. This huge shell reportedly concealed a crucial component of Hitler's plan for victory.

Martin Bormann operates in the shadows - inconspicuous, ambitious and unscrupulous, he becomes the man who pulls the strings behind Hitler's power.

Eva Braun stands in the dictator's shadow - she is invisible to the public, irreplaceable in the inner circle, and loyal to the bitter end.

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.

During WWII, countries all over the world leverage their industrial might to perfect the art of tank manufacturing; will quality or quantity matter more when it comes to armoured warfare?

The tank became the key to victory during WWII; Germany unveils its latest evolution of the German panzer, the Panther, but is it ready for battle, and is it enough to overcome the Soviet T-34?

Geli Raubal and Eva Braun, two women brought into Hitler's private life. One met a tragic end during his rise to power, the other followed him to a deadly finale.

Nazi naval commander Karl Donitz claimed after the Second World War that he'd only been a sailor following orders, but we set out to prove that he earned his bloody role as Hitler's successor.

Hitler's health went downhill; Hermann Göring was barely sane due to his morphine addiction. With the war turning, Hitler and his court retreated to his bunker in Berlin and staged his inglorious end.

French explorer Franck Goddio has been working on a 3D reconstruction of an ancient monument resting beneath the Mediterranean Sea: the remains of the temple of Cleopatra, the last queen of Egypt.

The games and entertainment, plus violence as a political instrument, with the Battle of Laugaricio (modern-day Slovakia), portraits of Commodus and Lucilla, and the legendary Colosseum.

As archaeologists decode the 4500-year-old journal of a pyramid worker, they uncover new clues about how the Great Pyramid was built; can they transport a heavy stone block using manpower alone?

In 1992, the Yugoslav army left the Croatian island of Vis abandoning 30 military facilities, an underground hospital, a submarine shelter and tunnels; after centuries of war, Vis embraced peace.

Thanks to exceptional excavations in four lost cities of the Mongol empire, archaeologists are revealing the visionary society created by Genghis Khan in the 13th century A.D. / C.E.

We revisit the Chernobyl catastrophe and its devastating human and environmental toll; the true impact remains hotly debated decades later and the threat of another disaster still looms.

Prof. Lipscomb uncovers the layers behind the Mongol emperor's mysterious disappearance. With archery experiments, a rare manuscript, and digital forensics, the truth may be stranger than legend.

Wildfires ravage much of Canada's north, throwing a wrench into the crew's expedition plans. With a lack of planes, helicopters, and supplies the group must find ways to overcome these issues.

He famously tinkered as Rome burnt, but the legend of Nero commonly accepted as true is pure myth; he was, however, responsible for some of the worst crimes committed by a Roman emperor.