Viasat History

Lali and Gita Sokolov's story stands as a powerful tribute to human endurance; this documentary sheds light on their incredible love story while revisiting the horrors of Auschwitz and the Holocaust.

Discover the largely unknown and overwhelmingly courageous story of Jewish resistance during the Holocaust, both inside and outside the death camps' walls.

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

This episode explores moments of the war where Allied forces started to push back: the relief of Leningrad, the liberation of Paris, D-Day and the liberation of the Nazi extermination camps.

We look at the amphibious tanks and the heavy kit that weighed them down as they waded ashore.

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?

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.

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

History is filled with examples of how dictators have come to power, but what are the common themes, what are the circumstances that lead to tyranny, and what techniques do they use to get to the top?

Viasat History. This is the extraordinary story of cellist Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, along with other victims of the camp - Jews, Poles and Roma - who played and created music amidst the terrors of the Holocaust.

This episode tells the story of the bloody fighting for the city.

We witness the final moments and aftermath of World War II with the establishment of war crime trials - such as the ones in Nuremberg - and move towards peace with the creation of the United Nations.

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

History is filled with examples of how dictators have come to power, but what are the common themes, what are the circumstances that lead to tyranny, and what techniques do they use to get to the top?

Viasat History. This is the extraordinary story of cellist Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, along with other victims of the camp - Jews, Poles and Roma - who played and created music amidst the terrors of the Holocaust.

We witness the final moments and aftermath of World War II with the establishment of war crime trials - such as the ones in Nuremberg - and move towards peace with the creation of the United Nations.

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

Hitler's DNA is discovered for the first time in history as experts investigate what it reveals about his heritage and his formative years.

Discover the largely unknown and overwhelmingly courageous story of Jewish resistance during the Holocaust, both inside and outside the death camps' walls.

We cover the German Amerikabomber and the Boeing B-29 "Superfortress," epitomizing altitude and firepower pursuits

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

We witness the final moments and aftermath of World War II with the establishment of war crime trials - such as the ones in Nuremberg - and move towards peace with the creation of the United Nations.

This episode tells the story of the bloody fighting for the city.

Viasat History. About 4000 years ago, strong kings ruled for over 1500 years in the land of Kush (now northern Sudan and southern Egypt) - who were these African kings and what happened to them?

Generation after generation has been marked by tragedy; is there a debt to pay for their money-motivated actions?

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

Thutmosis III: The Battle of Megiddo. After Hatshepsut's death, Thutmose III proved himself at Megiddo against Canaanite kings; from Deir el-Bahari to Karnak to the fortress, discover the battle that made him Egypt's most warlike pharaoh.

Ancient Iraq is the setting for some of the greatest stories of the Bible; we follow archaeologists as they investigate Iraq's lost cities, including Nineveh, Babylon, Girsu and Uruk.

Nineveh and Babylon were two superpowers of the ancient world, but they were the cities of sin for the writers of the Bible; why do they have such poor reputations in the Old Testament?

July 1944: American forces plan a major offensive named Operation Cobra. They would attack near St Lo, achieve a breakthrough, then unleash General Patton and the US Third Army to exploit the opening.

By 5:00pm on the 2nd of May, 1945, the last guns stopped firing among the ruins of Berlin as the iconic image of the Soviet Red Flag rising above the Reichstag symbolised an irreversible change.

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

Thutmosis III: The Battle of Megiddo. After Hatshepsut's death, Thutmose III proved himself at Megiddo against Canaanite kings; from Deir el-Bahari to Karnak to the fortress, discover the battle that made him Egypt's most warlike pharaoh.

Ancient Iraq is the setting for some of the greatest stories of the Bible; we follow archaeologists as they investigate Iraq's lost cities, including Nineveh, Babylon, Girsu and Uruk.

Nineveh and Babylon were two superpowers of the ancient world, but they were the cities of sin for the writers of the Bible; why do they have such poor reputations in the Old Testament?

By 5:00pm on the 2nd of May, 1945, the last guns stopped firing among the ruins of Berlin as the iconic image of the Soviet Red Flag rising above the Reichstag symbolised an irreversible change.

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

Experts investigating Hitler's DNA uncover psychiatric conditions and find a genetic mutation that disrupts sexual development.

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.

This episode immerses us in the Peloponnesian War, a decades-long fratricidal conflict between Athens and Sparta that shook democracies and ended Greece's golden age.

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.

World War II was a battle for supremacy at sea more than any other conflict before or since; in this episode, we explore how the secret weapons of naval warfare changed the tides of history.

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

By 5:00pm on the 2nd of May, 1945, the last guns stopped firing among the ruins of Berlin as the iconic image of the Soviet Red Flag rising above the Reichstag symbolised an irreversible change.

July 1944: American forces plan a major offensive named Operation Cobra. They would attack near St Lo, achieve a breakthrough, then unleash General Patton and the US Third Army to exploit the opening.

Viasat History. The grave of Bad D?rrenberg revealed not a male warrior, but a powerful and dark-skinned female shaman; misrepresented by the Nazis, her true story still fascinates 9,000 years on.

How could their tragic destinies share so many similarities?

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.

Dictators often want to extend their power beyond their country's borders; this generally means military aggression and the deaths of vast numbers of soldiers and civilians.

This episode immerses us in the Peloponnesian War, a decades-long fratricidal conflict between Athens and Sparta that shook democracies and ended Greece's golden age.

Viasat History. The grave of Bad D?rrenberg revealed not a male warrior, but a powerful and dark-skinned female shaman; misrepresented by the Nazis, her true story still fascinates 9,000 years on.

If successful, his plan could end the war by Christmas.

Japan stood at a crossroads after the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings; on the 14th of August, 1945, Emperor Hirohito retreated to his office bunker to record a message announcing Japan's surrender.

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.

Dictators often want to extend their power beyond their country's borders; this generally means military aggression and the deaths of vast numbers of soldiers and civilians.

This episode immerses us in the Peloponnesian War, a decades-long fratricidal conflict between Athens and Sparta that shook democracies and ended Greece's golden age.

Viasat History. The grave of Bad D?rrenberg revealed not a male warrior, but a powerful and dark-skinned female shaman; misrepresented by the Nazis, her true story still fascinates 9,000 years on.

Japan stood at a crossroads after the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings; on the 14th of August, 1945, Emperor Hirohito retreated to his office bunker to record a message announcing Japan's surrender.

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.

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. This is the extraordinary story of cellist Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, along with other victims of the camp - Jews, Poles and Roma - who played and created music amidst the terrors of the Holocaust.

Lali and Gita Sokolov's story stands as a powerful tribute to human endurance; this documentary sheds light on their incredible love story while revisiting the horrors of Auschwitz and the Holocaust.

WWII facilitated the use of technology to wreak destruction from afar; through success and failure, the bomb was and remains a weapon that can tip the balance in favour of those who wield its 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.

Japan stood at a crossroads after the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings; on the 14th of August, 1945, Emperor Hirohito retreated to his office bunker to record a message announcing Japan's surrender.

If successful, his plan could end the war by Christmas.

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.

May 24th, 1941: the HMS Hood is destroyed in eight minutes by the German ship Bismarck. Churchill sends out the order to hunt it down; this is the final 24 hours of the mission to sink the Bismarck.

Giles Milton visits key D-Day sites along the Normandy coastline - including Omaha Beach and Pegasus Bridge - and we hear the stories of the men and women on both the attacking and defensive lines.

Giles Milton guides us round Normandy - the place where the D-Day invasion proved successful - from the gliders who went behind enemy lines to paratroopers who ambushed vital German generals.

Viasat History. This is the extraordinary story of cellist Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, along with other victims of the camp - Jews, Poles and Roma - who played and created music amidst the terrors of the Holocaust.

Plans. A turning point in the Cold War as the Rolling Thunder bombings and the devastating Tet Offensive shattered US morale, LBJ escalated the Vietnam War, and Ho Chi Minh led fierce resistance.

In February 1972, Nixon made a ground-breaking trip to China to meet Mao; China had been slowly opening up to the West while their partnership with the Soviets had been souring for years.

A new chapter began as Carter and Brezhnev grappled with a world in flux; starting with revolution in Iran and Soviet moves in Afghanistan, it ended with Brezhnev's death and Carter's election loss.

Gorbachev had inherited a nation in economic decline; in 1991, the Soviet Union fell apart completely and was ultimately dissolved as an era that had shaped the aims of the world's leaders was over.

We trace the story of Troy back 150 years to follow Heinrich Schliemann's quest to find a lost city and prove that the Trojan War really happened.

How new discoveries and breakthroughs in the 20th and 21st centuries have offered more clues to the truth behind the legend of the Trojan War.

By 5:00pm on the 2nd of May, 1945, the last guns stopped firing among the ruins of Berlin as the iconic image of the Soviet Red Flag rising above the Reichstag symbolised an irreversible change.

Japan stood at a crossroads after the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings; on the 14th of August, 1945, Emperor Hirohito retreated to his office bunker to record a message announcing Japan's surrender.

The 1969 Moon landings were regarded as man's greatest achievement; what was not well-known is that the men behind the mission were engineers of one of the darkest periods in human history.

Discover the largely unknown and overwhelmingly courageous story of Jewish resistance during the Holocaust, both inside and outside the death camps' walls.

Viasat History. Directed by Sam Mendes, this documentary tells the story of two British soldier-cameramen - Sgt. Mike Lewis and Sgt. Bill Lawrie - who were sent to the European front during the latter part of WWII.

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.

Viasat History. This is the extraordinary story of cellist Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, along with other victims of the camp - Jews, Poles and Roma - who played and created music amidst the terrors of the Holocaust.

Lali and Gita Sokolov's story stands as a powerful tribute to human endurance; this documentary sheds light on their incredible love story while revisiting the horrors of Auschwitz and the Holocaust.

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.

No other family in 20th-century America has held higher status than the Kennedys, but as blessed as they seemingly were, they were also cursed by a series of tragic and bizarre events.

World War II was a battle for supremacy at sea more than any other conflict before or since; in this episode, we explore how the secret weapons of naval warfare changed the tides of history.

WWII facilitated the use of technology to wreak destruction from afar; through success and failure, the bomb was and remains a weapon that can tip the balance in favour of those who wield its power.

Devices like the Enigma and codebreakers like the Bombe were as vital as tanks and guns.

Viasat History. This is the extraordinary story of cellist Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, along with other victims of the camp - Jews, Poles and Roma - who played and created music amidst the terrors of the Holocaust.

Thutmosis III: The Battle of Megiddo. After Hatshepsut's death, Thutmose III proved himself at Megiddo against Canaanite kings; from Deir el-Bahari to Karnak to the fortress, discover the battle that made him Egypt's most warlike pharaoh.

Hitler's DNA is discovered for the first time in history as experts investigate what it reveals about his heritage and his formative years.

Experts investigating Hitler's DNA uncover psychiatric conditions and find a genetic mutation that disrupts sexual development.

This two-part documentary examines the strategies used by the royal families of Europe during World War II in the face of increasingly powerful nationalist parties.

In september 1939, Hitler carried out his plans.

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. This is the extraordinary story of cellist Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, along with other victims of the camp - Jews, Poles and Roma - who played and created music amidst the terrors of the Holocaust.

Lali and Gita Sokolov's story stands as a powerful tribute to human endurance; this documentary sheds light on their incredible love story while revisiting the horrors of Auschwitz and the Holocaust.

Viasat History. Directed by Sam Mendes, this documentary tells the story of two British soldier-cameramen - Sgt. Mike Lewis and Sgt. Bill Lawrie - who were sent to the European front during the latter part of WWII.

Deeply affecting documentary detailing the stunning recent discovery of the lost letters of Anne Frank's father, Otto, which reveal an unknown chapter of the family's life.

We look at the amphibious tanks and the heavy kit that weighed them down as they waded ashore.

This episode tells the story of the bloody fighting for the city.

July 1944: American forces plan a major offensive named Operation Cobra. They would attack near St Lo, achieve a breakthrough, then unleash General Patton and the US Third Army to exploit the opening.

If successful, his plan could end the war by Christmas.

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 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?

The war turns in favour of the Allies. Montgomery turns the tables on the Afrika Corps at El Alamein, the Japanese are defeated at Guadalcanal and the Germans are defeated at Stalingrad.

Dictatorships are almost universally unsustainable; a dictator's thirst for power invariably leads to greater and greater oppression, leaving a nation broken and so all dictatorships eventually fall.

Giles Milton visits key D-Day sites along the Normandy coastline - including Omaha Beach and Pegasus Bridge - and we hear the stories of the men and women on both the attacking and defensive lines.

Giles Milton guides us round Normandy - the place where the D-Day invasion proved successful - from the gliders who went behind enemy lines to paratroopers who ambushed vital German generals.

When the port of Antwerp is liberated, it seems the crisis might be over.

June 1942: the most decisive naval-air battle in the Pacific started as a Japanese trap and ended as an American ambush, a totally unpredictable conflict made up of luck, code-breaking, and gambles.

The war turns in favour of the Allies. Montgomery turns the tables on the Afrika Corps at El Alamein, the Japanese are defeated at Guadalcanal and the Germans are defeated at Stalingrad.

Dictatorships are almost universally unsustainable; a dictator's thirst for power invariably leads to greater and greater oppression, leaving a nation broken and so all dictatorships eventually fall.

Giles Milton visits key D-Day sites along the Normandy coastline - including Omaha Beach and Pegasus Bridge - and we hear the stories of the men and women on both the attacking and defensive lines.

Giles Milton guides us round Normandy - the place where the D-Day invasion proved successful - from the gliders who went behind enemy lines to paratroopers who ambushed vital German generals.

When the port of Antwerp is liberated, it seems the crisis might be over.

June 1942: the most decisive naval-air battle in the Pacific started as a Japanese trap and ended as an American ambush, a totally unpredictable conflict made up of luck, code-breaking, and gambles.

The war turns in favour of the Allies. Montgomery turns the tables on the Afrika Corps at El Alamein, the Japanese are defeated at Guadalcanal and the Germans are defeated at Stalingrad.

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.

Joseph Goebbels is a spokesman, seducer and propagandist driven by hatred, ambition, and the desire to be immortal.

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'.

Devices like the Enigma and codebreakers like the Bombe were as vital as tanks and guns.

The war turns in favour of the Allies. Montgomery turns the tables on the Afrika Corps at El Alamein, the Japanese are defeated at Guadalcanal and the Germans are defeated at Stalingrad.

June 1942: the most decisive naval-air battle in the Pacific started as a Japanese trap and ended as an American ambush, a totally unpredictable conflict made up of luck, code-breaking, and gambles.

When the port of Antwerp is liberated, it seems the crisis might be over.

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?

One of the richest men on Earth, Aristotle Onassis left a string of broken hearts in his wake, but no romance would catapult him into the limelight like his marriage to Jacqueline Kennedy.

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 Allied leaders meet for their first conference to discuss the coordination of their efforts, a Japanese Division is destroyed at sea, and the Red Army begins its advance towards Berlin.

Joseph Goebbels is a spokesman, seducer and propagandist driven by hatred, ambition, and the desire to be immortal.

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'.

German soldiers fight tenaciously to defend their homeland.

January-May 1944: atop the hill in Monte Cassino lies an abbey whose commander has forbidden military use of; the abbey is reduced to rubble despite this and the fight claims over 200,000 deaths.

The Allied leaders meet for their first conference to discuss the coordination of their efforts, a Japanese Division is destroyed at sea, and the Red Army begins its advance towards Berlin.

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?

Joseph Goebbels is a spokesman, seducer and propagandist driven by hatred, ambition, and the desire to be immortal.

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'.

German soldiers fight tenaciously to defend their homeland.

January-May 1944: atop the hill in Monte Cassino lies an abbey whose commander has forbidden military use of; the abbey is reduced to rubble despite this and the fight claims over 200,000 deaths.

The Allied leaders meet for their first conference to discuss the coordination of their efforts, a Japanese Division is destroyed at sea, and the Red Army begins its advance towards Berlin.