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NHK SPECIAL: Rescuing the Lost Battalion: The Story Behind the “Heroes”

NHK SPECIAL
Rescuing the Lost Battalion: The Story Behind the “Heroes”

Monday, November 19th, 2018

  Through interviews, reenactments and archival material, this documentary recounts the story behind the 442nd Regimental Combat Team of Japanese American soldiers who rescued a battalion of fellow US troops surrounded by German forces in France during the latter part of World War II. These Nisei soldiers became instant heroes – but at a steep […]

SECRETS OF THE DEAD: Hannibal in the Alps

SECRETS OF THE DEAD
Hannibal in the Alps

Tuesday, October 30th, 2018

  Hannibal in the Alps Follow a team of experts as they solve the enduring mystery of exactly where the Carthaginian general Hannibal and his troops crossed the Alps to launch a surprise attack on Rome.    

NOVA: Last B-24

NOVA
The Last B-24

Tuesday, October 30th, 2018

  Dive to the bottom of the Adriatic Sea in search of the Tulsamerican, a B-24 bomber that crashed off the coast of Croatia during World War II. In 2010, divers located the plane. Now the Department of Defense, aided by the Croatian Navy and some of the world’s leading underwater archaeologists, sets to work […]

Shakespeare's Tomb

Shakespeare’s Tomb

Tuesday, October 2nd, 2018

  Join the first-ever scientific investigation of Shakespeare’s grave, which reveals fascinating new evidence about what lies beneath the infamous “curse stone” – a warning against any man who “moves [my] bones.”    

RICK STEVES’ EUROPE: The Story of Fascism in Europe

RICK STEVES’ EUROPE
The Story of Fascism in Europe

Tuesday, October 2nd, 2018

  Rick Steves travels back a century to learn how fascism rose and then fell in Europe, taking millions of people with it. He traces fascism’s history from its roots in the turbulent aftermath of World War I, when masses of angry people rose up, to the rise of charismatic leaders who manipulated that anger, […]