Season 4 Episodes
24 episodes1
Clouds of Death: The Scourge of Biochemical Warfare
Terrorists find chemical and biological weapons a cost-effective alternative to nuclear arms.
2
The Doomsday Flu
The influenza epidemic of 1918 kills 22 million people worldwide.
3
The Port Chicago Mutiny
Fifty black sailors rebel in protest of unsafe working conditions after two ammunition ships blow up in port during World War II.
4
Kennedy and Nixon
Friendship between JFK and Richard Nixon becomes intense rivalry.
5
Duel in the Desert
North African theater of war; El Alamein; Rommel vs. Montgomery.
6
Unit 731: Nightmare in Manchuria
The Japanese army seeks to develop biological weapons during World War II.
7
Deadly Crossing
Subs race to rescue men at sea; only 127 of the 2,000 survive.
8
Yanks for Stalin
In the Depression, U.S. executives tried to guide Soviet industry.
9
Banking With Hitler
Banks from the United States, England and Switzerland helped fund the Nazi regime.
10
To the Edge of Space: Project Manhigh
Altitude tests take place in 1950s New Mexico.
11
The Rape of Nanking
The massacre at Nanking, when Japanese troops overcame a Chinese defense and slaughtered 350,000 prisoners and civilians.
12
Secret Luftwaffe Aircraft of WWII
The development of Hitler's airborne arsenal, including Luftwaffe's swept-wing and vertical take-off aircraft and stealth bombers.
13
The Ace: The Story of Johannes Steinhoff
A former Luftwaffe pilot moves up to become head of the West German Air Force.
14
Top Secret: Spy Planes of the Cold War
New information about secret spy plane missions flown over communist territories during the Cold War.
15
Inferno: The True Story of Dresden
Operation Thunderclap rained tons of bombs on Dresden, Germany.
16
The Last Cold Warrior
A Russian defector damages the KGB.
17
Churchill and the President
U.S. soldiers man the SIGSALY system in a London department store.
18
Mystery of the U2
The Soviets shoot down an American spy plane.
19
Code Name: Project Orion
In the 1950s, plans arise to send a giant, manned spaceship to other planets.
20
U.S.S. Iowa Explosion
A 1989 explosion on the USS Iowa kills 47 crew members.
21
The Secret Bunker
The secret duck-and-cover plan during the Cold War included underground bunkers which would have protected top officials if the Soviets attacked.
22
Pope John XXIII
A farmer's son becomes Pope John XXIII and stirs up an ecumenical hornet's nest.
23
John Paul I and His Mysterious Death
The sudden death of Pope John Paul I gives rise to rumours of a murder plot.
24
Pope John Paul II
Pope John Paul II does not allow compromise on moral issues.