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Men who survived the Normandy invasion as young soldiers in June 1944 recall their experiences of the conflict and discuss the effect it had on their lives

Al drives along one of the British invasion beaches, where he meets the four surviving crew members of a Second World War Bren gun carrier

The comedian drives through bocage country in Normandy with D-Day survivors from the 2nd Battalion of the King's Shropshire Light Infantry

Survivors reveal how the Allies suffered relatively few losses in their campaign to rout the 12th SS Panzer Division

Al visits rocket bunkers along the Franco-Belgian coast, meeting former PoWs who were forced to assemble Hitler's hi-tech weaponry

The comedian skydives with survivors of the 1st Parachute Brigade, who jumped into the bloody battle at Arnhem during the Second World War

RAF pilots of the Second World War share their recollections with the comedian, who finds out what the Lancaster bomber was like to fly

The comedian meets a German tank crew and climbs into the cockpit of one of its machines, similar to the ones used in the Battle of the Bulge

The comedian meets Polish survivors of the Eastern Front and hitches a ride in a T34 tank, one of the most advanced combat vehicles used during the Second World War

Military equipment collector Bruce Crompton sells an Australian museum a Second World War tank destroyer worth half a million pounds, which still needs a barrel

Bruce Compton dives into the murky secrets of Second World War spies. In Italy, he unearths an iconic code-breaking machine. In the UK the lads revive two rocket launchers

Bruce Crompton and his team embark on a tour across Europe to buy and restore some of the Second World War's rarest tanks

Eccentric military equipment collector Bruce Crompton heads to a Martello Tower on the Channel Islands

The German tactic of blitzkrieg, literally lightning war, designed to create disorganisation among enemy forces through the use of mobile forces and locally concentrated firepower

Restored footage tells the story of how Hitler ordered Operation Sealion, the invasion of Great Britain, after France had fallen in 1940

Japan's attack on Pearl Harbour was one of the greatest gambles in military history. Rare, expertly-restored footage recounts the extraordinary event

Restored colour footage retells the dramatic story of the Battle of Midway, a Japanese attack on the US-held Pacific island that triggered an extraordinary chain of events

Men who survived the Normandy invasion as young soldiers in June 1944 recall their experiences of the conflict and discuss the effect it had on their lives

The actor uses archive material to tell the story of the last days of the Nazi regime and the end of the Second World War

Henry Cole and Simon Lovegrove are off to the West Country and Oxfordshire in search of vintage treasure to buy, restore and sell

Henry Cole and Sam Lovegrove search a Cornish surf shack, where they find a bevy of custom bikes, surf buggies and all kinds of weird and wonderful object

Henry Cole potters through the Highlands of Scotland on his brand new Honda Africa Twin, a versatile bike perfect for the route known as the 'Tartan Titan'

Experts investigate new evidence of some of history's most intriguing lost cities. These remarkable discoveries reveal secrets about seven remarkable wonders

Bruce Compton dives into the murky secrets of Second World War spies. In Italy, he unearths an iconic code-breaking machine. In the UK the lads revive two rocket launchers

Bruce Crompton and his team embark on a tour across Europe to buy and restore some of the Second World War's rarest tanks

Eccentric military equipment collector Bruce Crompton heads to a Martello Tower on the Channel Islands

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