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Episodes (4)
Ep 1
Code-Breakers: Bletchley Park's Lost Heroes
2011-10-25•60m
Documentary revealing the secret story of how two men hacked into Hitler's personal super-code machine. Their break turned the Battle of Kursk and powered the D-Day landings.
Ep 2
The Most Courageous Raid of World War II
2011-11-01•60m
Lord Ashdown tells the story of the Cockleshell Heroes, who took part in one of the most audacious commando raids of World War II - to blow up enemy shipping in Bordeaux harbour.
Ep 3
Dam Busters: The Race to Smash the German Dams
2011-11-08•60m
James Holland presents an analysis of the 1943 mission to destroy German dams with a brand-new weapon - the bouncing bomb. Extraordinarily, the raid almost never happened.
Ep 4
Double Agent: The Eddie Chapman Story
2011-11-15•60m
Ben MacIntyre reveals the true story of Britain's most extraordinary wartime double agent, Eddie Chapman. Featuring remarkable footage of Chapman three years before his death.