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Viasat History Newly-discovered letters of Anne Frank's father Otto and interviews with their family reveal his struggle to save their family for the first time.Οι επιστολές του πατέρα της …

Πόλεις των Νομάδων Historians and archaeologists set off in the footsteps of Genghis Khan in Mongolia; thanks to exceptional excavations in the field, they are rediscovering the lost cities…

Μια Ιδεαλιστική Κοινωνία Thanks to exceptional excavations in four lost cities of the Mongol empire, archaeologists are revealing the visionary society created by Genghis Khan in the 13th c…

Viasat History In the mountains of Sichuan lies an ancient city that is one of the most important finds in years; treasures discovered point to the existence of a recently uncovered civilis…

Viasat History 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…

Αγρόκτημα September 1944: Montgomery proposes a bold plan to cross the Rhine and encircle Germany's industrial heartland. If successful, his plan could end the war by Christmas.Σεπτέμβριος …

Viasat History It was Versailles before Versailles, a palace in the heart of Paris with a history spanning 2000 years; how has it been erased from memory and built over by successive govern…

Αγρόκτημα September 1944: Montgomery proposes a bold plan to cross the Rhine and encircle Germany's industrial heartland. If successful, his plan could end the war by Christmas.Σεπτέμβριος …

Ακρόπολη της Αθήνας Rising 80 metres above Athens, the Acropolis is a high-speed engineering feat forged in an age of war and political ambition. This episode decodes the logistics behind t…

Βόμβες 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 …

Κρίσιμη Καμπή Tanks continued to evolve and older tanks found a new life on the Pacific battlefront; with the end of WWII in Europe in sight, anything went in the peak of experimentation of…

Το Mυστήριο του Κατακλυσμού 6000 years ago, Sumerians built the world's first cities in southern Iraq; the first Westerners to explore these ruins were inspired by Bible stories. What was t…

Αρχαιολογία 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 Te…

Viasat History A new generation of archaeologists reopens the mythical Mesopotamian sites of Nineveh, Lagash and Larsa; using new technologies, they make astounding discoveries in the very …

Viasat History This documentary is a rediscovery of Nineveh, capital of one of the greatest civilisations - the world's first genuine superpower, the Assyrians. Why did this great city disa…

Μυστικοί Πράκτορες Espionage and intelligence were crucial during WWII; clever camouflage, the Enigma machine, and concealable weapons were as important as any tank, ship, aircraft or bomb.…

Νίκη του Πολέμου By the end of WWII, the tank had evolved from its trench-crossing beginnings; it had turned into a vision of armoured warfare that carried on through the Cold War and into …

Ράπα Νούι A seafaring people called the Rapa Nui flourished on Easter Island hundreds of years ago, but they succumbed to a series of deadly events that saw the entire civilisation destroye…

Viasat History The Eiffel Tower might never have seen the light of day; it owes its existence to the tenacity of visionary engineer Gustave Eiffel prevailing over his main rival architect J…

Η Μάχη για τον Ποταμό Σχελτ (Σκάλδη) October 1944: the Allies face a major supply crisis - vital fuel and ammunition still has to be landed at the D-Day beaches. When the port of Antwerp is…

Νόισβανσταϊν, Γερμανία Neuschwanstein is Louis II of Bavaria's 19th-century fairy-tale castle that inspired Walt Disney. Inside, medieval fantasy hides modern innovation: steel beams, plumb…