The 1980s saw the peak number of nuclear warheads on the planet then the abrupt end of the Cold War. We are now back to worrying times with tensions rising between old foes Russia and the United States.

A paramedic becomes the patient as Canada worries about the spread of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, or SARS.

Dr. Marshall Masters teaches a course in how to survive the inevitable destruction that Planet X will bring, which is scheduled to strike this year.

Family members that prepared for the end of the world left many of their loved ones in the lurch.

Michael Menkin uses his head to quite literally prevent alien invasions.

Celebrate Military Mondays on AHC by watching your favorite shows like WWII in Color, Against the Odds, D-Day to Victory, and Air Aces.

Veterans and footage from the invasion of Normandy provide the details as to just how treacherous the initial landings and fierce the German defenses were their with underwater mines, 88-milimeter artillery rounds and machine gun emplacements.

Private Hal Baumgarten and his fellow GIs are victims of a deadly German ambush as they advance inland from the beach at Normandy. As he is about to be evacuated a sniper hits him, then gets "exterminated" by an unexpected friend.

A formidable German defense in Caen forces the Allies to unleash a massive aerial bombardment on the key city, with both the enemy and allies forced to seek cover.

As Lance Cpl. Stan Matulis is moving house to house clearing out the Germans in the Falaise pocket during the Battle of Normandy he and his comrades take a break in a home. After passing a window a couple of times he is shot in the neck by a sniper.

As the Germans were withdrawing from Normandy and Belgium many regrouped in Holland and attacked the Allies, inflicting many casualties. As the body count grew so did the letters that had to be written to family members of the deceased.

Besides the cold and lack of supplies and onrushing German forces soldiers of the 101st Airborne had to contend with the fear of the unknown, and fear of letting your fellow soldier down during the harsh Siege of Bastogne.

Airman Leonard recounts the chaos and cruelty of nighttime bombing raids over Berlin in a Lancaster and how he and his crew had to crash-land their disabled aircraft on one particular sortie.

Was there a hidden agenda behind the 1968 release of the deadly VX nerve agent which resulted in the overnight death of more than 6000 sheep 30 miles outside of Area 52?

High-ranking government employees convene in May 2001 to discuss UFO sightings, including one which occurred over Alaska in 1986 by a Japan Airlines crew.

As part of their plans for expansion into and domination of the Soviet Union the Nazi hierarchy create the Einsatzgruppe, death squads that are tasked with clearing territory of Jews and Communists for settlement by Germans.