Secrets of the Arsenal
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Geoff takes a visit to the NSA National Cryptologic Museum to study a revolutionary new idea from the Civil War that changed battlefield tactics forever.
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Flag Messengers
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Host Geoff Edgers meets a private collector who shows him some amazing artifacts that came off the German submarine U-505, which was captured by the Americans at the end of WWII, including a trophy pistol that has been missing for 75 years.
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Secrets of the Arsenal
Seizing and Stashing a Sinking U-Boat Captain's Pistol
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Geoff meets with former helicopter pilot Lt. Col. Hugh Mills (Ret.), who was shot down 16 times over Vietnam during the course of his three tours of flying as a low level scout during the Vietnam War.
02:47
Secrets of the Arsenal
Vietnam Helo Pilot and His Lucky Charm
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The West Point Museum stores a dangerous weapon sent to Europe during the Cold War meant to stop an invasion from the Soviets with an extremely powerful punch - the Davy Crockett recoilless rifle-delivered nuclear bomb.
02:30
Secrets of the Arsenal
The World's Smallest Nuke
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At the National Museum of the Marine Corps Geoff discovers an award given to a small group of heroes who filmed a crack Marine fighting crew amidst a bloody Pacific battle. The award was an Oscar for footage shot at Tarawa.
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Secrets of the Arsenal
The Oscar Won By the Marine Corps
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Geoff visits the National Museum of the United States Air Force and is presented with mission-specific goggles that were issued to the airmen aboard the Bockscar for the atomic bombing of Japan.
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Goggles Used While Dropping the Bomb Over Nagasaki
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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.
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D-Day to Victory
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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.
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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.
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D-Day to Victory
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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.
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D-Day to Victory
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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.
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D-Day to Victory
A Battalion of Germans Came Down the Road and Attacked My Bridge
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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.
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D-Day to Victory
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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.
03:43
D-Day to Victory
Bombing Berlin in a Sea of Flak
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By October 1939 after the Soviets and Nazis had partitioned Poland the Gestapo and Soviet secret police were looking for ways to increase and render more effective their collaboration
02:42
WWII Confidential
The Soviets and Nazis Throw the Poles to the Wind
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During a trip to Moscow in December 1941 British Foreign Minister Anthony Eden learns of Stalin's desire to hold onto eastern Poland after the end of the war.
02:38
WWII Confidential
Stalin Reveals to the British His Polish Pretension
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Despite the massive loss of life of his own people Stalin is viewed in the US as a hero by the end of 1942.
02:03
WWII Confidential
Stalin Man of the Year as His Country Bleeds
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As German forces gradually retreat from the Eastern front and Soviet forces wait just outside Warsaw the Polish resistance rises assuming that Stalin will come to their aid.
02:15
WWII Confidential
Stalin Watches as The Warsaw Uprising of 1944 Gets Crushed
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As part of the Soviet control that Stalin imposed over Poland Russians were made to pose as Polish officers.
02:06
WWII Confidential
Russians Pretending to Be Polish Officers
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A former interpreter of Stalin's confirms that he felt betrayed by the Allies because they only opened up a second front in Western Europe when the Red Army began to approach Germany and the West.
02:48
WWII Confidential
Stalin Feels the Allies Betrayed Him During the War
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Due to their inexperience many airborne troops including those of Fox Company loaded themselves up too much for their jump into Normandy on D-Day.
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Against the Odds
Carrying Too Much Gear For Jump Into Normandy
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Eugene Sledge recounts in his diary how he and his fellow soldiers were being trained in subhuman slaughter before their landing at hellish Peleliu.
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