First-person accounts describe the perilous situation in which hundreds of thousands of Allied soldiers found themselves struggling to escape Dunkirk under a barrage of enemy fire.

As ground forces including the Home Guard were being assembled to counter a German invasion on British soil the Royal Air Force bore the responsibility win the immediate battle in the skies over the English Channel and the United Kingdom.

Unlike in the First World War the Allies, with the British in particular, had to account for a much larger area of the sea to cover and protect from Axis threats.

Members of the US Pacific fleet recount their surprise when first seeing Japanese aircraft at Pearl Harbor as they initiated their attack.

With it's superior long range and superior performance the P-51 Mustang aided in the Allies' efforts to strike Nazi targets throughout Germany.

Tales originating from a shiphand's diary from the early 18th century describe where a cache of booty, including the fabled Treasure of Lima, has been buried on Cocos Island, and a German adventurer is intent on finding it.

For 2000 years, explorers have searched for the ancient boat that, according to The Bible, saved Noah from a great flood. But does the ark actually exist? Some modern ark hunters believe it does, and that it is in modern-day Turkey.

Two days after his army takes Austria, Hitler travels to Vienna and immediately takes possession of the Spear that is said to have pierced the side of Christ and that holds magical powers.

Researcher and treasure hunter Richard Knight consults various historic maritime documents to try to assess the location of legendary pirate Captain Kidd's buried treasure.

The fate of the legendary Russian Amber Room that was looted by the Nazis in World War II still remains a mystery, with many differing theories as to what became of the so-called Eighth Wonder of the World.

German journalist Paul Badde goes on a journey of discovery to learn about the 'face of god' print said to have been created by Jesus himself housed in a church in Manoppello, Italy.

According to the Bible, King Solomon possessed gifts of gold given to him by the Queen of Sheba. Legend has it, the gold came from the mysterious land of Ophir, known as King Solomon's Mines.

After exhausting his funds and losing his crew Rogelio Roxas, an amateur Filipino treasure-hunter decides to give the search for lost treasure seized and stashed by Japanese soldiers during World War II one more go, and makes a stunning discovery.

As part of the pacification of the vanquished Japanese Americans seized the prized swords of Japanese troops, some of which had been held onto for generations and used in past conflicts.

As medievalist author Otto Rahn is running out of funds for his studies on the Cathar Grail Heinrich Himmler steps in and offers him cash and forces him to join the SS.

Experts discuss the circumstances under which a treasure-laden ship may have gotten stuck in the Mojave Desert.

In the dying days of World War II a unit of Nazi SS officers is instructed to transport mysterious crates to the Austrian Alps. Upon arrival at a remote lake they dump their cargo. What could possibly be in them?

British explorer Percy Fawcett's unorthodox upbringing and beliefs helped fuel his belief and determination in finding the Lost City of El Dorado, or "Z" as he called it.

There is much speculation as to the location of the Ark of the Covenant, but according to ancient scripture Jeremiah took it to a mountain and hid it in a cave before the Babylonians sacked Jerusalem.

By the time John Lloyd Stephens and Frederick Catherwood become immersed in the study of the Mayans no one thought that the Mesoarmericans were capabile of creating such an advanced civilization.

A Frenchman claiming to be the grandson of LeBlanc, who was part of the original party that legend claims found a mother lode of gold on Treasure Mountain, returns with a detailed map to recover the stash.