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Success was anything but assured. In fact, before the invasion even began, Dwight Eisenhower had already penned this message to the Allied leaders: "Our landings have failed and I have withdrawn the troops." It was never sent. The D-Day landings signaled the beginning of the end for Nazi Germany. With a firm foothold on the European continent, the Allies were ready to roll toward the German homeland. This thrilling program brings the epic invasion to life through the recollections of soldiers...

On a July morning 60 years ago, scientists and dignitaries gathered in a desolate area of the New Mexico desert aptly known as Jornada del Muerto Journey of Death to await the detonation of the first atomic bomb. Dubbed "The Manhattan Project," this top-secret undertaking was tackled with unprecedented speed and expense, the equivalent of nearly $30 billion in today's dollars. Although the bomb was built in the interest of peace, ethical conflicts and gut-wrenching decisions were inevitable....

Explore the life and legacy of the immigrant who rose to become one of the world's richest men, a legendary philanthropist and the confidante of presidents.

The first bombing airplanes and widespread use of chemical weapons...earliest tanks...submarines. When Industrial-Age technology and war first mixed on a large scale, the end result was ruthlessly efficient destruction. World War One epitomized the dark underbelly of the Industrial Revolution. We see how technological achievements that streamlined 19th-century production, improved transportation, and expanded science were used to efficiently decimate a generation of soldiers in the early 20th...

The speculation surrounding Eva Braun has persisted for decades: Was she Adolf Hitler's lover or just a close friend? And did she die in a Berlin bunker or did she escape to a secret life? Our profile tells the simple story of a simple girl who simply fell in love...with the wrong man. This common tale of love in the time of war is told through uncommonly candid home movies, most of them shot by Eva herself.

A lonely young woman embarks on an affair with her husband's friend, with disastrous consequences.

What do 13 signers of the Constitution and 15 presidents have in common with Duke Ellington and Mozart? All of them along with many other influential figures were members of the world's largest and oldest secret society, the Freemasons. A favorite subject of conspiracy theorists worldwide, this vast organization is familiar to many, but known by few. SECRET SOCIETIES unravels mysteries and legends surrounding the Masons and another famous society, Yale University's prestigious Skull and Bones...

Born of immigrant parents in 1912, Phil Silvers grew up on the mean streets of Brownsville in Brooklyn. His talent and wit launched a show business career that culminated with the smash Broadway show, Top Banana, and the heights of TV stardom in the 1950s as the star of his own Army sitcom. Eyewitness accounts of the comedian's life connect the show-business persona with the real-life husband and father. Among those interviewed are former wife Jo-Carroll Dennison, comedians Milton Berle, Red...

They are the backbone of a continent, towering granite peaks that have lured adventurers to the American West for centuries. For some, this rugged landscape yielded incredible wealth. For others, its only offerings were tragic death. In a tour of Colorado's spookiest places, we visit Cripple Creek Hotel, Manitou Springs, the frontier town of Buckskin Joe, Molly Brown's Denver mansion, and Estes Park--where phantoms still cling to a life long past in the Haunted Rockies.

What happens when the calculations of builders and engineers prove wrong and their constructs come tumbling down? In this episode, we examine the 1987 failure of the Schoharie Creek Bridge in New York; the partial destruction by a runaway freighter of the Riverwalk Marketplace in New Orleans in 1996; the roof collapse of the Rosemont Horizon Arena in Illinois in 1979; the deadliest grain-dust explosion on record in Westwego, Louisiana, when a grain elevator exploded in 1977; and the crash of...

Chuck Esposito runs the sports book at Caesars Palace, and he and his staff are responsible for setting the odds on every sporting event. At no time is the pressure greater than the start of the pro football season. Will the odds he set cost the casino hundreds of thousands of dollars? The strips hottest new alternative club opens and an outrageous group of guests takes a friend out on the town. The way Ted and his groomsmen are partying, it seems like they have forgotten that they're in Vegas...

Arising from the horrible carnage, deprivation, and suffering caused by war is a countless array of everyday items--from hairbrushes to microwaves--that directly descend from wartime innovations. Wartime research and development have revolutionized communication, transportation, and medicine. From Spam to nuclear power to hair spray and cell phones, life as we know it ironically owes a lot to war. We'll follow the day-to-day life of an ordinary woman and see the influence of war on her life.