Name: World War II: Secrets from Above
Rating: 6.7

Synopsis

As we fly above the infamous battle sites of D-Day and Dunkirk, soar over hidden Nazi bunkers, and glide across lost battleships and sunken shipwrecks – this new series exposes secrets of World War Two - in a brand-new way.

First Air Date: 2022-10-18

Last Air Date: 2025-04-17

Number of Seasons: 3

Number of Episodes: 18

Networks: National Geographic

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Top Cast

Alex Waldmann as Narrator (voice)

Seasons

Season 1 (2022)

Season 2 (2023)

Season 3 (2025)

Season 1 (2022)

No overview available for this season.

Episodes:

Ep. 1: Road To D-Day (2022-10-18)

Matching archive film and photography to their original locations, this series charts the most extraordinary events of WWII from a unique perspective.
Ep. 2: Hitler's Vengeance Weapons (2022-10-25)

1942 – the Nazis develop the world’s first cruise and ballistic missiles. Can the Allies stop Hitler before he rains down terror from above?
Ep. 3: Road to Berlin (2022-11-01)

Stalin, seeking revenge, wages a war of annihilation against Nazi Germany. Over one million Soviet soldiers charge west to launch an attack on Berlin.
Ep. 4: Dambusters (2022-11-08)

1943 – Allied commanders assemble the crème de la crème of their air forces to attempt one of the most audacious bombing missions of WWII.
Ep. 5: Battle of the Bulge (2022-11-15)

December 1944 - Hitler launches an all-out assault on the Western front across Belgium and Luxembourg. In small towns, vastly outnumbered Allied platoons face off against entire German battalions in a series of David Vs Goliath attacks that pits superior Nazi weaponry against American mettle: The Battle of the Bulge.
Ep. 6: Escape from Dunkirk (2022-11-22)

1940 - 400,000 Allied troops are surrounded by Hitler’s army at Dunkirk. Can the Allies escape and make it back to Britain to continue the fight?