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The actor uses archive material to tell the story of the last days of the Nazi regime and the end of the Second World War

Al drives along one of the British invasion beaches, where he meets the four surviving crew members of a Second World War Bren gun carrier

The comedian drives through bocage country in Normandy with D-Day survivors from the 2nd Battalion of the King's Shropshire Light Infantry

Survivors reveal how the Allies suffered relatively few losses in their campaign to rout the 12th SS Panzer Division

Al visits rocket bunkers along the Franco-Belgian coast, meeting former PoWs who were forced to assemble Hitler's hi-tech weaponry

The comedian skydives with survivors of the 1st Parachute Brigade, who jumped into the bloody battle at Arnhem during the Second World War

RAF pilots of the Second World War share their recollections with the comedian, who finds out what the Lancaster bomber was like to fly

The comedian meets a German tank crew and climbs into the cockpit of one of its machines, similar to the ones used in the Battle of the Bulge

The comedian meets Polish survivors of the Eastern Front and hitches a ride in a T34 tank, one of the most advanced combat vehicles used during the Second World War

The comic actor meets survivors of the 1st Commando and 1st Cheshire Regiments, reuniting them with survivors of the 21st Army Group, whom they fought alongside

The comedian visits the site of Hitler's bunker beneath the old Reichstag and meets survivors of the final siege on Berlin

Days into the mission, the ship's crew is ordered to rescue stranded British passengers in need of a lift home after the travel chaos caused by the 2010 volcanic ash cloud

The crew of HMS Ark Royal calls in a massive naval tanker to help refuel the vessel en route to the world's largest naval base in Virginia

The ship's crew enjoys some down time in the Florida sunshine, but some sailors have their shore leave cancelled to prepare for a royal visitor

The aircraft carrier heads for Nova Scotia with a busy schedule, including a visit from then-PM David Cameron. However, the ship hits dense fog and the crew attend an emergency

The crew prepares to play a key role in the Royal Canadian Navy's centenary celebrations, a ceremony that will feature the Queen's attendance

The aircraft carrier takes part in a large-scale military exercise with the US Navy, overseeing the landing of Royal Marines into a designated war zone

Earth's past is marked by one cosmic disaster after another, forging the path of human evolution. Experts explore how close the Earth has come to destruction

The actor uses archive material to tell the story of the last days of the Nazi regime and the end of the Second World War

The German tactic of blitzkrieg, literally lightning war, designed to create disorganisation among enemy forces through the use of mobile forces and locally concentrated firepower

Restored footage tells the story of how Hitler ordered Operation Sealion, the invasion of Great Britain, after France had fallen in 1940

Japan's attack on Pearl Harbour was one of the greatest gambles in military history. Rare, expertly-restored footage recounts the extraordinary event

Restored colour footage retells the dramatic story of the Battle of Midway, a Japanese attack on the US-held Pacific island that triggered an extraordinary chain of events

Days into the mission, the ship's crew is ordered to rescue stranded British passengers in need of a lift home after the travel chaos caused by the 2010 volcanic ash cloud

The crew of HMS Ark Royal calls in a massive naval tanker to help refuel the vessel en route to the world's largest naval base in Virginia

The ship's crew enjoys some down time in the Florida sunshine, but some sailors have their shore leave cancelled to prepare for a royal visitor

Earth's past is marked by one cosmic disaster after another, forging the path of human evolution. Experts explore how close the Earth has come to destruction

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