All Seasons

Season 1

  • S01E01 Prisoners of War - The Barbed Wire Front

    • November 28, 1998
    • History

    Examines the treatment of prisoners of war early in the 20th century. From capture to interrogation and internment, the fate of thousands of WWI prisoners was determined by their captors off the battlefield.

  • S01E02 Prisoners of War - Part Two

    • December 5, 1998
    • History

    Examines the treatment of prisoners of war on both sides during WWII. From interrogation to housing to repatriation, civilian and military POWs were often used as pawns between warring nations.

  • S01E03 Prisoners of War - Part Three

    • December 12, 1998
    • History

    From brainwashing in Korea to courageous acts of heroism in Vietnam and the Gulf War, a unique examination of POWs, their families, and their secrets.

  • S01E04 The Balkans Tinderbox

    • November 21, 1998
    • History

    A look at the secret forces behind the strife throughout the Balkan States. From a single gunshot in Sarajevo that started WWI to the Nazi occupation in WWII, to "ethnic cleansing" and the war in Kosovo.

  • S01E05 WWI - Germany's Secret Gambles

    • January 16, 1999
    • History

    As the armies of World War One struggled under a barrage of terrifying weapons, the German government turned to covert operations to break the stalemate