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Goering's Last Secret: Revealed

44 min

Secrets of The Blitz

44 min

Britain's Secret Schindler: Revealed

44 min

JFK - The Scandals: Revealed

44 min

The King's Speech

44 min

The Great Train Robber's Secret Tapes

44 min

World War Two's Luckiest Man

44 min

Children of 9/11

44 min

Mysteries of The Vampire Skeletons: Revealed

44 min

E10

America's Planned War On Britain: Revealed

44 min

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E12

Bomber Boys

44 min

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The World's Biggest Bomb

Season 9 · Episode 11 · Oct 27, 2011

On the eve of the 50th anniversary of the world’s biggest bomb blast, this documentary draws on new forensic investigation and meteorological analyses to reveal the true story behind the Cold War race to build the world's most powerful weapon. After Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the United States led the way - but then left the field clear for the Soviet Union to set off the world’s biggest ever explosion,which took place on October 30th, 1961. Along the way billions of dollars and roubles were spent, Pacific islanders were driven from their homes, and military and civilians alike were unwittingly exposed to huge doses of radiation. With first-hand testimony from American eyewitnesses and inhabitants of the islands, and modern scientific forensics, it is revealed for the first time what happened and the real reasons why the US scientists misjudged the potential power behind their early H bomb tests, resulting in three small islands being vaporised and severe radioactive fallout spreading over nearby inhabited islands.

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Season 9 · Episode 11 · Oct 27, 2011

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