Sean Bean Explores The Battle That Defeated Napoleon

Actor Sean Bean investigates the dramatic events of Waterloo, one of history's bloodiest and most decisive battles, drawing on eyewitness accounts of soldiers who fought

Tony Robinson uncovers the extraordinary lives of ordinary people in Edwardian Britain. From Titanic survivor Arthur John Priest and striking chain-maker Patience Round to pioneering footballer and Army officer Walter Tull, their stories reveal an era divided by class, transformed by industry and ultimately shattered by war.

Discover how Roman engineers built the Colosseum and transformed it into the empire’s greatest arena. From flooded naval battles and deadly gladiatorial contests to the stolen treasure and enslaved labour that financed its construction, this documentary reveals the engineering, brutality and political ambition behind ancient Rome’s most famous monument.

Discover unpublished and rarely seen photographs from the Battle of Berlin in 1945, brought together in an exclusive collection for history enthusiasts. More than 200 historical photographs take you through the final days of the Third Reich and reveal scenes rarely shown in documentaries. Following the Axis defeat in North Africa in 1943, thousands of Afrika Korps soldiers were captured by Allied forces. The image of Rommel's men remained etched in history as that of a highly disciplined army that fought for years in one of the toughest theaters of World War II. However, when the war ended in 1945, the question was what would happen to the hundreds of thousands of German soldiers who had turned from desert fighters into prisoners of war. ​Many of these men were transferred to POW camps in the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Canada, and other Allied nations. There they remained for months or even years after the end of the conflict. Their conditions varied greatly depending on the country and the time: some worked in agriculture or reconstruction tasks, while others

“You have to act.” From the first chaotic minutes after touchdown to a sniper’s round stopped inches from a Marine’s eye, this is Marjah up close. Go inside Operation Moshtarak in Helmand as U.S. Marines and Afghan soldiers push through 360-degree contact, hunt a shooter firing through a wall slit, and adapt when IEDs force a chess game instead of checkers. Watch EOD uncover a daisy-chained kill zone, a medevac bird take RPG fire, and a hard choice about air support collide with concerns for civilians. Inside compounds, Marines find opium and ammonium nitrate. In town, bazaars reopen, condolence payments are delivered, and “government in a box” is put to the test — but the fight, and doubts, remain. Raw, unfiltered, and deeply human, this documentary reveals the split-second decisions, the cost of mistakes, and the fragile work of counterinsurgency you never see in headlines. Watch to the end for the moment that redefines what “holding ground” really means in Marjah. Watch the full story now.

Scientists found a 2 billion-year-old nuclear reactor. ▀▀▀▀▀▀ Where is all the missing uranium-235? Scientists think that a nuclear reactor called Oklo might have the answer, in Gabon, Africa. But the weird part is, humans didn’t build it. Earth created this nuclear reactor all by itself… ▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀▀▀▀▀▀ Check out the other Astrum channels for videos about space and astronomy: ▀▀▀▀▀▀ References: ▀▀▀▀▀▀ Narrator: James Stewart Writer: James Shelton Video Editor: Celal Kaçar Animator: Peter Sheppard Researcher: Shourya Shrivastava Script Editor: Damaris McColgan Thumbnail Designers: Peter Sheppard, Juane Dames Publishing Lead: Georgina Brenner Production Coordinator: Rose Unwin Edit Producer: Poppy Pinnock Producers: Alex McColgan, James Stewart Head of Astrum: Jess Jordan Creator of Astrum: Alex McColgan ▀▀▀▀▀▀