The secret stories behind the making of America, offering a glimpse into the central personalities, events and locations that gave rise to the nation.

The fall of Saigon; the origin story of the phrase "go for broke"; the truth behind "The Dirty Dozen"; the masterminds behind top-secret microfilm.

A study of Madison Square Garden and how it came to be the world's most famous arena, as well as an account of the corruption involving Prohibition Bootlegging.

An accounting of the rules that were bent and broken pertaining to the Civil War, the CIA, the American Civil Rights movement, and the advent of flight.

Classified operations of World War II, including covert units, unbreakable codes, underground operation centers, and super-human Navy SEALS, are studied.

Exploring the lesser-known side of American history in the Star Spangled Banner, Statue of Liberty, Monopoly board game and pioneering pilot Amelia Earhart.

In the Cold War, U.S. military buried nukes near the USSR and had a double agent, weaponized weather in the Vietnam War, and used magic and inflated WW2 tanks.

Viewed are fallout shelters in World War II as refuge in the firebombings of Tokyo and the D-Day invasion, and the war's best kept secrets are revealed.

Overlooked facts on how Parks wasn't the first black woman to keep her bus seat, the Berlin Airlift had candy for kids, and a moonshiner made a war rifle.

An examination of a conspiracy which allowed three inmates to escape an impenetrable fortress, revealing hidden secrets of the dungeon of Alcatraz.

A few untold stories of the U.S. Coast Guard are shared, featuring footage and personal accounts from members who performed a combat role in the Vietnam War.

As the Cold War intensifies, Vladimir Vetrov betrays his country and begins passing high-value secrets to the United States, becoming one of America's greatest

KGB Colonel Oleg Gordievsky must escape from Moscow after the Soviets find that he is spying for Britain's Secret Intelligence Service.

Aleksandr Ogorodnik is prepared to yield top secret intelligence to the United States in order to bring down the Soviet Union from within.

Team Alpha responds to a distress call from Charlie Company, which has been surrounded by the North Vietnamese following a brutal battle.

National Guardsmen fight the Germans in one of the most decisive battles of WWII, struggling to deny Hitler a badly needed victory.

The paratroopers of Fighting Fox Company, who fought and died in WWII battles from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest, showed both determination and devotion.

The story of the men of Echo Company, who fought an overwhelming North Vietnamese Army in Dai Do, in order to rescue their fellow Marines.