Showing posts with label World War Two. Show all posts
Showing posts with label World War Two. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 15, 2017

The Battle for Malta




Today on Far Future Horizons to commemorate the seventy-fifth anniversary of Operation Pedestal we present the BBC Two documentary The Battle for Malta.

Historian James Holland presents a fresh analysis of the World War Two battle for the tiny Mediterranean island of Malta.

Wednesday, December 7, 2016

Pearl Harbor: 24 Hours After


Today on Far Future Horizons we present the critically acclaimed documentary Pearl Harbor: 24 Hours After.

This documentary special offers an in depth look at the critical 24 hour period following the news of Japan's attack on the U.S. naval base in Pearl Harbour, Hawaii on December 7th, 1941 reaching President Franklin D. Roosevelt.


Tuesday, January 27, 2015

Hitler’s Atomic Bomb



Today on Far Future Horizons we take an in-depth look at the Nazi’s Atomic Bomb program.  

In 1939, as Europe prepared for war, the Nazis led the world in the race for the atomic bomb. Yet six years later it was the Americans who dropped the first nuclear bomb on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima  and Nagasaki .


Saturday, December 20, 2014

The World of ‘The Man in the High Castle'



Today on Far Future Horizons we will once again take a foray into alternate history and glimpse the world as portrayed in Philip K. Dick’s Hugo award-winning novel “The Man in the High Castle”.




“The Man in the High Castle' is classic in the genre of alternate history novels and inspired countless authors to write their own alternative history scenarios of a world dominated by a victorious Adolf Hitler.


Monday, October 27, 2014

World War 2 as seen from Space



Today on Far Future Horizons we present a truly unique and ground-breaking History Channel documentary film that will follow the Second World War as it unfolded as seen from the vantage point of space revealing the full global impact of the greatest conflict ever fought.


World War 2 from Space is a feature-length documentary unprecedented in its scope, ambition and execution.



Monday, August 11, 2014

The Dam Busters Declassified

THE DAMBUSTERS  (617 Squadron)


Today on Far Future Horizons we present the story of a major top secret operation conducted in 1943 during the Second World War and after which the names of the men of Royal Air Force Squadron No. 617 would be written into history and legend as the - "Dambusters".


For your viewing pleasure we present the documentary Dambusters Declassified presented by veteran actor Martin Shaw, known for his roles in the television series The Professionals, The Chief, Judge John Deed and Inspector George Gently.