Pluto TV Britain at War schedule

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Operation Ratweek’s existence has always been denied. However WMR has now discovered evidence that it existed and was carried out.

Lucky Luciano, a mafia boss of the 1930s, was in jail in 1942 on charges of running prostitution rings. US intelligence services did a deal with him and he got the Italians to share intelligence on German U boat movements.

Sir Charles attended Eton, and then joined the Coldstream Guards. He won the Military Cross on the Western Front and, having survived the war, returned to banking.

Monty Woodhouse, a professor and a legend for blowing up the Gorgopotamos Bridge in Greece in 1942. In the British counter attack against Rommell at Al Alamein in North Africa it was vital to disrupt German supply routes, Greece.

Operation North Pole was a WWII German deception using captured SOE agents to mislead Britain. 47 of 50 agents were captured. Despite warnings, SOE ignored signs of compromise to maintain support, leading to a major intelligence failure.

In 1945, during the Italian Spring offensive, SOE agent Michael Lees and SAS officer Roy Farran led a raid on German HQs at Villa Rossi and Villa Calvi. Despite orders to cancel, Farran attacked with SAS men and partisans, killing many Germans.

After WWII, SOE disbanded, leaving Vera Atkins to uncover fates of 118 agents, including 13 women. Many were betrayed and sent to camps; some were executed. Atkins' quest continued, marked by personal impact and delayed recognition.

Operation Cockade, led by MI6's double agent Henri Dericourt in 1943, aimed to deceive Germans with sabotage. Despite efforts, Germans withdrew divisions unconvinced. Dericourt faced a post-war treason trial and died in a mysterious 1962 plane crash.

Christine Granville, aka Krystyna Skarbek, a brave SOE agent, secured the release of captured comrades from the Gestapo before Operation Dragoon, earning the George Medal.

Juan Pujol, MI6's WWII agent "Garbo," created a fictitious spy network in Lisbon, deceiving the Germans with crucial disinformation and influencing their strategies. After the war, MI6 protected him, and he lived in Venezuela until his death in 1988.

Fitzroy Maclean, an MP and WWII spy, supported Tito's Communist partisans in Yugoslavia against the Germans, forging a lasting friendship and honored at Tito's funeral post-war.

Discover how agents tricked the Germans to keep their troops out of Normandy.

Discover a darkly humorous British ploy that helped the 1943 landing in Sicily.

Discover how a Soviet Intelligence officer avoided WWIII.

Discover how and why several brilliant scientists divulged the secrets of the atomic bomb.

Stories from the Blitz features new interviews with those who were there and amazing archive footage of the devastation, and of human courage and sheer will to survive one of Britain's darkest periods in History.

The Blitz looks at the build-up to the raids and detailed footage of the destruction that followed. It features interviews from those who lived through it and stories of sadness and bravery, at a time when Britain held strong and swore not to surrender.

Hitler finds his political destiny in post-war Munich. He quickly dominates a fringe party & builds it into the Nazi Party. He recruits infamous men to the cause including Herman Goering & Heinrich Himmler & they plot a coup known as the Beerhall Putsch.

In 1924, Hitler is convicted for High Treason after the failed Nazi power grab. In prison, he writes Mein Kampf, articulating his anti-Semitic and expansionist beliefs. Upon release, Hitler rebrands the Nazi Party.

In 1930s Germany, Hitler capitalizes on economic woes blaming the Weimar Government and Jews. Despite scandals, Nazi rallies gain popularity and emerge as the largest party. Hitler becomes Chancellor in 1933, using the 'Enabling Act' to seize power.

Adolf Hitler's secret agenda is to rid Germany of Jews. By 1938, after creating work schemes and rearming, he orchestrates "The Night of Broken Glass," burning 1,000 synagogues and killing 91 Jews, preparing for further aggression.

Hitler unveils his military plans: annex Austria, seize the Sudetenland, and eventually invade Poland and the Soviet Union. By March 1938, Austria falls bloodlessly. By September 1939, he invades Poland, sparking World War Two.

Hitler rules Europe triumphantly, hailed as a hero in Germany. Hitler invades the Soviet Union, promising swift victory over communism, but progress stalls. As Germany faces setbacks, Hitler retreats to his bunker in Poland, increasingly reliant on drugs.

This is the story of how Hitler orchestrated the genocide of 6 million Jews. Hitler portrayed Jews as a societal threat, using Goebbels' propaganda. Deportations were masked as resettlements while Auschwitz-Birkenau became a death factory.

By 1944, Hitler's image as a victorious leader is crumbling. He faces a bomb plot led by Stauffenberg and Tresckow, intending to kill him and overthrow the regime. Hitler survives the bombing, triggering a brutal reprisal against conspirators.

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