Between 1914 and 1945, two major conflicts engulfed the planet. Among the combatants of the First World War, eight men would play a decisive role in the next one.

When war broke out in Europe in 1914, most people thought the conflict would be over by Christmas; t...

Drama of the penalty parts of political prisoners, who fought on the Soviet fronts.

Set at the outbreak of WWII – mischievous playboy Ian Fleming is untroubled by the specter of impend...

The dramatised account of how the world’s greatest Special Forces unit, the SAS, was formed under ex...

During the 1950s, Helsinki was the focal point of the Cold War, as global powers and their intellige...

A four-part history series examines relations between Nazi Germany and Finland in the 1930s and 1940...

One of the most important historical investigations carried out by Rai, signed by the great Sergio Z...

Myths die hard, and the history of the 20th century is no exception to this rule. Even today, we hol...

Set during the 18th century Napoleonic Wars, Horatio Hornblower, a young and shy midshipman, rises t...

In June 1941, Hitler decides to break the German-Soviet pact and set the German army in motion towar...
Using witness testimony, archive and archaeological evidence, this three-part series reveals the unt...

An extraordinary variety of writers, who often suffered terrible adversity throughout their lives, c...