Drain the Oceans

Archaeologists investigate a wreck that could be the last ever slave ship to bring Africans to American soil through the trans-Atlantic slave trade.

Atomic explosions on ships at sea; the U.S.’s largest thermonuclear bomb; and a new survey using extraordinary CGI explores the dawn of the Nuclear Age.

After vanishing in the Baltic over 450 years ago, a formidable battleship reveals secrets.

Existing only in legend, an ancient Egyptian city lies buried beneath the waves of the Mediterranean; after 2,000 years, secrets are revealed.

In summer 1940, Great Britain stood alone against the Nazis. Now we uncover the wrecks that reveal the truth behind the Battle of Britain.

Uncovering the long-lost shipwrecks of legendary captains reveals why the Caribbean - more than all other seas - became famous for pirates.

Forgotten wrecks from the American Revolution are discovered. Cutting-edge computer graphics shed new light on the struggle for independence.

Draining American rivers, seas and oceans reveals military tactics from the American Civil War that rewrote the rules of warfare forever.

Hitler’s latest weapons sink during a top-secret U-boat mission. An American aviation breakthrough brings victory to the Allies in the Pacific.

Underwater exploration reveals astonishing secrets: terrifying disasters, war-winning heroics and an engineering marvel that saves the city.