Top Ten Warfare

Since the dawn of aerial warfare in WWI, air supremacy has been key to winning the war. From the Sopwith Camel and the P-51 Mustang to the F-22 Raptor and Harrier Jump Jet, these are the most influential aircraft in history.

Incredible archival footage from the heart of the action and interviews with world-leading historians tell the action-packed stories of the most decisive battles that have ever been caught on camera.

Rare archival footage and expert interviews help identify and rank the most influential inventions of modern warfare, from penicillin and plastic surgery to the internet and GPS.

The most iconic military vessels of the last century are ranked. Featuring the German U-boat, Nimitz-class aircraft carriers and the world's most successful battleship, these vessels have changed the face of warfare.

From the torpedo and rocket-propelled grenade to poison gas and the atomic bomb, these are the most influential and iconic weapons of modern warfare.

From Winston Churchill and Adolf Hitler to Mao Tse Tung and Saddam Hussein, war can make or break a leader.

From the Great Phenol plot of World War I to the first large-scale cyber attack, spies, sabotage and deception have long been part of the arsenal that military commanders have at their disposal.

From George Patton and Vo Nguyen Giap to to Georgy Zhukov and Dwight Eisenhower, the men who led the great fighting forces of the 20th century understood warfare at both the strategic and the tactical level.

Experts rank the most influential and iconic military forces, from Hitler's Wehrmacht and Britain's Special Air Service to China's People's Liberation Army and the French Foreign Legion.

Rising up from the trenches of World War I, the tank changed the way battles are fought forever. Experts rank the best, from the American Sherman and German Panzer to the M1 Abrams and the Soviet T34.