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What History Forgot
What History Forgot

What History Forgot

—Famously forgotten tales that shaped some of America's greatest icons, scandals and disasters.
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Season 14 of 6 Episodes

  • The secrets and stories behind the United States' greatest icons.

  • Investigating the people, plots and ploys behind America's wartime secret weapons.

  • The best-kept secrets of World War II revealed.

  • An early pioneer for racial equality; German children await candy from the skies; a moonshiner develops a famous rifle.

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10 episodes will be broadcast over the next two weeks

    Rebels With a Cause
    Defying the Nazis
    Making America
    Fighting for Freedom
    Secrets and Scandals
    Breaking the Rules
    Top Secret World War II
    Icons of Freedom
    Secret Weapons
    Verge of Destruction
  • Rebels With a Cause

    An early pioneer for racial equality; German children await candy from the skies; a moonshiner develops a famous rifle.
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  • Defying the Nazis

    The stories behind some of the biggest deceptions, the top secrets and the secret weapons used to help defy the Nazis in WWII.
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  • Making America

    The stories behind George Washington, the California Gold Rush, the vast highways that stretch across America, and the wars between the United States and Great Britain.
    Upcoming
  • Fighting for Freedom

    Learning about the phrase Go for Broke!, the Fall of Saigon at Vietnam's bitter end, the legends spun around top-secret microfilm, and the classic movie, "The Dirty Dozen."
    Upcoming
  • Secrets and Scandals

    Exploring the secrets and scandals of Madison Square Garden, the world's most famous arena, and the crime and corruption that surrounded Prohibition Bootlegging.
    Upcoming
  • Breaking the Rules

    Exploring the significance of the Civil War, the CIA, the Civil Rights movement, and the advent of flight.
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