Top Tens of Warfare

Since the dawn of aerial warfare in WWI, air supremacy has been key to winning the war. Here's a top ten countdown of the aircraft used in warfare. Rarely-seen archive footage and expert interviews rank and identify the most influential aircraft in history, from the P-51 Mustang to the Harrier Jump Jet.

We're counting down the top ten fierce 20th-century battles of warfare that changed history - from the Somme and the Normandy landings to the first Gulf War.

Countdown the top ten warfare inventions. Warfare has driven world-changing technological innovations, from mass production of life-saving Penicillin and pioneering plastic surgery to the development of the internet and GPS. Find out what has become the most influential.

A countdown of the top ten vessels used in warfare. From the German U-Boat and the Nimitz Aircraft Carriers to D-Day's Landing Craft, discover some of the most iconic ships and submarines of the 20th Century.

From the mass production of the torpedo and tank-busting Rocket-Propelled Grenade launcher to the development of poison gas and the ground-breaking science of the atomic bomb, this episode ranks the most influential and iconic weapons of warfare.

With incredible historical archive and interviews with world-leading historians, we look at the most significant war leaders that have ever been caught on camera. From Winston Churchill and Adolf Hitler to Mao Tse Tung and Saddam Hussein, this episode investigates what makes or breaks a war leader.

From the Great Phenol Plot of WWI to the D-Day deception Operation Fortitude and from the world's first large-scale cyberattack to the greatest counterfeiting scheme in history, this episode reveals the greatest secrets of warfare of the last century.

George Patton, Georgy Zhukov, Vo Nguyen Giap, and Dwight D. Eisenhower are some of the greatest 20th century commanders who understood warfare at both the strategic and tactical level.

From Hitler's army of WWII and today's People's Liberation Army of China to the French Foreign Legion and the SAS, this episode uses incredible archive footage and expert interviews to identify and rank the most influential and iconic fighting forces.

From the American Sherman to the M1 Abrams and the Soviet T34, archive footage and expert interviews identify and rank the most influential and iconic tanks.