Drain The Oceans

Pull the plug on the ocean to reveal hidden secrets using groundbreaking technology, breathtaking photography and insight from top archaeologists.

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

A high-tech survey reveals the dark secrets of U.S. nuclear tests at Bikini Atoll.

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

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

Pirate Ships of the Caribbean: Details are shared about Caribbean pirates who once ruled the seas through a close analysis of long-lost shipwrecks found deep underwater.

Using the latest sonar technology, a unique expedition to map sunken Allied vessels off the Normandy Coast reveals stunning images from beneath the waves. There are over a hundred shipwrecks in the English Channel of the landing craft and ships that took part in the greatest amphibious Invasion Fleet ever assembled. As the water drains away, we reveal extraordinary, secret technology deployed by both the Allies and the Nazis in the battle for western Europe. The outcome of that conflict changes our world forever.

For over fifty years the world's two greatest superpowers, the United States and Soviet Union, pour their resources into a terrifying array of doomsday weapons and military machines. The Cold War is the world's first nuclear armed confrontation. Remarkably, it's also the greatest clandestine war in the history of mankind - conducted in secret beneath the waves. Now, with access to daring expeditions, precision data and classified information, we use ground-breaking computer-generated-images to drain the ocean and reveal the shocking secrets of the nuclear-armed Cold War.

The Mediterranean was once home to some of the world's greatest ancient civilizations. Draining the sea unlocks the mysteries of their rise and fall. Which artifacts that they left behind lie hidden at its bottom today?