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BBC News Arabic investigates Sudan's spiral into violence between the warring factions of formerly allied militia and reveals war crimes being carried out by both sides.

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We're going to give you a second chance, so pay attention. Want to know how grenade launchers work? Why World War I German helmets had that spike on the top? How the tank got its name? Then fall in and pay attention while retired Marine Sergeant drill instructor, Vietnam veteran and actor R. Lee Ermey (Apocalypse Now, Full Metal Jacket) answers your civilian questions in the hit television series MAIL CALL.
Go aboard the Coast Guard's Motor Lifeboat; find out how many ships are in a carrier battle group; why the Sherman tank was a deathtrap and how WWII V-mail kept letters flowing from the front to home.

Here is the ultimate synchronisation of details and events which signalled the last six months of the greatest conflict the world has ever known. It involved over 100 countries, it killed 50 million people and absorbed six years of struggle and bloodshed for the peoples of half the globe.

Billionaire inventor Tony Stark digs up far more than he bargained for. He unleashes an age-old prophecy that foretells the resurrection of the Mandarin, the emperor of China's darkest and most violent dynasty.

The truth about the million British horses that served in World War I is even more epic than Steven Spielberg's War Horse feature film. This documentary tells their extraordinary, moving story, begining with the mass call-up of horses from every farm and country estate in the land. Racing commentator Brough Scott tells the tale of his aristocratic grandfather General Jack Seely and his beloved horse Warrior, who would become the most famous horse of the war. The British Army hoped its illustrious cavalry regiments would win a swift victory, but it would be years before they enjoyed their moment of glory.