FLOSSENBÜRG - Flossenbürg was one of the deadliest Nazi
concentration camps. Between May 1938 and April 1945, over 100,000 persons
passed through its gates, of which at least 30,000 perished through hard
physical labour, illness and starvation, mistreatment and torture, wanton
killing and deliberate executions. Karel Margry describes the camps terrible
past. Readers' Investigation Just One Crew of Many - John
Williams tells the story of a crew of RAF Bomber Command who were shot down and
killed during the Second World War.
Preservation The Tunnels of Dover Castle - The medieval Dover Castle
on the white cliffs facing the Channel hides a labyrinth of tunnels, underground
passages and vaults beneath its rock-solid facade. Roy Humphreys takes us
through this remarkable fortification on the Kent coast. United Kingdom
The Freckleton Air Disaster - Niall Cherry tells how at 10.30 a.m. on the
morning of August 23, 1944 the worst aircraft crash disaster in the UK during
the war occurred when an American B-24 Liberator bomber smashed into the village
school of Freckleton in rural Lancashire during a thunderstorm, killing 61
people. Remembrance Arlington National Cemetery - It was during
the American Civil War that the estate surrounding Arlington House, situated on
a hilltop overlooking the Potomac river in Washington, was requisitioned by the
Union Army for a military cemetery. Now containing over a quarter of a million
graves, Arlington has become a shrine to the nation's heroes and a beautifully
landscaped memorial to those Americans who have served their country with
honour. James Edward Peters guides us through this unique piece of American
history.