Military History Channel TV Guide — Friday, 1 May 2026

Browse the full Military History Channel TV guide for Friday, 1 May 2026. 22 programmes listed , including 4 tonight. US listings updated daily — scroll down to tonight's highlights or use the day tabs above to browse the weekly schedule.

Early Morning

00:00 1h

Battlefield Detectives

Alesia True

Alesia

New evidence on Julius Caesar's victory against Gallic chieftan Vercingetorix in 52 B.C., when 50 thousand Romans defeated a quarter million warriors.

01:00 1h

Inside the Soviet Military Machine

Dolphin Soldiers True

Dolphin Soldiers

The Soviet Union conducted top-secret experiments on dolphins in order to transform the marine mammals into soldiers that could be used in covert missions.

02:00 1h

Heroes Under Fire

S1 · E3 · The Great Raid True

The Great Raid

Most audacious rescue operation ever undertaken--to penetrate 30 miles behind enemy lines and liberate 511 POWs from Cavanatuan, a notorious Japanese POW camp.

03:00 1h

Clash of Warriors

S1 · E6 · Halsey vs. Kurita True

Halsey vs. Kurita

After the U.S. tried to regain the Philippines from the Japanese, an epic battle ensued between hundreds of U.S. and Japanese warships in the Leyte Gulf.

04:00 1h

Battlefield Detectives

Alesia True

Alesia

New evidence on Julius Caesar's victory against Gallic chieftan Vercingetorix in 52 B.C., when 50 thousand Romans defeated a quarter million warriors.

05:00 2h

Winter Warriors

True Special

During WWII, the U.S. Army's 10th Mountain Division trained in the Colorado Rockies before being sent to the Apennines in Italy, where they helped win the war.

Morning

07:00 30m

Info-Documentaries

Documentary Film

A look at the lives of people or information about a certain thing or topic is presented.

07:30 30m

Info-Documentaries

Documentary Film

A look at the lives of people or information about a certain thing or topic is presented.

08:00 30m

Info-Documentaries

Documentary Film

A look at the lives of people or information about a certain thing or topic is presented.

08:30 30m

Info-Documentaries

Documentary Film

A look at the lives of people or information about a certain thing or topic is presented.

09:00 1h

Clash of Warriors

S1 · E6 · Halsey vs. Kurita True

Halsey vs. Kurita

After the U.S. tried to regain the Philippines from the Japanese, an epic battle ensued between hundreds of U.S. and Japanese warships in the Leyte Gulf.

10:00 1h

Battlefield Detectives

Alesia True

Alesia

New evidence on Julius Caesar's victory against Gallic chieftan Vercingetorix in 52 B.C., when 50 thousand Romans defeated a quarter million warriors.

11:00 2h

Winter Warriors

True Special

During WWII, the U.S. Army's 10th Mountain Division trained in the Colorado Rockies before being sent to the Apennines in Italy, where they helped win the war.

Daytime

13:00 1h

Inside the Soviet Military Machine

Dolphin Soldiers True

Dolphin Soldiers

The Soviet Union conducted top-secret experiments on dolphins in order to transform the marine mammals into soldiers that could be used in covert missions.

14:00 1h

Heroes Under Fire

S1 · E3 · The Great Raid True

The Great Raid

Most audacious rescue operation ever undertaken--to penetrate 30 miles behind enemy lines and liberate 511 POWs from Cavanatuan, a notorious Japanese POW camp.

15:00 1h

Clash of Warriors

S1 · E6 · Halsey vs. Kurita True

Halsey vs. Kurita

After the U.S. tried to regain the Philippines from the Japanese, an epic battle ensued between hundreds of U.S. and Japanese warships in the Leyte Gulf.

16:00 1h

Battlefield Detectives

Alesia True

Alesia

New evidence on Julius Caesar's victory against Gallic chieftan Vercingetorix in 52 B.C., when 50 thousand Romans defeated a quarter million warriors.

17:00 2h

Winter Warriors

True Special

During WWII, the U.S. Army's 10th Mountain Division trained in the Colorado Rockies before being sent to the Apennines in Italy, where they helped win the war.

Evening

19:00 2h

No Surrender: German and Japanese Kamikazes

True Special

Axis forces used suicide missions in WWII, and to show the human side of the kamikaze trend, the soldiers, myths and propaganda surrounding it are examined.

21:00 1h

Dogfights

S1 · E5 · Hell Over Hanoi True

Hell Over Hanoi

Rare archival footage mixed with computer graphics and veteran interviews reveals pilots in Vietnam making split second, life or death decisions.

22:00 1h

Deep Sea Detectives

S3 · E6 · D-Day Troops: Lost at Sea True

D-Day Troops: Lost at Sea

The latest technology is combined with dramatic storytelling to reveal the secrets behind the world's greatest underwater mysteries.

23:00 1h

Battlefield Detectives

The Civil War: Gettysburg True

The Civil War: Gettysburg

Scientific evidence suggests that the "high water mark" for the Confederacy's battle at Gettysburg was really the time when the Confederates were doomed.

Early Morning

Morning

Daytime

Evening

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