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Secrets of the Dead Season 10 Episodes
Season 10 Episode Guide
4 Episodes 2010 - 2010
Episode 1
Churchill's Deadly Decision
Wed, May 12, 201054 mins
Fearing Hitler would seize the French Navy, Winston Churchill ordered the destruction of France's ships. The new British Prime Minister shocked the world - to demonstrate that Britain would fight the Axis to the death, and alone if necessary. When the French Navy, the world's 4th largest, went under the Nazi puppet Vichy government, it included the world's most powerful submarine. Marshal Pétain's armistice terms put La Royale on the sidelines, and only Rear Admiral Muselier answered De Gaulle's plea to form a Free French Navy. Much of Vichy's fleet sat off Mers-el-Kébir, (French) Algeria. The Royal Navy delivered an ultimatum: join the British war effort or sail away. If the Vichy government refused, they had to scuttle all ships or be fired on. No agreement was reached, so the July 3, 1940 Operation Catapult climaxed when British forces opened fire. The Vichy government did not notify its Mers-el-Kébir commanders of the negotiation's failure, so the French sailors didn't know they were about to be attacked. 1,297 French sailors were killed, but only 2 British. Relations with France suffered, but Churchill felt he must push the U.S. to join the UK against the Reich, Italy, Russia, and soon Japan.
Episode 2
Deadliest Battle
Wed, May 19, 201052 mins
Previously secret Soviet accounts of the Soviet resistance to Germany's Operation Blue in 1942 overturn some established assumptions about the course of the battles and also explain the surprising outcome of the Battle of Stalingrad.
Episode 3
The Silver Pharaoh
Wed, Nov 3, 201053 mins
Secrets of the Dead examines the the tomb of Psusennes I an Egyptian Pharaoh of the Intermediate Period whose burial place was discovered shortly before World War II.
Episode 4
Slave Ship Mutiny
Wed, Nov 10, 201054 mins
Three disparate Capetonians reveal a long-forgotten, dramatic slave ship revolt en route from Madagascar to South Africa. About half of Cape Town's population are descendants of White, Asian, and Black slaves captured by the Dutch East Indies Company from all around the Indian Ocean. After the captives force the surviving crew below deck, a brave Malagasy warrior and a devious Dutch company agent fight a battle of wits with many surprising turns. For some aboard, the journey ends on infamous Robben Island, where Tokyo Sexwale and Nelson Mandela were later imprisoned.
