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Sworn to Secrecy: Secrets of War
1998 - 1999 6.0 (1 votes) 9 Seasons
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Sworn to Secrecy: Secrets of War

Overview

Secrets are divulged and stories of espionage, conspiracy, murder, sabotage and greed are uncovered.

Key Crew

Top Cast

Charlton Heston
Charlton Heston

Self - Narrator (voice)

Seasons

Season 1 (1998)

Unearth the amazing true stories of cunning deception and sabotage that pulsed through the most significant moments of the 20th Century! From double agents to secret weapons, spy planes, and guerrilla campaigns this season reveals a wealth of undercover tactics used by history’s most influential leaders.

10 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: German Intelligence in WWII
1998-09-13

They were the top spymasters in the Third Reich... two rivals who were shrouded in mystery and sworn to secrecy. With thousands of agents at their command, they were entrusted with Germany’s most sensitive intelligence operations in World War Two. In the end, one man would kill for Hitler, the other would betray him...

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 2: British Secret Intelligence in WWII

They were the English spies before “James Bond.” They operated in the shadows with innocuous names like the Special Operations Executive, MI-5 and MI-6, but their missions were deadly serious. Amazing facts that are stranger than fiction in the storied history of Britain’s intelligence service during the Second World War.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 3: Breaking the Japanese Code

The story of America’s code-breaking efforts against seemingly impenetrable secret Japanese military and diplomatic communications. The heroic struggle of Army code-breakers, headed by William Friedman, and the Navy’s secret “on-the-roof-gang” to help win the Battle of the Pacific.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 4: Weapons of the Shadow War

They were the stuff of fantasy and terror. Instruments of sabotage and clandestine operations. Born of great desperation and used under the cover of darkness, special tools of spies and espionage agents delivered war to the heart of the enemy on the invisible battleground.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 5: Women Spies in World War II

They were unlikely heroes who fought behind enemy lines in every theater of World War Two. Female spies unearthed secrets, supported the resistance and destroyed the morale of the enemy. From women OSS agents dropped behind enemy lines, to female radio operators inside the Third Reich, stories of the decisive intelligence-gathering role women played in the war.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 6: The Cambridge Five

They were five disillusioned young men studying at Cambridge University in the 1930’s when they were secretly recruited by Soviet agents. They went on to become the most successful spies of the 20th century, penetrating both American and British governments at the highest levels.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 7: Stalin's Spies

The Kremlin operatives who were loyal to one man... a paranoid dictator who spied as intensely on his Allies as he did on his enemies. Features exclusive interviews with former NKVD intelligence officers and other eyewitnesses to the most ruthless dictator of the 20th century.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 8: The O.S.S.

The story of the formation of the Office of Strategic Services, the predecessor to the CIA. From the recruitment and training of secret agents to undercover missions, OSS agents played an important role on the “Invisible Battlefield” in WWII.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 9: Roosevelt's Spymasters

Details the American President’s behind the scenes use of political and military intelligence operatives. From O.S.S. chief William Donovan to the wily Switzerland-based Allen Dulles, American spymasters helped Roosevelt keep an eye on his enemies – as well as his friends.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 10: D-Day Deceptions

It was the greatest secret of World War Two... the time and place of the D-Day invasion. As the future of Europe and the world hung in the balance, an intricate web of lies tied up German army divisions across Europe – concealing the greatest assembly of men and machines in military history. From double agents to phantom armies, it was the battle behind the battle...

Runtime: 60 min
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Season 2 (1998)

Infamous for their crimes against humanity, the unexpected rise and fall of The Third Reich left much to be questioned. This season explores the deception and sabotage that pulsed through the veins of WWII tactics.

10 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Hitler's Secrets
1998-10-17

From his “grand deception” against Stalin to his spy operations in America, Adolf Hitler shared many secrets with his intelligence masters. An examination of Hitler and the eventual betrayal of his chief spymaster.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 2: Secret Weapons of the Third Reich

They were weapons systems that were far beyond anything the Allies had or could have imagined in World War II. Deployed properly, they could have changed the outcome of the war. From the world’s first ballistic missile and operational jet plane, to air-to-ground missiles and guided smart bombs, they were secret weapons of the Third Reich.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 3: Nazi Propaganda

Behind the Nazi war machine was a well-crafted secret propaganda campaign aimed at Germans and foreigners. From newsreels and newspapers to well choreographed spectacles, Nazi propaganda laid the foundation early on for war and retribution in Europe.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 4: Nazi Gold

It was a tremendous booty, prized by Hitler as much as territory. The priceless art, personal assets and national treasuries of an entire continent. The organized plunder of these riches would become the most enormous heist in history, amounting to a vast hoard lost in the fog of war. The trails of the spoils of war and Nazi gold.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 5: Rommel's Enigma

In the critical battle for North Africa, German General Irwin Rommel, the Desert Fox, seemed unstoppable – a warrior with a mystical feel for the battle. But how did he really get his intelligence? The British countered with secrets of their own; phony spies, phantom armies, and battlefield “magic.” Declassified information shines new light on spy vs. spy operations in North Africa.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 6: The Holocaust Secret

An examination of one of the burning questions of WWII: How did the Nazi’s hide their atrocities and what did the Allies know as the “final solution” was implemented across Europe? Secret documents, messages and cables shed new light on one of the greatest tragedies of the 20th century.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 7: The Ultra Enigma

In World War Two one of Germany’s best-kept secrets was the code machine “Enigma.” But this covert weapon would also become one of the greatest tools the Allies used against the Third Reich. British code breakers were behind the greatest campaign of deception in military history, changing the outcome of the Second World War.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 8: Battle of the Atlantic

The struggle for the Atlantic pitted Germany’s lethal U-boat fleet against every weapon the Allies could muster to protect their vital supply routes to Great Britain. The story of naval intelligence, code-breaking and code stealing in the Battle of the Atlantic...

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 9: Sitzkrieg: The Phony War

Hitler’s lightning strike in Poland soon gave way to a strange eight month waiting game. Blitzkrieg became “Sitzkrieg,” a declared but not yet fought battle – allowing spies, diplomats, agents of influence, intelligence officers, opportunists, charlatans and statesmen to make their moves... From the rape of Poland to the fall of France, the secrets of Sitzkrieg.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 10: Hitler's Last Days

Secret Nazi attempts to turn the tide of war as Berlin crumbled. Joseph Goebbel’s diaries provide a fresh understanding of life inside Hitler’s bunker in the final days of the Reich.

Runtime: 60 min
Season 4 (1999)

Take an inside look through the historic, elaborate and often unexpected instruments of war. These true stories reveal a wealth of knowledge behind the battlefield and bloodshed, highlighting the various methods used to influence and control the enemy. From Germany’s super guns to the bio-chemical weapons used throughout the decades, this season uncovers the most significant tools and techniques of wartime ‘persuasion’.

10 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Super Guns
1999-01-23

From Germany's Big Bertha in World War One to Iraq's top secret Project Babylon, they are the ultimate projection of force... secret cannons designed to strike their target from miles away, hand-held rifles that pack the power of the atom and super guns capable of launching satellites into space.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 2: Psychological Warfare

The soldiers who employ "Psy Ops" use every means available to destroy the will of the enemy to resist, the secret tools and techniques of wartime persuasion.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 3: Tools of Deception

They are the means by which to confuse an enemy, forcing him into making a fatal mistake. From decoy tanks and phony radio broadcasts, to the spy whose lies led Hitler to ruin, tools of deception can be the most deadly weapons of all.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 4: Spy Planes

An examination of the secret deployment of modern aircraft designed to spy from the sky. From remotely piloted vehicles on today's battlefield to the venerable U-2 and the SR-71, spy planes have long been the most vital top covert aircraft in the sky.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 5: Bio-Chemical Weapons

From mustard gas artillery shells used along the trenches in WWI to the U.S. gas stockpiles in the Pacific during WWII, to the Iraqi gassing of the Kurds, chemical warfare has long been shrouded in a veil of secrecy.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 6: The Wizard War

From the "Battle of the Beams" in WWII, to the evolution of weapons guidance and the blinding effects of electronic jamming, a look at the quest to dominate the "electromagnetic spectrum”.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 7: Battlefield Deceptions

From rubber tanks and camouflage to booby traps and tactical maneuvers of deception, the role "trickery" plays on the modern battlefield.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 8: Churchill's Gambles

An inside look at the man who, more than any of his contemporaries, embraced secret intelligence operations, deception and code-breaking as viable instruments of modern war.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 9: Secret Submarines in WWII

From silent one-man midget subs to U-boats on secret missions, both sides used secret submersibles of all shapes and sizes to conduct clandestine warfare in the war.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 10: Korea: Stalin's Secret Air War

Classified missions over the Yalu set the tone at the onset of the Cold War. UN pilots battled anti-aircraft fire and a mysterious enemy in the skies over Korea. Previously classified telegrams reveal Stalin's personal role in the conflict.

Runtime: 60 min
Season 5 (1999)

Discover the true stories lying beneath the shadows of The Cold War and witness the secret missions and tactics used by the C.I.A. and K.G.B. throughout the years of conflict and strife. From the development of the atomic bomb to the Superpowers triumphs and crushing defeats, this season uncovers the most significant leaders and military tactics used thoughout the prolonged conflict.

10 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Eisenhower's Operative
1999-01-23

The Supreme Allied Commander of World War II relied on the covert arm of the CIA to an unprecedented scale during his presidency. From his education on clandestine warfare from Winston Churchill to CIA missions all over the world, Eisenhower unleashed his operatives like no other U.S. leader.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 2: The Hunt for Atomic Secrets

The all-important race to develop an atomic bomb led to some of the most daring Russian spy operations in the United States. Exclusive interviews with Russian agents detail the inside story of the Soviet atomic spy ring.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 3: The Strangelove Factor

How close did the Superpowers actually come to a nuclear holocaust? New information on brutal power struggles behind the Iron Curtain, the Cuban missile crisis and the terrifying "Doomsday Machine" built to end the world.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 4: Inside the CIA

From revolutionary coups and election rigging to embassy spying, the West employed the CIA in controversial ways to win the Cold War.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 5: Inside the KGB

Hear the untold stories behind the headlines in the unseen cold war battles between the Western intelligence agencies and the KGB.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 6: The Kennedy Years

This youngest of American presidents took over in the most tense period of the Cold War. Hear the stories from within the White House, on the front lines of CIA operations in Cuba and in the espionage capital of Berlin.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 7: Khrushchev's Regime

Although he tried to distance himself from Stalin's ruthless regime, Khrushchev brought the world to the brink of nuclear war. Take a look at the Cuban Missile Crisis from the Soviet point of view, as well as brutal repressions in Poland and Hungary against Communist resistors.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 8: Nixon's Secrets

The story behind Richard Nixon's resounding triumphs and crushing defeats, included are his stinging investigation of alleged Communist Alger Hiss, the covert missions carried out during his presidency in Vietnam and the secrets behind his foreign policy victories with China and the Soviet Union.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 9: Castro's Revolution

From CIA assassination attempts foiled by Cuban Intelligence agents to Castro's secret pacts with the Soviets and his survival after the Cold War, a look at one of the most enduring revolutionaries of the twentieth century.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 10: Brezhnev's Kremlin

Before Leonid Brezhnev signed nuclear arms reduction agreements with the West, he led the Soviets into one conflict after another. From Soviet involvement in Vietnam and its role in Arab-Israeli conflicts to the untold stories of the invasion of Afghanistan.

Runtime: 60 min
Season 6 ()

No overview available.

5 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: The French Resistance

Sworn to Secrecy examines the French Resistance. After Nazi Germany's invasion and capture of France, brave French citizens take it upon themselves to wage a guerrilla campaign against their occupiers. Eventually they play a role in assisting the Allies and help to liberate their country from the Germans.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 2: Japan: The Invasion That Never Was

The secret US plan for the invasion of Japan was shrouded in secrecy. It was anticipated to be the most horrific battle of the war with hundreds of thousands of casualties. New revelations detail manipulated casualty figures and secret plans to stockpile gas weapons as the US prepared for "hell on earth."

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 3: The Battle of Britain

June, 1940. England fights alone against aggressive brutal attacks. The Germans have yet to be stopped in their lightning plunge across Europe. The British are outnumbered, but they have a secret weapon four years in the making.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 4: Hirohito's War

Japanese tradition made him a god, but Japanese law made him Commander in Chief of the Japanese Armed Forces. Never tried for war crimes or even interrogated, Hirohito was an enigmatic figure from Pearl Harbor to his secret role in the surrender of Japan.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 5: Mussolini's Henchman

An inside look at fascist Italy. Starting with Mussolini's rise to power, the unknown stories of the shadowy figures who protected "Il Duce" and the tenuous Axis relationship with Nazi Germany.

Runtime: 60 min
Season 8 ()

No overview available.

5 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Mao's Secrets

The roots of China's conflict with Taiwan go back to WWII. While the Allied and Axis powers battled for control of Europe, China's Chiang Kai-Shek and his US-backed State Police fought a bloody secret war against Mao Tse-tung's Soviet trained and financed army.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 2: Shadows of the Six Day War

The Six Day War was a battle no one really wanted, and a victory far greater than anyone expected. Israel, outnumbered and outgunned, fought on the field of espionage. Take an insider's look into how secret agents gathered vital information for a daring first strike and crafted an ingenious plan to capture a Russian jet.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 3: Israeli Intelligence

In a constant war of survival, the state of Israel commissioned super sleuths for military intelligence, kidnappings, assassinations and hostage rescues. From retributions against ex-Nazis after WWII to the establishment of the Mossad, an inside look at "Israeli intelligence."

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 4: Korea: Behind The Bamboo Curtain

Learn more about newly discovered documents that revealed Stalin's influence over China's Mao Tse Tung and Korea's Kim El Sung and the other hidden factors behind the first conflict of the Cold War.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 5: Spies in the Sky

From primitive balloons to supersonic spy planes and amazingly sophisticated satellites, get an insider's look at the pioneers of aerial reconnaissance and the profound impact they have had on modern warfare.

Runtime: 60 min

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