History Channel - Dead Mens Secrets Set 1 (2002) Part 3 The Mysterious Death of General Sikorski

Dead men don't tell tales - or do they? Are there forensic clues left in the sands of time? Are there traces of archive film which even today are waiting to unveil their grisly secret? Not all the captivating and fascinating stories of military escapades in the 20th Century have been fully examined and many fascinating insights are still to be revealed and told. These have been known until now as DEADMEN'S SECRETS. What was the true story behind the tragic death of John F Kennedy's older and better looking brother? Was this the man who Joe Kennedy Sr. was really grooming for President? Could his death have been avoided? How was it possible for an American President to order the death in mid-air of the man who executed the raid on Pearl Harbor? Who tampered with the flying controls of General Sikorski's plane? And which secret frogman was first on the scene when the plane crashed into the sea? Why did Hitler murder his right-hand man and why did the bomb plot to kill Hitler fail? How did the Allies execute a daring plot to kill Hitler's chosen successor and who set fire to the 'Normandie' before she could set sail from New York with 6,000 American troops on board? Who really was 'The Man Who Never Was'? This and many other fascinating questions are answered in this new pivotal series entitled DEADMEN'S SECRETS. With newly discovered archive film and new state of the art 3D computer graphics the series sets out to answer some of the most baffling questions and war mysteries of the 20th Century. What was the truth about Rudolf Hess and whatever happened to Raoul Wallenberg? What did the Oslo Report reveal and who wrote it? And how close was Hitler to developing the atomic bomb at the end of World War II? Some of the answers are both frightening and unexpected. With the release of new Government information on both sides of the Atlantic it is now possible to painstakingly reconstruct some of the most famous mysteries of recent military history. DEADMEN'S SECRETS is the first serious attempt this Century to lay some of the last Century's most puzzling ghosts to rest.

Part 3 The Mysterious Death of General Sikorski

Polish General Wladyslaw Sikorski was the Prime Minister of the Polish Government-in-exile during World War II, and commander of all Polish soldiers who had escaped the Nazis and returned to the fight. On July 4, 1943, the B-24 Liberator carrying him out of Gibraltar en route to London, failed to lift off after take-off, and crashed straight into the sea, killing Sikorski. The official line was that Sikorsky and his fellow passengers had died in an accident, but evidence of sabotage indicated otherwise. There was no official inquiry, and the real cause of Sikorski's death remains mystery. DEAD MEN'S SECRETS analyses the accident and possible causes in detail. The pilot, who survived talks about the fatal flight, which is reconstructed using advanced computer graphics. Scholars explain how tensions with both Stalin and Churchill may have led these leaders to cause the crash. Who wanted Sikorsky dead? Could it be his Russian arch-enemy Stalin, or perhaps even Prime Minister Winston Churchill, who may have found him a troublesome ally? Finally, a third option points to the Polish military leadership. Could the Poles have plotted the death of their own leader, or was it simply an accident.

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