The Germans hear that Polish forces are fighting alongside a huge bear. Tales of this beer-swilling, chain-smoking beast terrify them - but incredibly the stories are true.

In blacked-out London four young women are murdered - just like Jack fifty years before. When two flights disappear without a trace, the legend of the Bermuda Triangle begins.

At the Battle of Mons, the Germans retreat in panic when confronted by a group of angels. Is this divine intervention, mass hallucination - or something even stranger?

In 1940, Japan launch an attack on a Chinese city - but they are not dropping bombs. Swarms of fleas descend and the city is infected with the bubonic plague.

The British claim that an RAF pilot's incredible night vision comes from eating carrots. And Hukbalahap Rebels in the Philippines believe they have a new enemy - a vampire.

More bizarre and mysterious acts of warfare, including an alien language with an unbreakable code, sinister clues in crosswords, and the British volunteers who were buried alive.

More bizarre and mysterious acts of warfare, including sex spies trained to soak-up secrets, physic spooks working their magic on Mussolini and nature turns on the Nazis - when birds go to war.

More incredible war stories, including Churchill's plan to create a giant ship out of ice, ghost planes that fly themselves and a Nazi treasure hunt for the Amber Room.