Eccentric military equipment collector Bruce Crompton is tasked with creating a display based on the French Resistance - a parachute basket filled with items the RAF would have dropped to the Resistance during the Second World War.

Eccentric military equipment collector Bruce Crompton heads to Ypres in Belgium looking for items from the Great War. He tracks down a German trench mortar and also goes for a ride in a First World War-era British tank - one of the first tanks ever used in combat.

Eccentric military equipment collector Bruce Crompton finds a picture in his attic from Dunkirk, given to him by a soldier who was there. He then goes on a hunt for kit that tells the real story of the wartime evacuation.

One of Bruce Crompton's clients wants a half-track armoured personnel carrier converted into a Pioneer variant, as used by the German army during the Battle of the Bulge.

A French museum asks Bruce for help in acquiring an incredibly rare German Panzer 1 tank. He also explores the remains of secret underground Nazi war factories.

Bruce helps a Texan millionaire who wants to collect memorabilia from the Battle of Normandy. He visits farmhouses and museums to find rare items like a 1942 Luger.

A Hollywood blockbuster needs an authentic WWII SAS jeep within two weeks. It’s a tight deadline but Bruce is determined to meet it, as the wartime SAS is a passion of his.

Bruce heads to a cold war underground bunker that has been converted to a museum. The curator is looking for some Soviet era equipment to tell the other side of the story.

A Russian client seeks artefacts from the fall of Berlin. Bruce Crompton sees an opportunity to offload a German 88mm anti-tank weapon that was used in the battle.

Bruce hears about some Second World War British RAF gear from the Battle of Arnhem for sale, which is of big interest to ex-paratroopers like him and Freddie.