Yugoslavian military meteorologist Dr Vladimir Jankovic braves the most extreme weather on earth to reveal how the elements have been instrumental in causing armies to lose and win wars.

The series uses a mix of location filming, laboratory experiments and archive footage as well as the latest meteorological technology to find out how weather can affect war.

Jankovic is also made to test out first hand the conditions in famous battles, from the mud at Ypres to the cyclones of the Caribbean in the Grenada campaign.