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Season 1

  • S01E01 Search and Rescue in the Balkans

    • April 23, 2004
    • History

    The elite U.S. Air Force and Marine Corps pilot-rescue unit swings into action deep behind enemy lines.

  • S01E02 The Entebbe Raid

    • January 5, 2003
    • History

    Recalling the 1976 Entebbe Raid, during which the Israeli Defense Force rescued passengers aboard a hijacked Air France flight in Uganda.

  • S01E03 The Chindits

    • February 16, 2003
    • History

    Recalling the WWII British unit called the Chindits, which specialized in jungle raids and was organized by Brig. Gen. Orde Wingate.

  • S01E04 Bridge Over the River Gorgopotamos

    • July 25, 2003
    • History

    Allies and resistance fighters destroy a bridge over which Nazi supply trains travel.

  • S01E05 The Telemark Raid

    • History

    Norwegian raiders foil Hitler's dream of a weapon of mass destruction.

  • S01E06 The Schweinfurt Disaster

    • August 1, 2003
    • History

    Recalling the unsuccessful World War II raid on the industrial town of Schweinfurt, Germany, by the 8th U.S. Army Air Force, flying the B-17 Flying Fortress. Included: archival film footage.

  • S01E07 The Adventures of Otto Skorzeny

    • August 15, 2003
    • History

    A leader of Germany's Special Forces leads a glider assault on a hotel in order to rescue imprisoned Benito Mussolini.

  • S01E08 Commandos in Norway

    • June 27, 2003
    • History

    Winston Churchill demands a plan of harassment.

  • S01E09 Human Torpedo Raiders

    • January 12, 2003
    • History

    During World War II, one- and two-man crews aboard minisubs threaten the largest battleships at anchor.

  • S01E10 Free Cabanatuan

    • May 18, 2003
    • History

    The 6th Ranger Battalion rescues more than 500 American soldiers being held in a 1944 prisoner-of-war camp.

  • S01E11 The Falklands Campaign

    • May 4, 2003
    • History

  • S01E12 The Adventures of Lawrence of Arabia

    • March 30, 2003
    • History

    The military genius of T.E. Lawrence (1888-1935), better known as “Lawrence of Arabia,” is explored.

Season 2003