Ultimate Warfare

Season 1

2012 · 10 episodes · 10h 0m in all

Episodes

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   1. Fallujah: The Taking of Terror Central

   4 Dec 2012 · 60 min

   Operation Phantom Fury, a second battle for Fallujah, Iraq, fought between U.S.-led coalition forces and insurgents in late 2004, is examined in the premiere of a series that chronicles modern military conflicts using interviews with combatants, CGI animation and reenactments.

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   2. Hue: Vietnam's Bloodiest Battle

   11 Dec 2012 · 60 min

   The Battle of Hue at the beginning of the Tet Offensive in 1968 during the Vietnam War is examined.

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   3. Kandahar: Against All Odds

   18 Dec 2012 · 60 min

   U.S. Army Special Forces battle the Taliban near Kandahar, Afghanistan, for control of high ground at Sperwan Ghar in September 2006.

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   4. Baghdad: Thunder Runs

   29 Jan 2013 · 60 min

   The fall of Baghdad in 2003 during the Iraq War is examined.

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   5. Leyte Gulf: Courage at Sea

   12 Feb 2013 · 60 min

   A chronicle of the Battle for Leyte Gulf, an October 1944 confrontation between Allied and Japanese forces that led to the liberation of the Philippines.

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   6. Khe Sanh: Marines Under Siege

   19 Feb 2013 · 60 min

   An examination of the 77-day siege at Khe Sanh, an American air base that was surrounded by North Vietnamese troops in 1968.

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   7. Midway: Taking Back the Pacific

   12 Mar 2013 · 60 min

   A chronicle of the Battle of Midway, the June 1942 naval battle in which the U.S. Navy decisively beat the Japanese Navy in the Pacific.

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   8. Okinawa: Island Fortress

   19 Mar 2013 · 60 min

   A chronicle of the Battle of Okinawa (April-June 1945), the largest Allied amphibious assault of the Pacific campaign during World War II.

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   9. Chosin: One Way Out

   26 Mar 2013 · 60 min

   A look at the Battle of Chosin Reservoir, when UN troops were virtually surrounded by the Chinese in subfreezing temperatures in late 1950 during the Korean War.

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    10. Bulge: Holding the Line

    2 Apr 2013 · 60 min

    An analysis of the Battle of the Bulge, fought in the winter of 1944-45, when Germany launched its last offensive on the Western Front.