9.6/1012 votesLoading...#1 - Live to Tell: Those Damned Engineers
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 3/10/2014
In December of 1944, the seemingly defeated Germans secretly mustered 600,000 battle-hardened troops, including whole SS Panzer Divisions, into an all out offensive to capture Antwerp, the heart of the Allied supply chain.
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- 8.7/107 votesLoading...
#2 - The Marines at Hue
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 3/3/2014
The city of Hue, South Vietnam, was the site of one of the fiercest battles of the Vietnam War. Three understrength U.S. Marine battalions, consisting of fewer than 2,500 men, attacked and soundly defeated overwhelming, entrenched enemy troops.
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- 8.5/1010 votesLoading...
#3 - The Heroes of Tarawa
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 3/17/2014
Everything went wrong in America's first test of whether the Japanese-held islands of the Pacific, the key steppingstones to the doorstep of Japan, could be captured by across-the-beach infantry assaults.
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#4 - The Battle for Sugar Loaf
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 3/24/2014
Taking an otherwise nondescript hill on the embattled island of Okinawa proved to be one of the most incredible battles of WWII. The young weary marines of Charlie Company strained against the searing Pacific sun to see the top of Sugar Loaf Hill.
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- 8.5/1014 votesLoading...
#5 - A Chance in Hell: The Battle for Ramadi
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 4/7/2014
When Col. MacFarland arrived in Iraq's deadliest city, the odds could not have been worse. Al-Qaeda has arrogantly declared Ramadi, capital of a new caliphate. The boys of MacFarland's Ready First Combat Team would fight to give America a clear victory.
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#6 - The Untold Story of the Rescue at Dogshead
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 3/14/2016
Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Marines, helped lead the charge into Iraq's most dangerous city in 2004. Battling in the bloodiest, most sustained house-to-house urban combat American soldiers had seen since Vietnam would prove costly for the men.
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- 8.4/107 votesLoading...
#7 - The Magnificent Bastards of Dai Do
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 2/29/2016
The noble warriors of Echo Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines face down an overwhelming North Vietnamese Army in Dai Do and rescue their fellow Marines. Tattered, torn and depleted the men of Echo Company repeatedly deny the enemy its victory.
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- 8.4/108 votesLoading...
#8 - 46 Days of Hell in Fallujah
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 3/7/2016
Charlie Company of the 1st Cavalry Division wanders into an NVA stronghold. A blistering attack leaves supplies low, casualties mounting and the enemy circle tightening. Team Alpha hearing the distress calls, volunteers to try the difficult rescue.
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- 8.1/109 votesLoading...
#9 - Bloody George at the Chosin Reservoir
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 3/31/2014
This is the untold true story of "Bloody George," an understrength, undermanned, marine rifle company, hastily called to serve their country in 1950 at the start of the Korean War. Their courage would be legendary, their fight, epic.
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- 8.0/1010 votesLoading...
#10 - Fighting Fox: Road to Hell
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 2/15/2016
The paratroopers of Fighting Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment fought and died from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest. Their sheer determination against the enemy was matched only by their devotion to one another.
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- 8.0/109 votesLoading...
#11 - The Death Ridges of Peleliu
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 2/22/2016
The First Marine Divisionforged a ferocious struggle with the Japanese at Peleliu. It would take 74 days and cost 10,000 American lives but the blood and courage of this small band of heroes would ultimately break the back of the enemy.
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- 7.4/107 votesLoading...
#12 - The Untold Story of the Battle of Mortain
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 3/21/2016
Hitler said, "The coming battle would be the most decisive of the war." But, little did he know, that battle would be determined by a small group of National Guardsmen on top a hill fighting like hell to deny what Hitler wanted most-victory.
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The Best Episodes of Against the Odds
Every episode of Against the Odds ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Against the Odds!
A series that examines modern military conflicts.
Genre:Documentary
Network:AHC
Best Episodes Summary
"Live to Tell: Those Damned Engineers" is the best rated episode of "Against the Odds". It scored 9.6/10 based on 12 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 3/10/2014. This episode scored 0.9 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Marines at Hue".