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A series that examines modern military conflicts.
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Season 1

  • The Marines at Hue
    8.5/108 votes

    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.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Live to Tell: Those Damned Engineers
    9.4/1014 votes

    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.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • The Heroes of Tarawa
    8.5/1010 votes

    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.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • The Battle for Sugar Loaf
    8.5/106 votes

    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.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Bloody George at the Chosin Reservoir
    8.1/109 votes

    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.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • A Chance in Hell: The Battle for Ramadi
    8.5/1014 votes

    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.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown