8.5/108 votes#1 - 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: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 9.4/1013 votes
#2 - 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: N/A
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- 8.5/1010 votes
#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.
Director: N/A
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- 8.5/106 votes
#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.
Director: N/A
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- 8.1/109 votes
#5 - 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: N/A
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- 8.5/1014 votes
#6 - 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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A series that examines modern military conflicts.
Genre:Documentary
Network:AHC
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"The Marines at Hue" is the best rated episode of "Against the Odds" season 1. It scored 8.5/10 based on 8 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 3/3/2014. This episode is rated 0.9 points higher than the second-best, "Live to Tell: Those Damned Engineers".