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The Best Episodes of Battlefield

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    Battlefield Season 3 Episode 1 - Dien Bien Phu - The Legacy
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #1 - Dien Bien Phu - The Legacy

    S3:E1

    In 1953 the French and Viet Minh forces had been at war for seven years. The climactic encounter of the war occurred at Dien Bien Phu, a small hamlet in northwestern Vietnam, in a battle that neither side could afford to lose

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  2. Battlefield Season 1 Episode 3 - The Battle of Midway
    9.0/10(14 votes)

    #2 - The Battle of Midway

    S1:E3

    In a classic naval engagement, the American and Japanese Navies squared off in the carrier-to-carrier Battle of Midway. Both sides knew that the victor would rule the Pacific for decades to come.

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  3. Battlefield Season 1 Episode 6 - The Battle of Berlin
    8.9/10(25 votes)

    #3 - The Battle of Berlin

    S1:E6

    The furious, climatic last battle of Hitler’s war. Over half a million lives were lost as the Red Army finally crushed the last Nazi citadel.

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  4. Battlefield Season 6 Episode 2 - Scandinavia: The Forgotten Front
    8.9/10(26 votes)

    #4 - Scandinavia: The Forgotten Front

    S6:E2

    A vicious 14-week war between the Finns & the Russians ended in March 1940, the Finns finally surrendered a large part of its territory to the Soviet invaders. 500,000 were evacuated from the Karelian isthmus, the scene of the war's worst fighting. It was a hollow victory, as the Russians took a drubbing from the determined & resourceful Finns, who organised the defence of their country brilliantly. Nearly 1 million Russians lost their lives during the fighting & the weaknesses of the Red Army was exposed to the. Hitler was suitably encouraged, he was determined on the invasion & conquest of his erstwhile allied partner. Meanwhile, during the early months of the war, Hitler became increasingly aware of the potential threat of Norway & mounted the world's first airborne invasion there in February 1940. At the same time, German Forces invaded Denmark. Over the next few years, the horrors & intrigues of the Quisling government in Norway unfolded amidst determined Norwegian resistance.

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  5. Battlefield Season 1 Episode 2 - The Battle of Britain
    8.8/10(13 votes)

    #5 - The Battle of Britain

    S1:E2

    The two mightiest air fleets in the world clashed in tumultuous combat over the skies of Britain and the English Channel. The very survival of the English depended on the bravery of the Royal Air Force, of whom Churchill said, " Never was so much owed by so many to so few."

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  6. Battlefield Season 1 Episode 5 - The Battle Of Normandy
    8.8/10(12 votes)

    #6 - The Battle Of Normandy

    S1:E5

    In August 1944, with the battle for the beaches won, Allied troops were advancing through Normandy. The Falaise Gap, southeast of Caen, represented the only remaining escape route for the Germans. In danger of being overrun, the Germans were determined to extract their forces before becoming completely encircled. The subsequent fighting in the hedgerows and fields was intense, as the Allies battled to overcome 150,000 determined Germans. The Gap was finally closed on August 19. Approximately 50,000 trapped German soldiers surrendered. Germans losses, especially of heavy guns and tanks, were catastrophic.

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  7. Battlefield Season 1 Episode 1 - The Battle of France
    8.6/10(29 votes)

    #7 - The Battle of France

    S1:E1

    The Nazi German Blitzkrieg's most astonishing triumph, sweeping into the heart of Paris in a few short days, and establishing Hitler's supremacy over Continental Europe.

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  8. Battlefield Season 2 Episode 1 - The Battle for North Africa
    8.6/10(11 votes)

    #8 - The Battle for North Africa

    S2:E1

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  9. Battlefield Season 4 Episode 3 - Manchuria - The Forgotten Victory
    8.6/10(10 votes)

    #9 - Manchuria - The Forgotten Victory

    S4:E3

    The remarkable Soviet victory over the once mighty Japanese Kwangtung Army in the mountains of Manchuria is one of the least known of the Second World War. This was no steam roller triumph of greater numbers and brute force but a victory for superior weaponry, brilliant tactical use of surprise and bold command that was achieved in little more than a fortnight. This is a brand new episode from the landmark television series 'Battlefield'. Featuring fascinating archive footage from all over the world the programme includes a review of the political and military situation before the battle, portraits of leaders and commanders, an explanation of weapons and tactics and the story of the battle itself. Vivid graphics place the battle into the context of the war as a whole.

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  10. Battlefield Season 5 Episode 4 - The West Wall
    8.6/10(8 votes)

    #10 - The West Wall

    S5:E4

    This is the story of the construction and defence of Hitler's three-mile deep web of fortifications, pillboxes, troop shelters, and anti-tank obstacles that ran along Germany's western frontier. "The Siegfried Line," as it was nicknamed by the Allies, and the natural barrier formed by the Rhine River, were key to Germany's defence of its Western Front. The breaching of the Siegfried Line at the Battle of the West Wall, and the subsequent crossing of the Rhine barrier at Remagen, heralded the collapse of German resistance in the West.

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  11. Battlefield Season 2 Episode 5 - The Battle of Leyte Gulf
    8.5/10(8 votes)

    #11 - The Battle of Leyte Gulf

    S2:E5

    To restore American prestige in the Pacific, President Franklin Roosevelt authorized an invasion of the Philippines, a former American Territory and the scene of a humiliating defeat at the hands of the Japanese in 1942.

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  12. Battlefield Season 5 Episode 5 - Operation Market Garden
    8.5/10(11 votes)

    #12 - Operation Market Garden

    S5:E5

    This episode tells the tragic story of the "bridge too far" and the ill-fated Operation Market Garden--the Allied operation that was supposed to end World War II in 1944. Montgomery's rather fanciful conclusion that Market Garden was "90% successful" was hardly supported by the facts. The operation was an unmitigated failure.

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  13. Battlefield Season 6 Episode 1 - The Battle for the Crimea
    8.5/10(10 votes)

    #13 - The Battle for the Crimea

    S6:E1

    Hitler's obsession with the Crimea was the source of fierce disagreements with his General staff, who, according to the Fuhrer, 'knew nothing about the economics of war'. So it was that the German 11th Army under Manstein broke through the Soviet lines in October 1941 - but this was only the beginning of a series of bloody battles that cost the Russians two whole armies. For his bombardment and capture of Sevastapol, Manstein was promoted to Field Marshal. However, the tide turned after the disastrous German defeats at Stalingrad and Kursk. Cut off and isolated in the Crimea, the Germans faced massive Russian attacks and Sevastapol surrendered - against Hitler's orders - in May 1944. Twelve German and Rumanian divisions were completely destroyed and 25,000 prisoners were taken.

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  14. Battlefield Season 2 Episode 2 - The Battle of the Atlantic
    8.4/10(8 votes)

    #14 - The Battle of the Atlantic

    S2:E2

    The longest continuous military campaign of WWII, The Battle of the Atlantic raged across the ocean from 1939 till 1945, pitting feared U-boats and other German naval warships against Allied shipping and troop convoys.

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  15. Battlefield Season 2 Episode 6 - The Battle for the Rhine
    8.4/10(7 votes)

    #15 - The Battle for the Rhine

    S2:E6

    During the last months of 1944, the British and Americans pressed steadily through France and Belgium to the western frontiers of the Third Reich.

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  16. Battlefield Season 5 Episode 3 - The Battle for Monte Cassino
    8.4/10(10 votes)

    #16 - The Battle for Monte Cassino

    S5:E3

    Covering the entire Italian campaign including the battle of Monte Cassino.

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  17. Battlefield Season 6 Episode 5 - Campaign in the Balkans
    8.4/10(15 votes)

    #17 - Campaign in the Balkans

    S6:E5

    In August 1943 the Romanians--no doubt prompted by merciless Allied bombing--changed sides. Thereafter, events moved swiftly: the Russians soon captured the vital Ploesti oil fields, a huge loss to the German war effort, and within days the Soviets captured Bucharest. A nervous Bulgaria sued for peace with the Allies, but the Russians pushed on into Sofia. Despite German delaying tactics, Hungary fell next. In Yugoslavia the Germans held grimly on to Belgrade until October. The bloody mop-up fighting was left to the Soviets and lasted until the end of the war.

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  18. Battlefield Season 2 Episode 4 - The Battle for Italy
    8.3/10(7 votes)

    #18 - The Battle for Italy

    S2:E4

    When victory in North Africa seemed assured, Allied Planners turned their attention to Italy. The objective was to seize Rome, knock Italy out of the war and push north towards Austria.

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  19. Battlefield Season 4 Episode 2 - Air War Over Germany
    8.3/10(10 votes)

    #19 - Air War Over Germany

    S4:E2

    The Allies were determined to take the war to Germany both to disrupt German war production and weaken civilian morale, and in retaliation for the Nazi terror bombing of England. The "Strategic Bombing Campaign" by the RAF and the USAAF was one of the most controversial campaigns of WWII and cost thousands of Allied lives and caused tens of thousands of civilian deaths.

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  20. Battlefield Season 1 Episode 4 - The Battle of Stalingrad
    8.2/10(26 votes)

    #20 - The Battle of Stalingrad

    S1:E4

    The annihilation of an entire army amidst the charred and frozen ruins of Stalingrad was catastrophe for Nazi arms. Thereafter, the colossus of the Red Army was never to lose the initiative in the East.

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  21. Battlefield Season 2 Episode 3 - The Battle For Russia
    8.2/10(17 votes)

    #21 - The Battle For Russia

    S2:E3

    Hitler's plan for the conquest of Russia called for a classic Blitzkrieg offensive, which would be pressed ruthlessly to its conclusion within the course of a single season's campaign.

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  22. Battlefield Season 4 Episode 1 - The Battle of Kursk
    8.2/10(13 votes)

    #22 - The Battle of Kursk

    S4:E1

    In the summer of 1943 more than 2,000,000 men and 6,000 tanks of the German and Soviet Armies faced each other near the Soviet city of Kursk. The ensuing battle was, to this day, the largest tank battle ever fought in history. It marked the last major offensive operation of German forces in the East and, combined with the Soviet victory at Stalingrad, was the decisive turning point on the Eastern Front.

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  23. Battlefield Season 4 Episode 4 - Pearl Harbor
    8.2/10(11 votes)

    #23 - Pearl Harbor

    S4:E4

    The infamous Japanese attack on the US naval base at Pearl Harbour in Hawaii was one of the most significant events of World War II. Though brilliantly planned and executed, and though it dealt a crippling blow to the US Pacific Fleet, it failed to inflict any damage on the US aircraft carriers. Moreover, the attack brought the US and its industrial might into the war with disastrous consequences for the Axis powers.

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  24. Battlefield Season 4 Episode 5 - Guadalcanal
    8.2/10(11 votes)

    #24 - Guadalcanal

    S4:E5

    Guadalcanal was the first major land battle of the Southern Pacific campaign. The island was considered key to the defence of eastern Australia and was the first step in the "march" up the Solomon Island chain to neutralize the key Japanese base at Rabaul, open up the road to the Philippines, and ultimately to Japan itself.

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  25. Battlefield Season 4 Episode 6 - The Siege of Leningrad
    8.2/10(11 votes)

    #25 - The Siege of Leningrad

    S4:E6

    This is the story of one of Second World War's most harrowing episodes. The 890 day siege of the Soviet Union's second city has come to epitomise the misery, suffering and savagery of the war on the Eastern Front. The city was not finally liberated by Soviet troops until 19th January 1944 - by that time 600,000 of its citizens had starved to death and 200,000 more had perished in the bombing. This is a brand new episode from the landmark television series 'Battlefield'. Featuring fascinating archive footage from all over the world the programme includes a review of the political and military situation before the battle, portraits of leaders and commanders, an explanation of weapons and tactics and the story of the battle itself. Vivid graphics place the battle into the context of the war as a whole.

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Best Episodes Summary

"Dien Bien Phu - The Legacy" is the best rated episode of "Battlefield". It scored 10/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 1/1/1999. This episode scored 1.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Battle of Midway".