7.7/109 votes#1 - The Battle for Tunisia
Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 3/6/2001
The campaign in Tunisia saw the battles that finally ended the brutal war in the desert. The arrival of the British 1st Army gave the Allies a six-to-one numerical advantage in troops and a fifteen-to one superiority in tanks, guns, and aircraft. The Allied blockade in the Mediterranean also began to bite, making the beleaguered Germans short of fuel, food, and ammunition. Eventually, all German troops in Tunisia surrendered.
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- 7.4/1010 votes
#2 - El Alamein
Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 3/19/2001
Covering the leaders, the equipment, and the men, as well as the battles, it covers the period from the beginning of the war in Africa until the end where the Axis is expelled. The main battle covered here is the last battle of El Alamein.
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- 8.2/109 votes
#3 - The Battle for Monte Cassino
Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 4/15/2001
Covering the entire Italian campaign including the battle of Monte Cassino.
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- 8.4/107 votes
#4 - The West Wall
Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 4/20/2001
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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- 8.2/109 votes
#5 - Operation Market Garden
Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 5/12/2001
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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- 8.1/1017 votes
#6 - The Battle for Caen
Season 5 Episode 6 - Aired 6/1/2001
Caen, perhaps the greatest major obstacle for the Allied advance inland after the landings in Normandy, 6 June 1944. Consequently it was a key objective for 3rd British Div. landing on Sword Beach. The Allies were unable to capture the strategically important city on D-Day in the teeth of armoured counter-attacks from 21st Panzer Div. Renewed attempts by 3rd Canadian Div. on 7-8 June were foiled by 12th SS Panzer Div. 'Hitlerjugend', as were 7th British Armoured Divs. thrusts towards the city on 11-14 June. On 25 June Operation 'Epsom' was launched to take Caen. Preceded by RAF Bomber Command attacks, further British & Canadian assaults on 4 July stalled before the whole of the city could be taken. On 7 July Operation 'Charnwood' forced the Germans to withdraw from northern Caen. Heavier bombardment opened Operation 'Goodwood' on 18 July, in the course of which the Canadians finally managed to liberate the rest of Caen, by now largely demolished after five weeks of intensive fighting.
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The Best Episodes of Battlefield Season 5
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Season 5 Ratings Summary
"The Battle for Tunisia" is the best rated episode of "Battlefield" season 5. It scored 7.7/10 based on 9 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 3/6/2001. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "El Alamein".