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    Battlefield Season 3 Episode 2 - The Undeclared War
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    #1 - The Undeclared War

    S3:E2

    What starts as a ripple becomes a wave, and with the United States involvement in Vietnam, it began as a contingent of U.S. "military advisors" after the attack at Dien Bien Phu. From there it turned into "non-official combat missions," and finally, after an unprovoked torpedo attack by a North Vietnamese patrol boat against the unsuspecting U.S. destroyer Maddox, it became "The Undeclared War."

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  2. Battlefield Season 3 Episode 3 - Search and Destroy
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    #2 - Search and Destroy

    S3:E3

    While the method of "search and destroy" is the ultimate goal for any armed conflict, it developed a new face in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War. With the absence of an actual front line, the North circumvented skirmishes by entering neighboring Cambodia, only to reappear within striking distance of the South stronghold of Saigon. With such bold initiative, the American contingent retaliated with heavily armed helicopter gunships from the U.S. First Air Cavalry Division, thus introducing the world's first helicopter-based military formation at the battle of the La Drang Valley.

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  3. Battlefield Season 3 Episode 4 - Showdown in the Iron Triangle
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    #3 - Showdown in the Iron Triangle

    S3:E4

    Expanding its presence in 1966, the U.S. Army sets up patrols in the south to draw out Viet Cong guerrillas, but can't force a decisive battle. Included: veterans recall missions to uncover Viet Cong bases; the political climate in Saigon.

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  4. Battlefield Season 3 Episode 5 - Countdown to Tet
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    #4 - Countdown to Tet

    S3:E5

    Viet Cong incursions in 1967 prompt the U.S. to reinforce key southern bases, unaware that the North Vietnamese were planning an all-out assault for early 1968. Included: combat footage; comments from veterans.

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  5. Battlefield Season 3 Episode 6 - The Tet Offensive
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    #5 - The Tet Offensive

    S3:E6

    Viet Cong guerrillas, backed by the North Vietnamese Army, staged a massive offensive against major cities and U.S. bases in January 1968, during the Tet holiday.

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  6. Battlefield Season 3 Episode 7 - War on the DMZ
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    #6 - War on the DMZ

    S3:E7

    Unlike the two world wars and the many before, the conflict in Vietnam was void of a so-called front line. Battles were fought in pockets of resistance, with troops dropped in by helicopter. What did exist was the section of the country dividing the North from the South known as the DMZ (De-Militarized Zone). This was often an arena of heavy combat, and Battlefield Vietnam: War on the DMZ highlights such furious fighting as "Operation Hastings" and "Operation Prairie."

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  7. Battlefield Season 3 Episode 8 - Siege at Khe Sahn
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    #7 - Siege at Khe Sahn

    S3:E8

    In early 1968, American and allied forces fought the North Vietnamese Army in one of the most dramatic battles of the Vietnam War. For 77 days, two powerful NVA Divisions laid siege to the U.S. Marine Corps base at Khe Sahn.

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  8. Battlefield Season 3 Episode 9 - Air War Vietnam
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    #8 - Air War Vietnam

    S3:E9

    The first of two programs on American bombing during the war, concentrates on the campaign prior to 1965, and examines how the Communists responded to U.S. air superiority.

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  9. Battlefield Season 3 Episode 10 - Rolling Thunder
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    #9 - Rolling Thunder

    S3:E10

    The air war against the north intensifies as fighting in the south escalates. The U.S. targets North Vietnamese transport and supply routes (some of them in Laos and Cambodia), culminating in the so-called Christmas bombings of Hanoi and Haiphong in December, 1973.

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  10. Battlefield Season 3 Episode 11 - Peace with Honor
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    #10 - Peace with Honor

    S3:E11

    The Paris Peace Accord finally brought an end to the Vietnam War, and the last U.S. Soldiers left Vietnam on March 29th, 1973. Two years later, Saigon fell to the North Vietnamese Army. Vietnam was reunited.

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  11. Battlefield Season 3 Episode 12 - The Fall of Saigon
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    #11 - The Fall of Saigon

    S3:E12

    The U.S. withdrawal left the South Vietnamese with a well equipped but poorly led army unable to contain the 1974-75 Communist assault that ended in the capture of Saigon.

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  12. Battlefield Season 6 Episode 4 - Destination Okinawa
    7.4/10(10 votes)

    #12 - Destination Okinawa

    S6:E4

    The battle for Okinawa, chosen to be the final springboard for an Allied invasion of Japan, claimed more American lives than any other battle in the Pacific campaign. The Japanese had constructed a formidable series of defences and were prepared to fight for every inch of the island's soil. The battle included a 700-plane Kamikaze raid against the US naval fleet. US casualties were estimated to be 49,000. Ultimately US forces took control of the island in June 1945 and in August, the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki brought the war against Japan to a dramatic end.

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  13. Battlefield Season 5 Episode 2 - El Alamein
    7.6/10(11 votes)

    #13 - El Alamein

    S5:E2

    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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  14. Battlefield Season 5 Episode 1 - The Battle for Tunisia
    8.1/10(10 votes)

    #14 - The Battle for Tunisia

    S5:E1

    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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  15. Battlefield Season 6 Episode 6 - The Battle for the Mediterranean
    8.1/10(9 votes)

    #15 - The Battle for the Mediterranean

    S6:E6

    This is the story of the crucial battles for control of the Mediterranean, North Africa, and the irreplaceable oil fields of the Middle East. The program covers the great battles between the Italian Navy and British Navy, the land campaigns in the North African desert between Rommel's Afrika Korp and the British 8th Army, and Britain's struggle to retain its control of Malta. Additionally featured is the war for control of the skies between the German Luftwaffe and the RAF, eventually joined by the US Army Air Force, and the story of the war in Greece.

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

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

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

    #18 - 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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  19. Battlefield Season 4 Episode 4 - Pearl Harbor
    8.2/10(11 votes)

    #19 - 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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  20. Battlefield Season 4 Episode 5 - Guadalcanal
    8.2/10(11 votes)

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

    #21 - 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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  22. Battlefield Season 5 Episode 6 - The Battle for Caen
    8.2/10(18 votes)

    #22 - The Battle for Caen

    S5:E6

    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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  23. Battlefield Season 6 Episode 3 - The War Against the U-Boats
    8.2/10(10 votes)

    #23 - The War Against the U-Boats

    S6:E3

    The convoys that sailed across the Atlantic Ocean bringing vital supplies to Britain faced one of the most deadly threats of the war. Hidden deep beneath the waves were German U-boats. This program follows the evolution of the Atlantic War, from the beginnings of the U-Boat war, to the "Happy Time" when German submarines almost brought Britain to her knees, to the eventual Allied triumph for control of the Atlantic sea-lanes. Also see the critical role that superior Allied technology played in winning the war and how British cryptographers successfully broke the German naval codes.

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

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

    #25 - 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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Worst Episodes Summary

"The Undeclared War" is the worst rated episode of "Battlefield". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 1/1/1999. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Search and Destroy".