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The Best Episodes of Combat! Season 2

Every episode of Combat! Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Combat! Season 2!

The Best Episodes of Combat! Season 2

Combat! is an American television program that originally aired on ABC from 1962 until 1967. The show covered the grim lives of a squad of...

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  1. 9.0/10(135 votes)

    #1 - Anatomy of a Patrol

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  2. 8.9/10(108 votes)

    #2 - What Are the Bugles Blowin' For? (2)

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  3. 8.9/10(106 votes)

    #3 - The Glory Among Men

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    When the 1 person in the squad that is diliked by most of the men is wonded,The Germans uses him a bait to try & get then men come after him. Order come in come to leave him if it not possible to retrive him. 1 person don't want to leave Mason behind. The squad then try to save Mason.

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    Director:Vic Morrow
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  4. 8.8/10(120 votes)

    #4 - The Long Way Home (2)

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    Still interred in a German POW camp, Sgt. Saunders and his squad must find a way to escape before they are all killed.

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    Director:Ted Post
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  5. 8.8/10(128 votes)

    #5 - The Wounded Don't Cry

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    Director:James Komack
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  6. 8.7/10(140 votes)

    #6 - Bridge at Chalons

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    Lee Marvin guest stars as a sergeant in command of a small demolition team that Saunders and his squad is ordered to take behind German lines to destroy a bridge. Lee Marvin does not believe the squad is large enough to handle the job of getting him to the bridge and back alive. He requests a platoon but is refused by Lieutenant Hanley. Marvin submits but has a huge chip on his shoulder due to a close friend being killed while on a similar mission. He has no confidence in Saunders or his men to get the job done and frequently ridicules them during the mission.

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    Director:Ted Post
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  8. 8.7/10(127 votes)

    #7 - Masquerade

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    James Coburn guest stars as a ruthless German spy masquerading as an American G.I. in order to get into an American Batallion HQ to create havoc. The jeep he is in hits a land mine and Coburn's German Officer is wounded. Saunders and his squad bring him and the two other German infiltrators back to their Company HQ for first aid. Saunders slowly begins to suspect there is something wrong as Coburn's character makes slight mistakes while speaking and interacting with the other men.

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  9. 8.7/10(114 votes)

    #8 - The Hostages

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    Suander And Caje are held hostage by two Germans while Doc try and get a vehical to get them out of town. When they get out of town Doc learns why the Germans wanted them for. He trys to stop them by recking the ambulance. We he does Caje get a broke leg and the German in the back get killed. When the 1 German have Doc & Saunders leave an injored Caje behind, Doc get a chance to jump him in the fight Doc kills the german with his bear hands.Saunders bring Doc to reality by letting Doc know he is wounded.

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  10. 8.7/10(115 votes)

    #9 - What Are the Bugles Blowin' For? (1)

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    In this 2 partter Saunders and his men have to get the retreat message to a British troupe behind enemy lines. The British Captain uses his authority to keep Saunders and his men to help him fight the Germans

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  11. 8.6/10(129 votes)

    #10 - Bridgehead

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    Hanley orders Saunders and his squad to take a bridge which is guarded by a heavily fortified house. Nick Adams guest stars as a self-centered wise-cracking private who only cares about saving his own skin. He reveals during the episode that he is a jazz drummer and is soon to be leaving the front to play in an army band entertaining troops and wants to be sure he keeps himself in one piece. In the end he sacrifices his life to complete the mission he ridiculed.

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  12. 8.6/10(108 votes)

    #11 - Gideon's Army

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  13. 8.6/10(109 votes)

    #12 - The General and the Sergeant

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  14. 8.6/10(112 votes)

    #13 - The Short Day of Private Putnam

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    Pvt. Putnam (Putt) is a 15 year old run away. He lies to cover up his age and the fact that he is a green recruit. A friend tells Hanley he is only 15. When he panic he nearly get the Sarge & himself killed. At the end his hobby saves the day.

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  15. 8.6/10(102 votes)

    #14 - Rescue

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    Director:Ted Post
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  16. 8.6/10(97 votes)

    #15 - Command

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  17. 8.5/10(124 votes)

    #16 - The Long Way Home (1)

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    Returning from patrol, Saunders and his men are captured by a platoon of German SS. They take the squad back to their base to be interrogated by their commander, an SS Captain played by Richard Basehart. Simon Oakland also guest stars as an American sergeant already held captive by the Germans.

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    Director:Ted Post
  18. 8.5/10(129 votes)

    #17 - The Pillbox

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    Director:Vic Morrow
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  19. 8.5/10(99 votes)

    #18 - A Silent Cry

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  20. 8.4/10(114 votes)

    #19 - Counter-Punch

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  21. 8.3/10(105 votes)

    #20 - Ambush

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    When the men arrive in a town the French shoot a man for collaborating and his daughter blames the Americans - who later learn he was actually an undercover allied agent. Regulars: Saunders, Hanley, Kirby, Caje, Billy Nelson, Littlejohn, Doc 2.

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  22. 8.3/10(122 votes)

    #21 - Mail Call

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  23. 8.2/10(104 votes)

    #22 - Glow Against the Sky

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  24. 8.2/10(105 votes)

    #23 - A Distant Drum

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  25. 8.2/10(97 votes)

    #24 - Barrage

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    Director:Sutton Roley
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  26. 8.2/10(104 votes)

    #25 - Eyes of the Hunter

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Season 2 Ratings Summary

"Anatomy of a Patrol" is the best rated episode of "Combat!" season 2. It scored 9/10 based on 135 votes. Directed by Bernard McEveety and written by N/A, it aired on 11/26/1963. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "What Are the Bugles Blowin' For? (2)".