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The Worst Episodes of Greatest Tank Battles

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S1E3 The Battle of El Alamein
7.035 votes
Best episode
S2E3 The Battle of France
8.118 votes
Top season
Season 3
8.0avg
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1d 2h
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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Greatest Tank Battles Season 1 Episode 3 - The Battle of El Alamein
    7.0/10(35 votes)

    S1:E3

    In 1942, Rommel's Desert Afrika Corps faces off against Montgomery's Eighth Army. This is the story of the climax in the struggle for North Africa, which would change the course of the Second World War.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Greatest Tank Battles Season 1 Episode 2 - The October War: Battle for Golan Heights
    7.4/10(34 votes)

    S1:E2

    In 1973, Syria launches a surprise attack against Israel in the Golan Heights. This is a story of survival, where a few out-numbered tankers manage to hold off an enemy of overwhelming size in one of the greatest tank battles ever waged.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Greatest Tank Battles Season 2 Episode 2 - Tank Battles of Korea
    7.4/10(25 votes)

    S2:E2

    In 1950 the world is caught off guard as North Korea launches a massive armoured assault into South Korea. This is the story of the American tankers who rush to the aid of the South and the bloody battles they fight up and down the Korean Peninsula.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Greatest Tank Battles Season 2 Episode 7 - Tank Ace Ludwig Bauer
    7.3/10(14 votes)

    S2:E7

    After the success of the Blitzkrieg, men across Germany flocked to the armoured corps in search of glory. This is the story of one German tanker as he comes face to face with the harsh realities of armoured warfare.

    Director:Paul Kilback
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Greatest Tank Battles Season 1 Episode 8 - The Battle of Arracourt
    7.5/10(28 votes)

    S1:E8

    By September 1944, Patton's hard-charging Third Army threatens to breech the German border. This is the story of the largest tank-vs-tank clash of the Second World War, as Hitler masses hundreds of panzers in a desperate bid to halt Patton's advance.

    Director:Unknown
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  6. Greatest Tank Battles Season 1 Episode 9 - The Battle of Kursk: Northern Front
    7.5/10(27 votes)

    S1:E9

    In the summer of 1943, Hitler launches a massive armoured offensive in an effort to regain the upper hand on the Eastern Front. This is the story of the formidable Russian defense that stalls a massive panzer onslaught on the Northern shoulder of the Kursk salient.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Greatest Tank Battles Season 1 Episode 4 - The Battle of the Bulge: Race to Bastogne
    7.6/10(25 votes)

    S1:E4

    In December 1944, German forces launch a surprise attack through the Ardennes Forest in Belgium. This is the story of the American tankers who helped defend the American line against Hitler's final gamble on the western front.

    Director:Unknown
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  8. Greatest Tank Battles Season 1 Episode 5 - The Battle for the Hochwald Gap
    7.6/10(24 votes)

    S1:E5

    In February 1945, Canadian forces launch an attack to cross the Rhine and enter the German heartland. This is the story of the struggle for the Hochwald Gap – the final obstacle blocking the Allies, which the Germans are determined to hold at any cost.

    Director:Unknown
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  9. Greatest Tank Battles Season 2 Episode 1 - Tank Battles of the Great War
    7.6/10(20 votes)

    S2:E1

    In 1916 the British debut a new mobile weapon, hoping to break the long bloody stalemate on the Western Front. This is the story of the first tanks and how they change the face of the modern battlefield forever

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Greatest Tank Battles Season 2 Episode 5 - The Battle for the Baltics
    7.7/10(14 votes)

    S2:E5

    By 1944, the Soviets have turned the tide of war in the East and are pursuing the Nazi army back through the Baltic States. This is the story of the German tankers who continue to fight and win the battles even though they cannot win the war.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Greatest Tank Battles Season 2 Episode 8 - The October War
    7.7/10(15 votes)

    S2:E8

    This is the story of the final North African battles as two of history's most famed tank commanders, Patton and Rommel, go head to head.

    Director:Unknown
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  12. Greatest Tank Battles Season 3 Episode 1 - Michael Wittman - Greatest Tank Ace
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    S3:E1

    Michael Wittman, the most decorated tank ace in history, fought at Kursk and in Normandy and in many of the greatest tank battles of all time. An officer in the notorious Waffen SS, hailed as a hero by the Nazis, Wittmann remains a focus of cult and controversy.

    Director:Unknown
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  13. Greatest Tank Battles Season 3 Episode 2 - The Canadian Tank Battle in Italy
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    S3:E2

    May 1944: Canadian tanks begin their final push to drive the Germans from Italy. At each step, over rugged mountains and through steep valleys, the Canadians confront Hitler's elite Panzers - at the Melfa river, on the Trasimene Line, in the formidable Gothic Line, finally battering their way into the Po Valley.

    Director:Unknown
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  14. Greatest Tank Battles Season 1 Episode 7 - The Battle of Normandy
    7.8/10(22 votes)

    S1:E7

    On June 6, 1944, the Allies land on the northern coast of France. This is the story of the 2nd Canadian Armoured Brigade as they fight their way inland against a stubborn and ruthless German defence.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Greatest Tank Battles Season 2 Episode 10 - Tank Battles of Italy
    7.8/10(22 votes)

    S2:E10

    In 1943, tanks of the Canadian Armoured Corps make their combat debut on the European mainland. This is the story of the Canadian tankers who fight their way up the Italian peninsula in the push to liberate Rome from Nazi occupation.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Greatest Tank Battles Season 1 Episode 6 - The Battle of the Bulge: SS Panzers Attack!
    7.8/10(24 votes)

    S1:E6

    In December 1944, an infamous SS tank force leads Hitler's final offensive in the west. This is the story of the Sixth Panzer Army's incredible breakthrough of the American line and subsequent encirclement and defeat.

    Director:Unknown
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  17. Greatest Tank Battles Season 2 Episode 6 - The Battle for Stalingrad
    7.9/10(16 votes)

    S2:E6

    By late 1942, the German offensive on the Eastern Front begins to stall and the Soviets make their stand in the city of Stalingrad. This is the story of the most infamous battle in history, as an entire German army is lost and the course of the war forever changed.

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  18. Greatest Tank Battles Season 2 Episode 9 - The Battle of Tunisia
    7.9/10(19 votes)

    S2:E9

    By 1942, Rommel's Afrika Corps has been pushed back to Tunisia and the brash new US tank force lands in North Africa. This is the story of the final North African battles as two of history's most famed tank commanders - Patton and Rommel - go head to head.

    Director:Unknown
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  19. Greatest Tank Battles Season 2 Episode 4 - The Six Day War
    7.9/10(22 votes)

    S2:E4

    In 1967, in response to a growing threat by her Arab neighbours, Israel launches a pre-emptive strike against Egypt in the Sinai. This is the story of one of the swiftest and most dramatic victories in modern warfare.

    Director:Unknown
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  20. Greatest Tank Battles Season 1 Episode 10 - The Battle of Kursk: Southern Front
    7.9/10(30 votes)

    S1:E10

    The Battle of Kursk comes to a climax at the Russian village of Prokhorovka on July 12, 1943. This is the story of the largest tank battle in military history, as elite SS troops face off against Russian defenders determined to stop them whatever the cost.

    Director:Unknown
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  21. Greatest Tank Battles Season 1 Episode 1 - The Battle of 73 Easting
    7.9/10(40 votes)

    S1:E1

    The 1991 Gulf War's 'Battle of 73 Easting' is the most studied tank battle of modern times. This is the story of how the American 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment used superior equipment and training to overcome a blinding sandstorm and hundreds of tanks manned by Iraq's elite Republican Guard.

    Director:Unknown
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  22. Greatest Tank Battles Season 2 Episode 3 - The Battle of France
    8.1/10(18 votes)

    S2:E3

    At the outset of WWII, the Germans pioneer a new form of mobile armoured warfare. This is the story of the famed Nazi Blitzkrieg, as thousands of panzers burst through terrain thought impassible to conquer Western Europe in a matter of weeks.

    Director:Unknown
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  23. Greatest Tank Battles Season 3 Episode 3 - Vietnam Insurgency
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S3:E3

    1965: American ground forces and Marine Corps tanks land in South Vietnam, confident that they will defeat the Communist insurgency, until they encounter the Viet Cong and the North Vietnamese Army.

    Director:Unknown
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  24. Greatest Tank Battles Season 3 Episode 4 - Vietnam Armoured Attack
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S3:E4

    1968: The Americans mobilise hundreds of tanks to help defeat Communist forces in South Vietnam. Now the Communists combine guerrilla tactics with conventional military might and send their own tanks into battle. The final struggle for Vietnam begins.

    Director:Unknown
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  25. Greatest Tank Battles Season 3 Episode 5 - The Battle for Germany
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S3:E5

    In 1944 the US 3rd Armoured Division spearheads the Allied push from the western border of Germany towards Berlin. The American tankers battle fanatical Germans defending their homeland to the last, armed with the most powerful Panzers ever to take the battlefield.

    Director:Unknown
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Worst Episodes Summary

"The Battle of El Alamein" is the worst rated episode of Greatest Tank Battles. It scored 7.0/10 from 35 votes. Written and directed by Unknown, it aired on January 19, 2011. This episode scored 0.4 points lower than the second lowest rated, "The October War: Battle for Golan Heights".

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