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All Episodes of WWII's Greatest Raids

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All Episodes of WWII's Greatest Raids

WWII’s Greatest Raids is a series that takes you into the heart of an elite band of soldiers in the heat of a key action...
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Season 1

  • Rangers Lead The Way
    6.7/107 votes

    Rangers Lead The Way

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 8/3/2014

    US Army Rangers spearhead the biggest amphibious landing in history - the allied Invasion of France. They must conquer vertical cliffs before taking on the determined enemy. Then destroy the guns that threaten to blow the Allied fleet out of the water.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Mountain Massacre
    6.8/107 votes

    Mountain Massacre

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 8/10/2014

    The Black Devils, a joint US-Canadian elite mountain warfare unit, are about to go into action. They must mount a do-or-die night-time assault up a treacherous mountain, in extreme weather, to take on heavily-entrenched battle hardened German defenses.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Hitler's Last Bridge
    N/A/100 votes

    Hitler's Last Bridge

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 8/17/2014

    A brave band of regular GI’s are tasked with saving the last bridge and final gateway to the Third Reich at Remagen, Germany on the Rhine. They arrive just as the Germans attempt to blow it up.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Strike From The Sky
    7.0/106 votes

    Strike From The Sky

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 8/24/2014

    British light infantry must crash land by glider in Northern France then take and hold two key bridges in the hands of a heavily armed enemy.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • SAS vs. Rommel
    6.4/106 votes

    SAS vs. Rommel

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 8/31/2014

    The SAS launches a daring raid behind enemy lines on a German airfield in the Sahara Desert. If they succeed in destroying Rommel’s supply planes, their action could turn the tide of war and allow the British to drive the Germans out of North Africa.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Commando Do Or Die
    N/A/100 votes

    Commando Do Or Die

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 9/7/2014

    British commandos attempt a head-on amphibious assault against a heavily-defended enemy port. Their mission: to take out the dock facilities of St.Nazaire, before they become a base for Germany's biggest battleship.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown