Against the Odds

Soldiers in life-or-death situations rise above overwhelming obstacles to achieve victory.
Fighting Fox: Road to Hell
S2 E1

The paratroopers of Fighting Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment fought and died from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest with a sheer determination that was matched only by their devotion to one another.

The Magnificent Bastards of Dai Do
S2 E3

The noble warriors of Echo Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines face down an overwhelming North Vietnamese Army in Dai Do fight to rescue their fellow Marines.

46 Days of Hell in Fallujah
S2 E4

Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Marines, help lead the charge into Iraq's most dangerous city in 2004, battling in the bloodiest, most sustained house-to-house urban combat American soldiers have seen since Vietnam.

The Untold Story of the Rescue at Dogshead
S2 E5

When Charlie Company of the 1st Cavalry Division wanders into an NVA stronghold, an attack leaves supplies low, casualties mounting and the enemy circle tightening, so Team Alpha volunteers to try the difficult rescue.

The Untold Story of the Battle of Mortain
S2 E6

A small group of National Guardsmen fight to deny victory to Hitler in he thought would be the most decisive battle of the war.

The Marines at Hue
S1 E1

Three U.S. Marine battalions wage a successful attack against larger, entrenched enemy forces in the South Vietnamese city of Hue.

Those Damned Engineers
S1 E2

The Germans muster a force of 600,000 troops in December 1944 in an offensive to capture the heart of the Allied supply chain in Antwerp.

The Battle for Sugar Loaf Hill
S1 E4

U.S. Marines struggle to capture an elevated Japanese strongpoint on the island of Okinawa during World War II.

Bloody George at the Chosin Reservoir
S1 E5

A hastily assembled, undermanned Marine rifle company known as "Bloody George" battles the odds during the Korean War.

A Chance in Hell: The Battle for Ramadi
S1 E6

Army Col. Sean MacFarland and his team take action when al-Qaida declares the Iraqi city of Ramadi as its capital.