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 Death Ridges of Peleliu
S2 E2
The First Marine Division battles the Japanese at Peleliu for 74 days and loses 10,000 American lives, but the small band of heroes ultimately breaks the back of the enemy.
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 Heroes of Tarawa
S1 E3
American forces launch an across-the-beach infantry attack on the heavily fortified, Japanese-held atoll of Tarawa.
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.