Battleplan
Battleplan is a military television documentary series examing various military strategies used in modern warfare since World War I. It is shown on the Military Channel in the U.S. and UKTV History. Each episode looks at particular military strategy – or "battleplan" – through two well-known historical examples, gauging them against the ideal requirements necessary to successfully conduct that strategy. All the episodes use examples from modern warfare, dating from the First World War up to the recent Iraq War. Lloyd Clark and Bruce Gudmundsson analyze the information and talk about it on the show.
Season 1
18 episodes
- 1. BlitzkriegExamples used: Nazi Germany Blitzkrieg Campaign, Battle of France, World War II and 2003 invasion of Iraq, Iraq WarCCNov 6, 2007
- 2. Assault From the AirExamples used: Battle of Crete, Operation Market Garden, World War II and Operation Junction City , Vietnam WarCCNov 6, 2007
- 3. DeceptionExamples used: Battle of Normandy, D-Day, World War II and First Gulf War and 2003 invasion of Iraq, Iraq WarCCNov 6, 2007
- 4. Assault From the SeaExamples used: Battle of Inchon, Korean War and Battle of Iwo Jima, Pacific War, World War IICCNov 6, 2007
- 5. CounterstrikeExamples used: Yom Kippur War and Battle of Moscow, World War IICCNov 6, 2007
- 6. BlockadeExamples used: Second Battle of the Atlantic, World War II and U.S. Submarine Campaign 1943–45, Pacific WarCCNov 6, 2007
- 7. SiegeExamples used: Siege of Leningrad, World War II and Battle of Dien Bien Phu, First Indochina War and Battle of Khe Sanh, Vietnam WarCCNov 6, 2007
- 8. Battlefleet ActionExamples used: Battle of Midway, Pacific War, World War II and Battle of Leyte Gulf, Pacific War, World War IICCNov 6, 2007
- 9. Pre-Emptive StrikeExamples used: Six Day War and attack on Pearl Harbor, Pacific War, World War IICCNov 6, 2007
- 10. Control of the AirExamples used: Battle of Britain, World War II and First Gulf WarCCNov 6, 2007
- 11. Defensive BattleExamples used: Hindenburg Line, Western Front, World War I and Battle of Kursk, World War IICCNov 6, 2007
- 12. Guerrilla WarfareExamples used: Mujahideen, Soviet war in Afghanistan and National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam, a.k.a. Vietcong, Vietnam WarCCNov 6, 2007
- 13. Urban WarfareExamples used: Tet Offensive, Vietnam War and Battle of Stalingrad,CCNov 6, 2007
- 14. Breaking a Fortified LineExamples used: Hindenburg Line, Western Front, World War I and Second Battle of El Alamein, World War IICCNov 6, 2007
- 15. Raiding OperationsExamples used: Unternehmen Eiche, recapture of Benito Mussolini by Otto Skorzeny, World War II and Operation Ivory Coast, Son Tay, Vietnam WarCCNov 6, 2007
- 16. Strategic BombingExamples used: the RAF/USAAF campaign against Nazi Germany from 1941–45, bombing of Dresden and the USAAF assault on Japan in 1944–45, Bombing of Tokyo in World War IICCNov 6, 2007
- 17. Flank AttackExamples used: Battle of Normandy, World War II and First Gulf WarCCNov 6, 2007
- 18. Special OperationsExamples used: French Resistance, in the World War II and 2003 invasion of Iraq, Iraq WarCCNov 6, 2007
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Battleplan
Battleplan is a military television documentary series examing various military strategies used in modern warfare since World War I. It is shown on the Military Channel in the U.S. and UKTV History. Each episode looks at particular military strategy – or "battleplan" – through two well-known historical examples, gauging them against the ideal requirements necessary to successfully conduct that strategy. All the episodes use examples from modern warfare, dating from the First World War up to the recent Iraq War. Lloyd Clark and Bruce Gudmundsson analyze the information and talk about it on the show.
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