Battleplan

November. 06,2007

Rating：

6.7

Genre：

Documentary

Keywords：

Trailer Synopsis

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.

Seasons & Episode

Seasons 1 : 2007

18 Episode

Episode 1 - Blitzkrieg

November. 06,2007

Examples used: Nazi Germany Blitzkrieg Campaign, Battle of France, World War II and 2003 invasion of Iraq, Iraq War

Episode 2 - Assault From the Air

November. 06,2007

Examples used: Battle of Crete, Operation Market Garden, World War II and Operation Junction City , Vietnam War

Episode 3 - Deception

November. 06,2007

Examples used: Battle of Normandy, D-Day, World War II and First Gulf War and 2003 invasion of Iraq, Iraq War

Episode 4 - Assault From the Sea

November. 06,2007

Examples used: Battle of Inchon, Korean War and Battle of Iwo Jima, Pacific War, World War II

Episode 5 - Counterstrike

November. 06,2007

Examples used: Yom Kippur War and Battle of Moscow, World War II

Episode 6 - Blockade

November. 06,2007

Examples used: Second Battle of the Atlantic, World War II and U.S. Submarine Campaign 1943–45, Pacific War

Episode 7 - Siege

November. 06,2007

Examples used: Siege of Leningrad, World War II and Battle of Dien Bien Phu, First Indochina War and Battle of Khe Sanh, Vietnam War

Episode 8 - Battlefleet Action

November. 06,2007

Examples used: Battle of Midway, Pacific War, World War II and Battle of Leyte Gulf, Pacific War, World War II

Episode 9 - Pre-Emptive Strike

November. 06,2007

Examples used: Six Day War and attack on Pearl Harbor, Pacific War, World War II

Episode 10 - Control of the Air

November. 06,2007

Examples used: Battle of Britain, World War II and First Gulf War

Episode 11 - Defensive Battle

November. 06,2007

Examples used: Hindenburg Line, Western Front, World War I and Battle of Kursk, World War II

Episode 12 - Guerrilla Warfare

November. 06,2007

Examples used: Mujahideen, Soviet war in Afghanistan and National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam, a.k.a. Vietcong, Vietnam War

Episode 13 - Urban Warfare

November. 06,2007

Examples used: Tet Offensive, Vietnam War and Battle of Stalingrad,

Episode 14 - Breaking a Fortified Line

November. 06,2007

Examples used: Hindenburg Line, Western Front, World War I and Second Battle of El Alamein, World War II

Episode 15 - Raiding Operations

November. 06,2007

Examples used: Unternehmen Eiche, recapture of Benito Mussolini by Otto Skorzeny, World War II and Operation Ivory Coast, Son Tay, Vietnam War

Episode 16 - Strategic Bombing

November. 06,2007

Examples 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 II

Episode 17 - Flank Attack

November. 06,2007

Examples used: Battle of Normandy, World War II and First Gulf War

Episode 18 - Special Operations

November. 06,2007

Examples used: French Resistance, in the World War II and 2003 invasion of Iraq, Iraq War

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