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Some animals in the Serengeti seem to be forever at war. Species compete with each other over territories, ring fencing these areas with scent marking. Part 8 of 12.
From Julius Caesar to Napoleon Bonaparte, ancient generals took advantage of a military tactic still used in modern warfare, employing overwhelming power to paralyse the enemy. A tactic known as Rapid Dominance. This episode explores the lives and feats of four men who used it to achieve victory: Moshe Dayan, Erwin Rommel, Colin Powell and Isoroku Yamomoto... Part 1 of 4.
Combined arms operations use the force of different military corps to increase the combat power deployed against an enemy. Combining these forces needs incredible planning, decisiveness and authority. This episode explores the lives and feats of four military leaders who used the tactic to achieve victory: Bernard Montgomery, William Westmoreland, Georgy Zhukov and Norman Schwarzkopf. Part 2 of 4.
Disinformation, decoys, and traps. Strategy and tactics can be creative. But behind every deception and masquerade are the Military Masterminds creating, planning and executing each strategy to defeat an enemy. This episode explores how leaders Winston Churchill, Nikita Khrushchev, George Patton and Muhammad Anwar Sadat, used the tactic to achieve victory. Part 3 of 4.
To surprise the enemy, attacking and disappearing without a trace. To harass, sabotage, ambush. Throughout the 20th Century the majority of guerrilla warfare centred around the confrontation between right and left ideologies. This episode looks at how Mao Zedong, Fidel Castro, Josip Broz Tito and Võ Nguyên Giáp used Guerrilla Warfare to overcome a militarily superior enemy. Part 4 of 4.
In the aftermath of Germany’s devastating offensive against the Allies, their army prepares to capture the entire British army trapped at the port at Dunkirk. However, at the pivotal moment Hitler delays making the final killer blow, allowing Prime Minister Churchill and his commanders to devise a daring strategy to bring back the entire British army. Part 1 of 10.
In September 1939 a German U-boat fires its first torpedo, setting in motion the longest continuous battle of the war. A cat and mouse game of epic proportions ensues as German U-boats and allied forces engage in a five-year battle for supremacy in the Atlantic. Part 2 of 10.
With Britain standing alone, Churchill realises maintaining control of the vital oil supply line through the Suez Canal is critical to his nation’s hopes. After the fall of the strategically important port of Tobruk, Rommel only has the defensive line at El Alamein left to cross. Britain’s General Montgomery drives Rommel back from El Alamein, but that is only the beginning; America’s rookie troops make landfall in North Africa and join the fight. Part 3 of 10.
In the aftermath of his defeat at Stalingrad, Hitler knows he must deliver a knockout blow to regain the initiative against his nemesis, Stalin. As his physical and mental abilities start to wane, Hitler prepares for battle at the bulge in the lines at Kursk with powerful new tanks backed up by some of the best troops of the war. Part 4 of 10.
After victory in North Africa, Britain and the United States prepare for their first assault on Axis-controlled Europe. The Americans want to attack Nazi Germany through France but the British fear a bloodbath. They persuade their Allies to launch a huge amphibious invasion of Sicily and then Italy instead. Part 5 of 10.
This powerful documentary reveals a little-known story of 300 young orphaned Jewish refugees who began new lives in England's Lake District in the summer of 1945. A pioneering project to rehabilitate child survivors of the Holocaust.
Investigating the lives and characters of Kamala Harris and Donald Trump as they seek the presidency. In a historic election, those who know the candidates best reveal key moments that shape how they would lead America.