Ultimate Warfare
Ultimate Warfare: Season 1

Air Date

December 4, 2012

Episodes

10 episodes

Ultimate Warfare

Season 1

Episodes

1. Fallujah: The Taking of Terror Central

December 4, 2012
60 min

Operation Phantom Fury, a second battle for Fallujah, Iraq, fought between U.S.-led coalition forces and insurgents in late 2004, is examined in the premiere of a series that chronicles modern military conflicts using interviews with combatants, CGI animation and reenactments.

2. Hue: Vietnam's Bloodiest Battle

December 11, 2012
60 min

The Battle of Hue at the beginning of the Tet Offensive in 1968 during the Vietnam War is examined.

3. Kandahar: Against All Odds

December 18, 2012
60 min

U.S. Army Special Forces battle the Taliban near Kandahar, Afghanistan, for control of high ground at Sperwan Ghar in September 2006.

4. Baghdad: Thunder Runs

January 29, 2013
60 min

The fall of Baghdad in 2003 during the Iraq War is examined.

5. Leyte Gulf: Courage at Sea

February 12, 2013
60 min

A chronicle of the Battle for Leyte Gulf, an October 1944 confrontation between Allied and Japanese forces that led to the liberation of the Philippines.

6. Khe Sanh: Marines Under Siege

February 19, 2013
60 min

An examination of the 77-day siege at Khe Sanh, an American air base that was surrounded by North Vietnamese troops in 1968.

7. Midway: Taking Back the Pacific

March 12, 2013
60 min

A chronicle of the Battle of Midway, the June 1942 naval battle in which the U.S. Navy decisively beat the Japanese Navy in the Pacific.

8. Okinawa: Island Fortress

March 19, 2013
60 min

A chronicle of the Battle of Okinawa (April-June 1945), the largest Allied amphibious assault of the Pacific campaign during World War II.

9. Chosin: One Way Out

March 26, 2013
60 min

A look at the Battle of Chosin Reservoir, when UN troops were virtually surrounded by the Chinese in subfreezing temperatures in late 1950 during the Korean War.

10. Bulge: Holding the Line

April 2, 2013
60 min

An analysis of the Battle of the Bulge, fought in the winter of 1944-45, when Germany launched its last offensive on the Western Front.