Combat Zone
Combat Zone: Season 1

Air Date

January 5, 2007

Episodes

13 episodes

Combat Zone

Season 1

Episodes

1. A Tight Spot: Operation Desert Storm, Iraq

January 5, 2007
60 min

Iraq, 1991 - Eight Green Berets from US Army Special Forces go deep inside Iraq to gather info on a key Iraqi location when they are suddenly attacked. It's a harrowing encounter with sleek coordination between air and ground support.

2. Rescue in Panama

January 8, 2007
60 min

Panama, 1989 - Dictator Manuel Noriega ordered captors to kill American prisoner Kurt Muse if any rescue is attempted. The fourteen Delta Force commandos sent in faced danger - and disaster.

3. Battle of Hue

January 15, 2007
60 min

Vietnam, 1968 - As the war explodes with cities in the south falling like dominoes to the Communist forces from the north, US Marines in the city of Hue quickly find themselves badly outnumbered. They must fight building to building to save the city.

4. Invasion of Grenada: Operation Urgent Fury 1983

January 22, 2007
60 min

Leftist rebels seize control of the government of Grenada and execute the prime minister. In just four days, US forces plan Operation Urgent Fury and execute, sending hundreds of elite soldiers to the island in the hopes of saving the 800 American students caught in the crossfire.

5. Battle of Inchon

January 29, 2007
60 min

Korea, 1950 - Three months after Communist North Korea invaded the South, thousands of US Marines hit the beaches behind enemy lines to form a fierce counterattack. Joined by Army infantry, in only 2 weeks they recaptured the South's capitol of Seoul.

6. Battle of Tal Afar

February 5, 2007
60 min

Iraq, 2005 - For centuries, the city of Tal Afar served as a trading post linking East and West. By 2005, Al-Qaeda's brutal reign turned it into a ghost town. In May, the US Army moves in to wipe them out, restoring Iraqi government control to the city.

7. Triangle of Death

February 12, 2007
60 min

Iraq, 2004 - Free elections approach for Iraqis but south of Baghdad beheadings, executions, roadside bombs, robberies and chaos rule the area. US Marines will need courage and heroism to beat the enemy and make it safe for the election.

8. Ambush in Hawijah

February 19, 2007
60 min

Hawijah, Iraq 2004 - Fort McHenry, the US Military's Forward Operating Base outside Hawijah, suffered egregious attacks in Operation Iraqi Freedom. To protect the new Iraqi police, on August 7 the Army enters the town square - and into a kill zone.

9. SLA Gunfight: Los Angeles 1974

February 26, 2007
60 min

Heiress Patty Hearst is kidnapped by the SLA (Symbionese Liberation Army), then follow with a daring bank robbery. The ensuing shootout was captured on t.v. and viewers wondered if Patty Hearst was inside.

10. Hill 875

March 5, 2007
60 min

Vietnam, Thanksgiving 1967 - As Viet Cong forces hid themselves in the jungle, US Airborne Infantry fought hard for "Hill 875". They charged for days to within almost 20 yards of the VC, and just in reach of one of their last sure victories of the war.

11. Battle of Najaf

March 12, 2007
60 min

Najaf, Iraq 2004 - The Imam Ali Shrine, a Shiite holy site, was off-limits to US and Iraqi coalition forces, but that didn't stop insurgents from holing up there. Marines had to fight hand-to-hand to take out arms and fighters hiding in the cemetery.

12. Ambush at Lake Tharthar

March 19, 2007
60 min

Iraq, 2005 - A small US/Iraqi team working near Samara come under a fierce attack. Outmanned and outgunned, their call for air support is answered by just two US choppers in the area. The pilots come under heavy enemy fire trying to rescue their troops.

13. Patrol Boat Rescue

March 26, 2007
60 min

Vietnam, 1969 - Viet Cong use the North Saigon River to cross into Cambodia and stock up on arms and supplies. With strategy, planning and stealth, thirty US Navymen on six small boats, outmanned and outgunned, fight and win a hard, fast battle.

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