Ultimate Warfare

2013 • Discovery Channel
4.9
11 reviews
Eligible
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Season 1 episodes (10)

1 Fallujah: the Taking of Terror Central
8/28/13
Season-only
Real-life combat from a soldier's-eye-view of battle. US forces face a huge task to reclaim the city from insurgents.
2 Hue: Vietnam's Bloodiest Battle
8/29/13
Season-only
Thousands of NVA soldiers lay waiting in an ancient citadel for the marines to breech the walls and begin the fight.
3 Khe Sanh: Marines Under Siege
9/8/13
Season-only
Surrounded and outnumbered, six thousand marines fend off the Communist army for 77 days during the Vietnam War.
4 Kandahar: Against All Odds
9/4/13
Season-only
Real-life combat from a soldier's-eye-view of battle. US special forces face off against a much larger Taliban insurgence to take control of Kandahar.
5 Baghdad: Thunder Runs
9/4/13
Season-only
A tank battalion smashes into Saddam Hussein's Baghdad in what would become one of of the most decisive battles of the Iraq war.
6 Courage at Sea
9/6/13
Season-only
In 1944, as war raged in the Pacific, US forces invaded the Leyte Gulf in an ambitious bid to take the Philippine Islands back from the Japanese. Did they succeed?
7 Taking Back The Pacific
9/6/13
Season-only
'Ultimate Warfare' takes viewers on a totally immersive journey that portrays real-life combat from a soldier's-eye-view of battle, from the battlefields of past and present.
8 Okinawa: Island Fortress
9/13/13
Season-only
'Ultimate Warfare' takes viewers on a totally immersive journey that portrays real-life combat from a soldier's-eye-view of battle, from the battlefields of past and present.
9 Chosin: One Way Out
9/13/13
Season-only
17,000 US Marines cross the 38th Parallel to cut off the communist regime. Trapped and outnumbered by Chinese troops, they must fight their way out or die.
10 Bulge: Holding The Line
8/17/13
Season-only
The US army meets an overwhelming German force in thick snow in the Ardennes forest. What follows is the bloodiest battle of WW2: The Battle of the Bulge.

About this show

Ultimate Warfare takes you inside missions from the past and the present to examine what caused the outcomes of these infamous fights. From the battle of the Midway in 1942 during the Pacific War - a bloody 77-day siege - to the end of Saddam Hussein and taking back Fallujah, find out how these soldiers came out victorious.

Ratings and reviews

4.9
11 reviews
Max Boatman
May 1, 2014
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