Ultimate Warfare - Season 1

First aired: 12/4/2012 10 episodes

Episodes

1. Fallujah: The Taking of Terror Central

Aired: 12/4/2012

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

Aired: 12/11/2012

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

3. Kandahar: Against All Odds

Aired: 12/18/2012

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

Aired: 1/29/2013

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

5. Leyte Gulf: Courage at Sea

Aired: 2/12/2013

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

Aired: 2/19/2013

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

Aired: 3/12/2013

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

Aired: 3/19/2013

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

Aired: 3/26/2013

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

Aired: 4/2/2013

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.