On paper the missions look simple, but in practice things never are. Whether your objective is to capture an enemy stronghold, rescue injured comrades, storm the beaches, or release trapped hostages, there will always be resistance and invariably a shootout. And shootouts are never easy.
This explosive new series gives a blow by blow account of some of the fiercest confrontations in history. Cutting-edge computer graphics put you in the position of the marines fighting for Fallujah, the gun slingers of the Wild West and the allied forces in the trenches on D-Day.
Experience the chaos, the noise and the heat of the battle and try and keep your cool under fire.
Battle for Baghdad
Spring 2003, two divisions of US soldiers race north across the Iraqi desert from Kuwait. Their mission - to seize the Iraqi capital Baghdad.
SWAT Team Shootouts
The tactics and technology used by these S.W.A.T experts are detailed and dramatized as interviews with former hostages and the S.W.A.T officers guide viewers through real events.
Fallujah
This episode details the plan for Operation Phantom Fury – the offensive in Fallujah, which began on 8th November 2004. Here, coalition forces faced some of the strongest resistance of the current conflict in Iraq.
World War II: Storming France
With computer graphics and battle re-enactments, this programme looks at the epic struggle to re-take France from the Nazis – from the monumental battles of the D-Day beaches to the liberation of Paris and beyond.
World War II: Assault on Germany
In the spring of 1945, the Allies entered Germany in the final stages of the Second World War in Europe. This programme examines some of the shootouts that ensued, from the Hurgen Forest – an area of dense woodland that rendered tanks and air power useless - to the formidable German border defence system, the Siegfried Line.
North Hollywood
It's one of the most violent shootouts in American police history. It takes place in the "bank robbery capital of the world" - Los Angeles.
As the war in Afghanistan and the search for Osama Bin Laden continues, soldiers who have come face-to-face with members of the Taliban tell their story.
The popular image of two gunmen meeting in the street at high noon is pure myth. Western shootouts were drunken, messy affairs, which occurred frequently over women, money, or even a dirty look…
Iraq’s Ambush Alley
As US marines prepared to enter the Iraqi city of An Nasiriyah, in March 2003, intelligence reports indicated they may be welcomed by inhabitants. Saddam Hussein’s regime had been particularly oppressive here. But prior to the attack Saddam loyalists secretly infiltrated the city and the battle that followed was long and bloody.