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Battleplan

Battleplan

2007
Documentary

Battleplan is a military television documentary series examing various military strategies used in modern warfare since World War I. It is shown on the Military Channel in the U.S. and UKTV History. Each episode looks at particular military strategy – or "battleplan" – through two well-known historical examples, gauging them against the ideal requirements necessary to successfully conduct that strategy. All the episodes use examples from modern warfare, dating from the First World War up to the recent Iraq War. Lloyd Clark and Bruce Gudmundsson analyze the information and talk about it on the show.

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Language

EN

Status

Ended

First Aired

November 6, 2007

Last Aired

November 6, 2007

Networks

U&Yesterday

Where to Watch
Region US · Lang EN
US
No providers available for this region.
Seasons & Episodes
Select a season to view episodes. Reddit links may contain spoilers.
Season
E1
Blitzkrieg
Air date: 2007-11-06
Examples used: Nazi Germany Blitzkrieg Campaign, Battle of France, World War II and 2003 invasion of Iraq, Iraq War
E2
Assault From the Air
Air date: 2007-11-06
Examples used: Battle of Crete, Operation Market Garden, World War II and Operation Junction City , Vietnam War
E3
Deception
Air date: 2007-11-06
Examples used: Battle of Normandy, D-Day, World War II and First Gulf War and 2003 invasion of Iraq, Iraq War
E4
Assault From the Sea
Air date: 2007-11-06
Examples used: Battle of Inchon, Korean War and Battle of Iwo Jima, Pacific War, World War II
E5
Counterstrike
Air date: 2007-11-06
Examples used: Yom Kippur War and Battle of Moscow, World War II
E6
Blockade
Air date: 2007-11-06
Examples used: Second Battle of the Atlantic, World War II and U.S. Submarine Campaign 1943–45, Pacific War
E7
Siege
Air date: 2007-11-06
Examples used: Siege of Leningrad, World War II and Battle of Dien Bien Phu, First Indochina War and Battle of Khe Sanh, Vietnam War
E8
Battlefleet Action
Air date: 2007-11-06
Examples used: Battle of Midway, Pacific War, World War II and Battle of Leyte Gulf, Pacific War, World War II
E9
Pre-Emptive Strike
Air date: 2007-11-06
Examples used: Six Day War and attack on Pearl Harbor, Pacific War, World War II
E10
Control of the Air
Air date: 2007-11-06
Examples used: Battle of Britain, World War II and First Gulf War
E11
Defensive Battle
Air date: 2007-11-06
Examples used: Hindenburg Line, Western Front, World War I and Battle of Kursk, World War II
E12
Guerrilla Warfare
Air date: 2007-11-06
Examples used: Mujahideen, Soviet war in Afghanistan and National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam, a.k.a. Vietcong, Vietnam War
E13
Urban Warfare
Air date: 2007-11-06
Examples used: Tet Offensive, Vietnam War and Battle of Stalingrad,
E14
Breaking a Fortified Line
Air date: 2007-11-06
Examples used: Hindenburg Line, Western Front, World War I and Second Battle of El Alamein, World War II
E15
Raiding Operations
Air date: 2007-11-06
Examples used: Unternehmen Eiche, recapture of Benito Mussolini by Otto Skorzeny, World War II and Operation Ivory Coast, Son Tay, Vietnam War
E16
Strategic Bombing
Air date: 2007-11-06
Examples used: the RAF/USAAF campaign against Nazi Germany from 1941–45, bombing of Dresden and the USAAF assault on Japan in 1944–45, Bombing of Tokyo in World War II
E17
Flank Attack
Air date: 2007-11-06
Examples used: Battle of Normandy, World War II and First Gulf War
E18
Special Operations
Air date: 2007-11-06
Examples used: French Resistance, in the World War II and 2003 invasion of Iraq, Iraq War

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