WWII's Most Daring Raids

2016

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EP1 Stealing Hitler's Radar Sep 18, 2016

The code name is Operation Biting, a planned British raid on Bruneval, in Nazi-occupied Northern France. The mission is to drop paratroopers behind enemy lines and capture a powerful German radar system, but there is an even greater goal to be achieved: show Hitler that they still have plenty of fight in them. But what the brave men of C Company are about to do has never been attempted before, and pulling it off will require sneaking past the very radar they are trying to capture.

EP2 Easy Company's First Assault Sep 25, 2016

Hours before the most ambitious amphibious invasion in history, Douglas C-47s drop a small group of American paratroopers from Easy Company, the 101st Airborne Division, behind enemy lines. The mission: to take out four German howitzers about to assault Utah Beach. Witness the moments before the D-Day invasion through the perspective of the men carrying out this daring raid, including commanding officer Lieutenant Winters, whose remarkable improvised assault against a much larger force would make history.

EP3 Churchill Strikes Back Oct 02, 2016

British Commandos raid two occupied Norwegian islands to wipe out fish oil factories used to make explosives.

EP4 Storming Mussolini's Island Oct 09, 2016

The first invasion of the Italian Campaign of WWII: Operation Husky.

EP5 Cutting Rommel's Lifeline Oct 16, 2016

A secret British regiment in 1942 led a daring raid on a Nazi-occupied Libyan harbor.

EP6 Secret Weapon Sabotage Oct 23, 2016

An elite squad of Norwegians destroy a power plant in 1943 that the Nazis may have been using for nuclear weapons research.
7.5| 0h30m| TV-PG| en| More Info
Released: 18 September 2016 Returning Series
Producted By: Smithsonian Productions
Country: United States of America
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They were U.S. paratroopers, Norwegian operatives, and British Commandos, Allied teams leading high-risk operations throughout Europe, Africa, and Asia to fight Hitler and turn the tide of the war. WWII's Most Daring Raids puts you in the heart of the action, giving you a minute-by-minute account of the most astonishing surprise attacks against the Third Reich. We forensically examine how exactly these assaults played out, through expert analysis and testimonies from the brave men who carried them out.

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