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July 10th 1944. For six long weeks since D-Day, Allied forces have been caught in a battle trying to breakout of the invasion beachhead at Normandy. In the East, the British and Canadian Armies are fighting to take the city of Caen, and have suffered over 26,000 casualties and in the West, the US forces, in just 12 days, lose over 10,000 troops. In a final throw of the dice, the Allied commanders come up with an audacious plan, operation Cobra. If successful, they will split the German forces and sweep into France. Aerial reconnaissance photographs taken at the time have now been layered over a 3 dimensional contour map to create a CGI "model" of the battle. For the first time these original high-resolution images, allows the viewer to track the battle, step by step, from the air. Individual stories of courage and heroism can be placed in the exact location where they took place.

August 2nd 1944. The Allies have broken out of Normandy and are preparing to sweep into Central France. The US Army and their British Allies set a trap for the Germans. Seventy miles away in Paris, the French resistance eagerly watch the allies advance. The race is now on for the Allies to get to Paris and save its citizens from possible slaughter. They must also get there in time to stop the Germans from reducing the most beautiful city in the world to a pile of ash and rubble. Both British and German aerial reconnaissance photographs have now been layered over a three dimensional contour map to create a CGI model of the battle. For the first time these original high-resolution images allow the viewer to track the battle, step by step, from the air.

Two hero ships bearing the same great name; the original, CV-5, was a martyred hero of the war's two turning-point battles, the Coral Sea and Midway. Her successor, CV-10 went on to avenge her destroyed namesake through all the rest of WW II in every significant assault on the Japanese-held island fortresses.

Three teams of elite warriors--the U.S. Marine's Force Recon, the Canadian Light Infantry, and a "Rogue" Squad of private contractors--slug it out. They test their combat skills with an arsenal of weapons: from knives and pistols to sniper and assault rifles and submachine guns--not to see who's best with a single weapon, but to see who's best with them all.

It is 47 AD. The new emperor Claudius is considered by many to be the village idiot. He can only hang onto his throne by waging a spectacular conquest. He chooses Britannia, a legendary land which fascinates and inspires fear in the Romans. Proud and warlike, the Britons use the island's treacherous terrain and dark forests to lure the legions to ruin. Led by magic wielding Druid priests and a charismatic warrior named Caratacus, the Britons resist in the face of the greatest military machine the world has ever known.

The Israeli air force mastered the use of the Mirage III over decades of intense air combat with its neighbors. Go into battle with Israel's ace of aces, Giora Epstein as he takes on a swarm of Egyptian MiG-21s in one of the most thrilling dogfights of the jet age. State-of-the-art computer graphics are used to recreate famous battles. First-hand accounts, rare archival footage and original shooting will make the viewer feel like they're in the battle facing the enemy.

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Two hero ships bearing the same great name; the original, CV-5, was a martyred hero of the war's two turning-point battles, the Coral Sea and Midway. Her successor, CV-10 went on to avenge her destroyed namesake through all the rest of WW II in every significant assault on the Japanese-held island fortresses.

Three teams of elite warriors--the U.S. Marine's Force Recon, the Canadian Light Infantry, and a "Rogue" Squad of private contractors--slug it out. They test their combat skills with an arsenal of weapons: from knives and pistols to sniper and assault rifles and submachine guns--not to see who's best with a single weapon, but to see who's best with them all.

It is 47 AD. The new emperor Claudius is considered by many to be the village idiot. He can only hang onto his throne by waging a spectacular conquest. He chooses Britannia, a legendary land which fascinates and inspires fear in the Romans. Proud and warlike, the Britons use the island's treacherous terrain and dark forests to lure the legions to ruin. Led by magic wielding Druid priests and a charismatic warrior named Caratacus, the Britons resist in the face of the greatest military machine the world has ever known.

The Israeli air force mastered the use of the Mirage III over decades of intense air combat with its neighbors. Go into battle with Israel's ace of aces, Giora Epstein as he takes on a swarm of Egyptian MiG-21s in one of the most thrilling dogfights of the jet age. State-of-the-art computer graphics are used to recreate famous battles. First-hand accounts, rare archival footage and original shooting will make the viewer feel like they're in the battle facing the enemy.

July 10th 1944. For six long weeks since D-Day, Allied forces have been caught in a battle trying to breakout of the invasion beachhead at Normandy. In the East, the British and Canadian Armies are fighting to take the city of Caen, and have suffered over 26,000 casualties and in the West, the US forces, in just 12 days, lose over 10,000 troops. In a final throw of the dice, the Allied commanders come up with an audacious plan, operation Cobra. If successful, they will split the German forces and sweep into France. Aerial reconnaissance photographs taken at the time have now been layered over a 3 dimensional contour map to create a CGI "model" of the battle. For the first time these original high-resolution images, allows the viewer to track the battle, step by step, from the air. Individual stories of courage and heroism can be placed in the exact location where they took place.

August 2nd 1944. The Allies have broken out of Normandy and are preparing to sweep into Central France. The US Army and their British Allies set a trap for the Germans. Seventy miles away in Paris, the French resistance eagerly watch the allies advance. The race is now on for the Allies to get to Paris and save its citizens from possible slaughter. They must also get there in time to stop the Germans from reducing the most beautiful city in the world to a pile of ash and rubble. Both British and German aerial reconnaissance photographs have now been layered over a three dimensional contour map to create a CGI model of the battle. For the first time these original high-resolution images allow the viewer to track the battle, step by step, from the air.

Two hero ships bearing the same great name; the original, CV-5, was a martyred hero of the war's two turning-point battles, the Coral Sea and Midway. Her successor, CV-10 went on to avenge her destroyed namesake through all the rest of WW II in every significant assault on the Japanese-held island fortresses.

Three teams of elite warriors--the U.S. Marine's Force Recon, the Canadian Light Infantry, and a "Rogue" Squad of private contractors--slug it out. They test their combat skills with an arsenal of weapons: from knives and pistols to sniper and assault rifles and submachine guns--not to see who's best with a single weapon, but to see who's best with them all.

It is 47 AD. The new emperor Claudius is considered by many to be the village idiot. He can only hang onto his throne by waging a spectacular conquest. He chooses Britannia, a legendary land which fascinates and inspires fear in the Romans. Proud and warlike, the Britons use the island's treacherous terrain and dark forests to lure the legions to ruin. Led by magic wielding Druid priests and a charismatic warrior named Caratacus, the Britons resist in the face of the greatest military machine the world has ever known.

The Israeli air force mastered the use of the Mirage III over decades of intense air combat with its neighbors. Go into battle with Israel's ace of aces, Giora Epstein as he takes on a swarm of Egyptian MiG-21s in one of the most thrilling dogfights of the jet age. State-of-the-art computer graphics are used to recreate famous battles. First-hand accounts, rare archival footage and original shooting will make the viewer feel like they're in the battle facing the enemy.

Big Island & Oahu, 1790s: Warring chieftains engage in brutal inter-tribal battles for domination of the Hawaiian archipelago. Green Beret Terry Schappert delves into the brutal culture of the Hawaiian warrior, including the deadly martial arts, vicious shark tooth combat weapons and the rituals of human sacrifice that allowed a warrior king to dominate the islands.

Gunny pulls the trigger on pistols--and takes aim at handgun history with vintage flintlock dueling pistols to modern day, rapid firing machine pistols. Amazing high-speed photography captures multiple ballistics tests designed to observe the course of a bullet's flight and its impact.

Today, Japan has one of the largest fleets in the world and, for over half a century, has stood shoulder to shoulder with the U.S. Navy, defending the waters of Far East Asia and the vital sea lanes surrounding the Japanese islands. Yet previously, these two forces were locked in history's largest and most destructive naval war--World War II. This 2-hour documentary dramatizes the rise, fall, and rise again of one of the most remarkable naval forces in all of history. Tracing the heritage of the Imperial Japanese Navy from origins in a 13th century Mongol invasion, through stunning rise under the influence of Great Britain and the United States during the 19th century, to amazing victories and total defeat in WWII, to today's Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force--one of the world's strongest and finest navies.

The master shipbuilders of the Far East created the most deadly warships of ancient times in their quest for supremacy of the seas. Uncover the extraordinary ingenuity of the ancient engineers whose innovations would take shipbuilding to new heights and create some of the largest and most fearsome navies of the ancient world.

It's Army versus Navy in USC's first "Coed Edition." Steven and Jennifer, from the U.S. Army, face off against Matt and Adrienne, from the Navy. And both teams compete against the "Rogue" wild card team -- private contractors Corey and Rebecca. Competitions include machine-gun and assault rifle shooting, Close Quarters Combat, and a mission to retrieve valuable technology from a downed drone.