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Over 75 years ago, the attack on Pearl Harbor blindsided the American people and rerouted the course of world history. This two-hour special brings you firsthand accounts from the heroes who defended our country and helped shape it into the great nation that we know today.

It was one of the most crucial engagements of the Civil War--a brutal series of attacks and counterattacks during the epic Battle of Gettysburg. For three days and nights, the Confederates struggled to gain control of Culp's Hill, a critical Union position, which if lost, could have turned the tide of the battle and the war itself.

As the first men of the D-Day invasion force to parachute unsupported into Normandy, the Pathfinders were labeled a "suicide squad". They set up special radar sets and illuminating beacons to lead Allied airborne divisions into their drop zones. We'll examine their role in D-Day, as well as many other pivotal battles of WWII, including North Africa and the Battle of the Bulge.

It is the most personal yet ubiquitous weapon of all time. It has evolved from a crude ballistic pipe to a fifteen-rounds-per-second jet of bullets. It is the rifle--and R. Lee Ermey is taking a second shot at this battlefield boomstick! Gunny gets hands-on with America's most proven and famous firearms--like the M1 Garand, 1853 Enfield and the 1903 Springfield. Plus, advanced 3D graphics take us deep inside the workings of rifles. Gunny also tests which rifles were the greatest through history. Comparing weapons like the American M16 and Soviet AK-47...in a cold war shoot out! You will also meet the experts, engineers and warriors who use these weapons, as Gunny crosses America to show you the engineering evolution that lead to today's rifle.

The sound of jet combat reverberates above the tombs of the Pharaohs as the small Israeli Air Force delivers a knock-out punch to the Egyptians in the 1967 Six Day War. Fly in the Mirage III with the IAF's first jet ace Giora Romm as he chases down two MiG-17s over the Suez Canal at dusk. Be in the cockpit with 119 Squadron Commander and ace Ran Ronen as he flies into hostile Jordan for a top secret rendezvous--arranged by the Israeli Mossad, and later as he speeds deep into enemy territory for a bombing mission that ends up as a swirling dogfight directly over the Egyptian base. Witness the first combat engagement of the McDonnell Douglas F-15, and how Major Moshe Melnik draws first blood for the Eagle in the skies over Lebanon in 1979. Learn how the Israeli Air Force of today hones its capabilities with cutting edge technology that makes it the most feared opposition in the sky.

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It was one of the most crucial engagements of the Civil War--a brutal series of attacks and counterattacks during the epic Battle of Gettysburg. For three days and nights, the Confederates struggled to gain control of Culp's Hill, a critical Union position, which if lost, could have turned the tide of the battle and the war itself.

As the first men of the D-Day invasion force to parachute unsupported into Normandy, the Pathfinders were labeled a "suicide squad". They set up special radar sets and illuminating beacons to lead Allied airborne divisions into their drop zones. We'll examine their role in D-Day, as well as many other pivotal battles of WWII, including North Africa and the Battle of the Bulge.

It is the most personal yet ubiquitous weapon of all time. It has evolved from a crude ballistic pipe to a fifteen-rounds-per-second jet of bullets. It is the rifle--and R. Lee Ermey is taking a second shot at this battlefield boomstick! Gunny gets hands-on with America's most proven and famous firearms--like the M1 Garand, 1853 Enfield and the 1903 Springfield. Plus, advanced 3D graphics take us deep inside the workings of rifles. Gunny also tests which rifles were the greatest through history. Comparing weapons like the American M16 and Soviet AK-47...in a cold war shoot out! You will also meet the experts, engineers and warriors who use these weapons, as Gunny crosses America to show you the engineering evolution that lead to today's rifle.

The sound of jet combat reverberates above the tombs of the Pharaohs as the small Israeli Air Force delivers a knock-out punch to the Egyptians in the 1967 Six Day War. Fly in the Mirage III with the IAF's first jet ace Giora Romm as he chases down two MiG-17s over the Suez Canal at dusk. Be in the cockpit with 119 Squadron Commander and ace Ran Ronen as he flies into hostile Jordan for a top secret rendezvous--arranged by the Israeli Mossad, and later as he speeds deep into enemy territory for a bombing mission that ends up as a swirling dogfight directly over the Egyptian base. Witness the first combat engagement of the McDonnell Douglas F-15, and how Major Moshe Melnik draws first blood for the Eagle in the skies over Lebanon in 1979. Learn how the Israeli Air Force of today hones its capabilities with cutting edge technology that makes it the most feared opposition in the sky.

Over 75 years ago, the attack on Pearl Harbor blindsided the American people and rerouted the course of world history. This two-hour special brings you firsthand accounts from the heroes who defended our country and helped shape it into the great nation that we know today.

It was one of the most crucial engagements of the Civil War--a brutal series of attacks and counterattacks during the epic Battle of Gettysburg. For three days and nights, the Confederates struggled to gain control of Culp's Hill, a critical Union position, which if lost, could have turned the tide of the battle and the war itself.

As the first men of the D-Day invasion force to parachute unsupported into Normandy, the Pathfinders were labeled a "suicide squad". They set up special radar sets and illuminating beacons to lead Allied airborne divisions into their drop zones. We'll examine their role in D-Day, as well as many other pivotal battles of WWII, including North Africa and the Battle of the Bulge.

It is the most personal yet ubiquitous weapon of all time. It has evolved from a crude ballistic pipe to a fifteen-rounds-per-second jet of bullets. It is the rifle--and R. Lee Ermey is taking a second shot at this battlefield boomstick! Gunny gets hands-on with America's most proven and famous firearms--like the M1 Garand, 1853 Enfield and the 1903 Springfield. Plus, advanced 3D graphics take us deep inside the workings of rifles. Gunny also tests which rifles were the greatest through history. Comparing weapons like the American M16 and Soviet AK-47...in a cold war shoot out! You will also meet the experts, engineers and warriors who use these weapons, as Gunny crosses America to show you the engineering evolution that lead to today's rifle.

The sound of jet combat reverberates above the tombs of the Pharaohs as the small Israeli Air Force delivers a knock-out punch to the Egyptians in the 1967 Six Day War. Fly in the Mirage III with the IAF's first jet ace Giora Romm as he chases down two MiG-17s over the Suez Canal at dusk. Be in the cockpit with 119 Squadron Commander and ace Ran Ronen as he flies into hostile Jordan for a top secret rendezvous--arranged by the Israeli Mossad, and later as he speeds deep into enemy territory for a bombing mission that ends up as a swirling dogfight directly over the Egyptian base. Witness the first combat engagement of the McDonnell Douglas F-15, and how Major Moshe Melnik draws first blood for the Eagle in the skies over Lebanon in 1979. Learn how the Israeli Air Force of today hones its capabilities with cutting edge technology that makes it the most feared opposition in the sky.

The riveting story of the final American evacuation of Saigon in the last few weeks of April 1975, which culminated in the largest US helicopter rescue in history as US Marines saved almost 7,000 people.

WWII machines used by the Allies for the D-Day invasion of France.

You might never have thought about it, but every gun, rifle and pistol--no matter how well engineered, is useless without well-made, effective ammunition. Go on a journey through history with R. Lee Ermey to see the technology behind the very first round of ammunition. Then hit every important engineering development until Gunny fires the latest and greatest bullet ever designed--the high-explosive, armor piercing .50 calibre round. Just wait till you see this round blow up an entire fuel dump! Ultra-slow motion footage will let you see just how a round of ammunition travels through the air and why ammunition is so destructive when it hits a target. Three-dimensional graphics will also take you inside the technology, as we open up and journey inside the ammunition and the weapons that fire them.

USS Enterprise and her escort ships and submarines engage in the largest sea battle ever. In a series of ferocious surface and air firefights, the Japanese Navy is totally eviscerated in the last great naval engagement in world history. With the enemy fleet in chaos, Enterprise and the American carrier force clear the way for an American invasion of the Philippines and set the course for the road to Tokyo.

In September 1863, along the Chickamauga River in northern Georgia, the Union and Confederate Armies battled to the death. In Cherokee, Chickamauga means "River of Blood"--to the soldiers who fought there, it was the vortex of hell. One survivor remembered Chickamauga as "a vicious brawl, a mad irregular battle, resembling guerrilla warfare on a grand scale."

At the dawn of WWII, the U.S. Marine Corps activated four elite Raider commando battalions to confront the Japanese forces that threatened to engulf the Pacific. From 1942 to '44, these fast, hard-hitting, lightly equipped assault units conducted surprise hit-and-run raids on the enemy. From Midway to Tulagi Island, Makin to Guadalcanal, New Georgia, and Bougainville, the U.S. Marine Raiders helped destroy Japanese supremacy on the ground and paved the way to Allied victory in the Pacific.