Examining the history of war tactics. Special operations are the cutting edge of warfare. Undertaken by elite personnel, they can cover everything from intelligence gathering to raiding. S2 E5
Examining the history of war tactics. Special operations are the cutting edge of warfare. Undertaken by elite personnel, they can cover everything from intelligence gathering to raiding. S2 E5
Examining the history of war tactics. Flank attack - going around the side of the enemy - is a basic manoeuvre, yet stories of victories decided by flanking fill military textbooks. S2 E4
Examining the history of war tactics. Flank attack - going around the side of the enemy - is a basic manoeuvre, yet stories of victories decided by flanking fill military textbooks. S2 E4
Examining the history of war tactics. Strategic bombing takes war to the heartland of the enemy. It seeks to destroy not only an enemy's ability to wage war, but also its will to fight on. S2 E3
Examining the history of war tactics. Strategic bombing takes war to the heartland of the enemy. It seeks to destroy not only an enemy's ability to wage war, but also its will to fight on. S2 E3
Examining the history of war tactics. A raid is an offensive military operation that aims to achieve a specific objective. It is a battleplan which often requires elite special forces. S2 E2
Examining the history of war tactics. A raid is an offensive military operation that aims to achieve a specific objective. It is a battleplan which often requires elite special forces. S2 E2
Examining the history of war tactics. Breaking a fortified line is the battleplan every soldier fears. It means attacking defences head-on and it's going to be a bloodbath. S2 E1
Examining the history of war tactics. Breaking a fortified line is the battleplan every soldier fears. It means attacking defences head-on and it's going to be a bloodbath. S2 E1
Examining the history of war tactics. Urban warfare is the most vicious form of fighting and takes a soldier back to the most primitive type of warfare: hand-to-hand. S1 E13
Examining the history of war tactics. Urban warfare is the most vicious form of fighting and takes a soldier back to the most primitive type of warfare: hand-to-hand. S1 E13
Examining the history of war tactics. We explore defensive battles, including the 1943 Battle of Kursk where the Red Army dug in against the Germans and triumphed. S1 E11
Examining the history of war tactics. The use of battle fleets to establish control of the sea has been a key aspect of naval warfare for over 2000 years. S1 E8
Examining the history of war tactics. The use of battle fleets to establish control of the sea has been a key aspect of naval warfare for over 2000 years. S1 E8
Counterstrikes can take many forms, and history is full of examples where a numerically inferior army has turned the tide of battle by a brilliant execution of a counterstrike. S1 E5
Exploring the history of military tactics - find out how deception can take many forms and turn the tides of even the most perilous of situations. S1 E3: Deception
Exploring the history of military tactics - water covers almost two-thirds of the Earth's surface, and assaults from the sea range from massive invasions to spectacular raids. S1 E1: Blitzkrieg