• 2007
  • 50m
Combat Zone

Summary Each episode of Combat Zone focuses on a single battle, mission or moment of armed conflict from recent history. Tales of heroism, courage and valor - including stories from Korea, Vietnam and Iraq - are told by the men who fought them. View more details

  • 2007
  • 50m

Combat Zone

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Shane Wood Charles W. Davidson Lawrence Broughton Angel Manuel

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7.2

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Genres : History War Documentary

Release date : Jan 4, 2007

Countries of origin : United States

Official sites : Official site

Language : English

Production companies : Vantage Point Productions

Summary Each episode of Combat Zone focuses on a single battle, mission or moment of armed conflict from recent history. Tales of heroism, courage and valor - including stories from Korea, Vietnam and Iraq - are told by the men who fought them. View more details

Details

Genres : History War Documentary

Release date : Jan 4, 2007

Countries of origin : United States

Official sites : Official site

Language : English

Production companies : Vantage Point Productions

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Episode 1 • Jan 04, 2007
A Tight Spot: Operation Desert Storm, Iraq
Iraq, 1991 - Eight Green Berets from US Army Special Forces go deep inside Iraq to gather info on a key Iraqi location when they are suddenly attacked. It's a harrowing encounter with sleek coordination between air and ground support.
Episode 2 • Jan 07, 2007
Rescue in Panama
Panama, 1989 - Dictator Manuel Noriega ordered captors to kill American prisoner Kurt Muse if any rescue is attempted. The fourteen Delta Force commandos sent in faced danger - and disaster.
Episode 3 • Feb 16, 2007
Battle of Hue
Vietnam, 1968 - As the war explodes with cities in the south falling like dominoes to the Communist forces from the north, US Marines in the city of Hue quickly find themselves badly outnumbered. They must fight building to building to save the city.
Episode 4 • Jan 14, 2007
Invasion of Grenada: Operation Urgent Fury 1983
Leftist rebels seize control of the government of Grenada and execute the prime minister. In just four days, US forces plan Operation Urgent Fury and execute, sending hundreds of elite soldiers to the island in the hopes of saving the 800 American students caught in the crossfire.
Episode 5 • Jan 28, 2007
Battle of Inchon
Korea, 1950 - Three months after Communist North Korea invaded the South, thousands of US Marines hit the beaches behind enemy lines to form a fierce counterattack. Joined by Army infantry, in only 2 weeks they recaptured the South's capitol of Seoul.
Episode 6 • Feb 04, 2007
Battle of Tal Afar
Iraq, 2005 - For centuries, the city of Tal Afar served as a trading post linking East and West. By 2005, Al-Qaeda's brutal reign turned it into a ghost town. In May, the US Army moves in to wipe them out, restoring Iraqi government control to the city.
Episode 7 • Mar 09, 2007
Triangle of Death
Iraq, 2004 - Free elections approach for Iraqis but south of Baghdad beheadings, executions, roadside bombs, robberies and chaos rule the area. US Marines will need courage and heroism to beat the enemy and make it safe for the election.
Episode 8 • Mar 23, 2007
Ambush in Hawijah
Hawijah, Iraq 2004 - Fort McHenry, the US Military's Forward Operating Base outside Hawijah, suffered egregious attacks in Operation Iraqi Freedom. To protect the new Iraqi police, on August 7 the Army enters the town square - and into a kill zone.
Episode 9 • Feb 18, 2007
SLA Gunfight: Los Angeles 1974
Heiress Patty Hearst is kidnapped by the SLA (Symbionese Liberation Army), then follow with a daring bank robbery. The ensuing shootout was captured on t.v. and viewers wondered if Patty Hearst was inside.
Episode 10 • Mar 04, 2007
Hill 875
Vietnam, Thanksgiving 1967 - As Viet Cong forces hid themselves in the jungle, US Airborne Infantry fought hard for "Hill 875". They charged for days to within almost 20 yards of the VC, and just in reach of one of their last sure victories of the war.
Episode 11 • Mar 11, 2007
Battle of Najaf
Najaf, Iraq 2004 - The Imam Ali Shrine, a Shiite holy site, was off-limits to US and Iraqi coalition forces, but that didn't stop insurgents from holing up there. Marines had to fight hand-to-hand to take out arms and fighters hiding in the cemetery.
Episode 12 • Apr 13, 2007
Ambush of Lake Tharthar
Iraq, 2005 - A small US/Iraqi team working near Samara come under a fierce attack. Outmanned and outgunned, their call for air support is answered by just two US choppers in the area. The pilots come under heavy enemy fire trying to rescue their troops.
Episode 13 • Mar 25, 2007
Patrol Boat Rescue
Vietnam, 1969 - Viet Cong use the North Saigon River to cross into Cambodia and stock up on arms and supplies. With strategy, planning and stealth, thirty US Navymen on six small boats, outmanned and outgunned, fight and win a hard, fast battle.
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