Two examples of blitzkrieg or lighting war are up for study. Operation Yellow in May 1940, when German Panzer forces penetrated almost 250 miles, and the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003.
Assaults from the air introduce a third dimension to a battlefield. This programme focuses on the key requirements for air assault, examining Operation Mercury, the German invasion of Crete in 1941.
Find out how deception can take many forms and turn the tides of even the most perilous of situations. An examination Operation Fortitude, the range of plans which hid the location of the D-Day landings.
Water covers almost two-thirds of the Earth's surface. We explore assaults from the sea, examining one notable example from 1945, when the US Marines battled their way up the beaches of Iwo Jima.
Counterstrike 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, including the Russian counterattack which saved Moscow in 1941.
We explore how blockades have the ability to destroy or at least damage a country's ability to wage war, including the German attempt to blockade Britain during World War II, and the US submarine campaign against Japan in 1943-45.
We explore the history and principles of guerrilla warfare, looking at the tactics used by communist insurgents during the Vietnam War and Afghan mujahideen against the Soviets.
Urban warfare is the most vicious form of fighting, taking a soldier back to the most primitive type of warfare: hand-to-hand. This episode examines the Battle of Hue during the Vietnam War, and the World War II Battle of Stalingrad.
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. Examples featured include the Allied bombing of Germany and Japan during World War II.
