Battlefield Detectives Episode Guide

Episode Guide

Battlefield Detectives: Season 2 (2005)

• Season 2 Episode 6: Six Day War

  How the meticulous military preparation of Israel's forces enabled them to wipe out the entire Egyptian Air force within a matter of hours and then prevail against the combined forces of Syria and Jordan, in 1967. Despite their enemies having twice as many soldiers, three times their tanks and four times the number of planes they possessed, they still emerged victorious

• Season 2 Episode 5: Jutland

  Investigation into the Battle of Jutland, fought between the Royal Navy and the the Imperial German Navy in May 1916. The conflict took place in the North Sea and resulted in the deaths of 9,000 men and proved disastrous for the British

• Season 2 Episode 4: Pointe du Hoc

  The story of US Rangers in World War Two, who destroyed vital German coastal defences at Pointe du Hoc, four miles west of the Omaha Beach D-Day landings, against overwhelming odds

• Season 2 Episode 3: Battle of Britain

  An investigation into the secret systems and tactics used by the RAF during the Battle of Britain, which allowed it to gain the upper hand against the Luftwaffe and force them to jettison plans to invade the country

• Season 2 Episode 2: Stalingrad

  The Battle of Stalingrad during World War Two, when Russian forces bravely withstood the onslaught of Hitler's mighty army in a bloodbath that lasted for more than 200 days. Many historians believe the final combined death toll numbered as many as 1.5million men

  Next on: Thursday 17th December 1:00pm EST - History International
• Season 2 Episode 1: Battle of the Bulge

  Documentary investigating the Battle of the Bulge. Scientists, historians and war veterans return to the scene of the attack in the Ardennes, which marked the final push for victory by the Nazis. After two months of fighting, the Allies finally gained the upper hand in the struggle

  Next on: Wednesday 16th December 1:00pm EST - History International

Battlefield Detectives:

• Agincourt's Dark Secret

  A fresh look at the Battle of Agincourt in 1415, revealing the outcome may have been down to French incompetence rather than English bravery

• Agincourt's Dark Secrets

  Outnumbered by at least three to one, Henry V's English slay the French in 1415 Agincourt.

• Alesia Next on: Tuesday 15th December 1:00pm EST - History International
• American Revolution: The Battle of Cowpens

  Daniel Morgan leads the short but decisive Revolutionary War battle of Cowpens in South Carolina.

• American Revolution: The Battle of Monmouth

  Washington's troops force the English to yield at Monmouth, N.J.

• Arnhem

  The Allied raid at Arnhem has been considered a disaster, but new evidence suggests that victory was close.

• The Battle of Monmouth

  An investigation into the Battle of Monmouth in 1778, when George Washington claimed the glory for the Americans' defeat of British forces

• Big Hole

  A detachment of the U.S. 7th Infantry attacks the Nez Perce Indians in 1877.

• Bloodbath at Hastings
• Campaign in the Balkans - Part 1

  Part one of two. Germany's attempt to overthrow Russian forces which collapsed due to events that had passed years before

• Charge of the Light Brigade

  Evidence suggesting that Britain's Turkish allies were the real heroes of the Charge of the Light Brigade

• The Civil War: Antietam

  Just 12 hours of fighting produces nearly 23,000 casualties at the Civil War battle of Antietam.

• The Civil War - Gettysburg

  The American Civil War, in 1863, Battle of Gettysburg, in which 50,000 soldiers were killed in just three days. Many believe the fight was one-sided from the outset

• Civil War: Shiloh

  The detectives search the U.S. Civil War's Shiloh battlefield in hope of finding answers to puzzling questions.

• Crimea

  Detective work sheds a new light on the events of the infamous Charge of the Light Brigade in 1854

• Custer at Little Bighorn

  White cavalrymen fight American Indians at Little Bighorn.

• Custer's Last Stand
• The Gallipoli Disaster

  A new perspective on the Gallipoli disaster, suggesting it was caused by something more fundamental than bad leadership

• Masada

  Recalling the siege of Masada, which took place around 2,000 years ago. Jewish rebels staved off the hostile advances of the Romans for three years, but eventually committed suicide rather than submit to the invaders

• Massacre at Waterloo

  Whether Napoleon's defeat at Waterloo was solely dependent on the tactics and prowess of Wellington's small Allied army

• The Mexican-American War: Battle of Palo Alto

  In 1846, the armies of Mexico and the United States clash near present-day Brownsville, Texas.

• Native American Wars: The Apache

  Apache warriors rise up to prevent the U.S. military from claiming the West ready for settlement.

• Revolutionary War: Oriskany

  Scientists and historians explore American Indian involvement in the Revolutionary War.

• Siege of Alesia

  Fifty thousand Roman soldiers come face-to-face with 250,000 Gallic warriors.

• Siege of Masada

  Archaeological evidence threatens to overturn the legend of the siege of Masada.

  Next on: Friday 18th December 1:00pm EST - History International
• Trafalgar

  English Naval leader Horatio Nelson triumphs at Trafalgar.

• Trafalgar's Fatal Flaw

  British naval leader Nelson's performance at the battle of Trafalgar come under scrutiny, to determine whether his superior tactics were genuinely the reason for victory

• Vietnam

  In Vietnam, Americans win every battle but still lose the war.

• Vietnam's Bloody Secret

  An investigation into the ground conditions that thwarted the Americans during the Vietnam War

• War Against the U-Boats - Part One

  How Britain's Naval convoys had to avoid the threat of German U-boats to successfully import vital supplies into the country, during World War Two

• War Against the U-Boats - Part Two

  Part two of two. How Allied forces managed to overthrow the menace of the German U-boats, which threatened to cut all supplies into Britain, and starve the country into submission

• The War of 1812: The Chesapeake and the Shannon

  In 1813 the USS Chesapeake engages HMS Shannon.

• Waterloo

  Experts travel to the battlefield at Waterloo - the site of Wellington's victory over Napoleon Bonaparte - in a bid to discover how the Corsican commander was defeated

  Next on: Monday 14th December 1:00pm EST - History International
• What Sank the Armada?

  The Spanish Armada is ill-prepared for a naval battle against Elizabeth I's England.

• Who Got Lucky at Hastings?

  The sleuths set out to establish whether William the Conqueror's victory over King Harold at Hastings was really due to his leadership and the Normans' modern methods of fighting

• Who Sank the Armada?

  A look at why the Spanish Armada failed in its bid to invade England in 1588. Plus, an attempt to shed some light on the mystery of the sinking ships

• World War I: Jutland

  Jutland proves disastrous for the British Royal Navy in May of 1916.

• World War I - The Somme

  An investigation into the catastrophic Battle of the Somme in 1916, one of the bloodiest conflicts the British Army has ever endured

• World War Two - Operation Market Garden

  An investigation into what went wrong during Operation Market Garden, the Allied attempt to penetrate enemy lines in the German-occupied Netherlands during World War Two