Against the Odds
Against the Odds
Against the Odds
Against the Odds
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Due to their inexperience many airborne troops including those of Fox Company loaded themselves up too much for their jump into Normandy on D-Day.
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Against the Odds
Carrying Too Much Gear For Jump Into Normandy
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Eugene Sledge recounts in his diary how he and his fellow soldiers were being trained in subhuman slaughter before their landing at hellish Peleliu.
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Against the Odds
Being Drawn Into the Flaming Abyss of Peleliu
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Unaware that the NVA was about to launch a new offensive around Dai Do a group of 250 Marines launch their attack against what would be 10,000 NVA.
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Against the Odds
250 Marines Didn't Know They Were Up Against 10,000 NVA at Dai Do
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As part of their effort to put down the Iraqi insurgency in Fallujah, in some of the heaviest urban combat since Hue, Marines had to cross the very wide and perilous Highway 10 to reach a key objective.
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Against the Odds
The Terror of Having to Cross Highway 10 in Fallujah
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With only 79 men Charlie company finds itself in a precarious position surrounded by a vastly superior NVA force in the dense jungle in Vietnam.
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Against the Odds
Charlie Company is Bloodied and Trapped in the Jungle
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The only thing holding up Hitler's plan to divide and send General Patton's 3rd Army back to the sea was a group of 150 National Guardsmen occupying the crucially important Hill 314 in the village of Mortain, France.
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Against the Odds
150 Men of Old Hickory in Mortain Hold Up Hitler's Plan to Destroy Patton's Army
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Charlie Company is Bloodied and Trapped in the Jungle
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The only thing holding up Hitler's plan to divide and send General Patton's 3rd Army back to the sea was a group of 150 National Guardsmen occupying the crucially important Hill 314 in the village of Mortain, France.
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Against the Odds
150 Men of Old Hickory in Mortain Hold Up Hitler's Plan to Destroy Patton's Army
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A wealth of information via social media amid the Mumbai attacks only adds confusion to a chaotic situation, particularly within the ranks of the Indian government.
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Black Ops
Mumbai Attacks a Mixture of Confusion and Terror
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Mumbai is under bloody attack and India's National Security Guard, nicknamed the Black Cats, were called to stop the chaos, operating under four main directives.
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Black Ops
Black Cats Corner the Terrorists
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After the Spetznaz eliminates their Chechen separatist captors a gross and tragic oversight ends up killing many of the hostages.
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Black Ops
Moscow Theater Hostages Die After Being Liberated
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After intelligence gathering on the occupiers of the mystery residence in Abbottabad is complete Head of JSOC Admiral McRaven offers three plans of attack, with the direct commando approach eventually becoming the best choice.
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Black Ops
McRaven Raid Plans
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After a decade of searching, the CIA begins to activate agents on the ground after they identify in a mysterious compound in Pakistan an HVT, a High Value Target, that they believe is Osama Bin Laden.
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Black Ops
The High Value Target is Bin Laden
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Russia's elite counter-terrorism force, Spetsnaz Group Alfa, face a near-impossible task: to save 800 people held hostage by 40 heavily-armed Chechen rebels and suicide bombers inside a Moscow theater packed with explosives.
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Black Ops
Spetsnaz Group Alfa: Russia's Navy SEALs
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The SAS conduct a bloody albeit successful raid on a compound housing Al Qaeda militants and important senior leaders in a bid to get closer to Al-Zarqawi.
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Black Ops
SAS Raid on Al Qaeda
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In one of the most famous raids ever, the Unit storms the Ugandan airport at Entebbe to free hostages.
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Black Ops
Airport Assault
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The Unit, the "long arm of the IDF," is the most lethally trained force that Israel possesses.
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Black Ops
Israel's The Unit
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During the British raid, the once feared West Side Boys' leader was found in a surprsing place.
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Black Ops
West Side Boys Leader Not So Brave
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Operation Certain Death gets under way to rescue British soldiers from the West Side Boys in Sierra Leone.
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Black Ops
Operation Certain Death
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Sierra Leone, Africa is engulfed in civil war, and British soldiers have been captured by the West Side Boys, who are led by a schizophrenic leader.
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Black Ops
Captured in Sierra Leone
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A surveillance team has been sent in by the British army to scout out the location of their captured soldiers and to either wait for back-up or withdraw.
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Black Ops
The SAS Surveillance Team
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Tales originating from a shiphand's diary from the early 18th century describe where a cache of booty, including the fabled Treasure of Lima, has been buried on Cocos Island, and a German adventurer is intent on finding it.
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Myth Hunters
Finding the Right Place to Bury Pirate Booty
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