Battleplan

Battleplan is a military-based television documentary series examing the various military strategies used in modern warfare, since World War 1. It is shown on the Military Channel and UK History.

Battleplan Overview

Each episode looks at the topics i.e. defensive battle, through two 'real war' examples. All the episodes use examples from modern warfare, from the First World War (1914-18) up to the recent Iraq War (2003)

Episodes

1. Control of The Air - examples used - Battle of Britain, Second World War and First Gulf War

2. Assault From The Air - Battle of Crete, Second World War and Operation Junction City , Vietnam War

3. Deception- examples used - Battle of Normandy, D-Day, Second World War and First Gulf War and 2003 invasion of Iraq, Iraq War

4. Assault From The Sea - examples used- Battle of Inchon, Korean War and Battle of Iwo Jima, Pacific War, Second World War

5. Counterstrike- examples used- Battle of Tannenberg, Eastern Front First World War and Battle of Moscow, Second World War

6. Blockade- examples used- Second Battle of the Atlantic, Second World War and US Submarine Campaign 1943-45, Pacific War, Second World War

7. Siege- examples used- Siege of Leningrad, Second World War' and Battle of Dien Bien Phu, First Indochina War and Battle of Khe Sanh, Vietnam War

8. Blitzkrieg - examples used - Nazi Germany Blitzkrieg Campaign, Battle of France Second World War and 2003 invasion of Iraq, Iraq War

9. Pre-Emptive Strike - examples used- Six Day War and attack on Pearl Harbor, Pacific War, Second World War

10. Special Operations- examples used- no specific examples used

11. Defensive Battle- examples used- Hindenburg Line,Western Front, First World War and Battle of Kursk, Second World War

12. Guerilla Warfare - examples used - Mujahideen,Soviet war in Afghanistan and National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam, a.k.a. Vietcong, Vietnam War

13. Urban Warfare - examples used - Tet Offensive, Vietnam War and Battle of Stalingrad,

14. Breaking a Fortified Line- examples used- Hindenburg Line,Western Front, First World War and Second Battle of El Alamein, Second World War

15. Raiding Operations- examples used- Unternehmen Eiche, recapture of Mussolini by Otto Skorzeny, Second World War and Operation Ivory Coast, Son Tay, Vietnam War

16. Strategic Bombing- examples used- the RAF/USAAF campaign against Nazi Germany from 1941-45, bombing of Dresden and the USAAF assault on Japan in 1944-45, Bombing of Tokyo in World War II

17. Outflanking- examples used- Battle of Normandy, D-Day, Second World War and First Gulf War

18. Battlefleet - examples used - Battle of Midway, Pacific War, Second World War and Battle of Leyte Gulf, Pacific War, Second World War

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