Battleplan

2007
Ended
Documentary
1 season
9.0/10

Battleplan is a military television documentary series examing various military strategies used in modern warfare since World War I. It is shown on the Military Channel in the U.S. and UKTV History. Each episode looks at particular military strategy – or "battleplan" – through two well-known historical examples, gauging them against the ideal requirements necessary to successfully conduct that strategy. All the episodes use examples from modern warfare, dating from the First World War up to the recent Iraq War. Lloyd Clark and Bruce Gudmundsson analyze the information and talk about it on the show.

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E1. Blitzkrieg
Nov 6, 2007
Examples used: Nazi Germany Blitzkrieg Campaign, Battle of France, World War II and 2003 invasion of Iraq, Iraq War
E2. Assault From the Air
Nov 6, 2007
Examples used: Battle of Crete, Operation Market Garden, World War II and Operation Junction City , Vietnam War
E3. Deception
Nov 6, 2007
Examples used: Battle of Normandy, D-Day, World War II and First Gulf War and 2003 invasion of Iraq, Iraq War
E4. Assault From the Sea
Nov 6, 2007
Examples used: Battle of Inchon, Korean War and Battle of Iwo Jima, Pacific War, World War II
E5. Counterstrike
Nov 6, 2007
Examples used: Yom Kippur War and Battle of Moscow, World War II
E6. Blockade
Nov 6, 2007
Examples used: Second Battle of the Atlantic, World War II and U.S. Submarine Campaign 1943–45, Pacific War