History's Raiders

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  • Premiered: Jun 2001
  • Episodes: 26
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Season 1
1x1
Search and Rescue in the Balkans 1995-1999
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Jun 03, 2001
In June 1995, a US Air Force F-16 fighter was shot down by Russian-built surface-to-air missiles while enforcing the no-fly zone in Bosnia. Its pilot survived and within days he had .. show full overview
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The SAS Raid on the Iranian Embassy 1980
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Jun 10, 2001
On May 6, 1980, astonished British TV viewers watched as black-clad troopers blasted their way into the Iranian Embassy in London to free 26 hostages being held by Iraqi-backed gunmen. .. show full overview
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The Entebbe Raid 1976
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Jun 17, 2001
The Entebbe Raid 1976 The skill and audacity of Israel's special forces was first shown in a daring raid on a vital Egyptian air-defence radar installation on Green Island. Seven years .. show full overview
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The Dieppe Raid 1942
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Jun 24, 2001
As dawn broke on August 19th, 1942, Canadian troops launched a major raid on the German-held French port of Dieppe. What was later described as a "reconnaissance in force", proved a .. show full overview
1x5
PT Boats in the Pacific 1942-1945
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Jul 01, 2001
Throughout the US fight back in the Pacific, from Guadalcanal to the coasts of the Japanese home islands, the Navy's motor torpedo boats landed raiding parties, attacked enemy shore .. show full overview
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The Mosquito Raiders 1940-1945
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Jul 08, 2001
One of the most specialised roles of De Havilland's "Wooden Wonder", the ultra-fast Mosquito fighter-bomber, was pinpoint raids in support of the Resistance movements in Nazi-occupied .. show full overview
1x7
The Zeebrugge Raid 1918
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Jul 15, 2001
On St George's Day - April 23rd, 1918 - Royal Marines stormed the German defences at the port of Zeebrugge on Belgium's North Sea coast. This audacious raid was the most spectacular .. show full overview
1x8
The Chindits 1943-1945
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Jul 22, 2001
In early 1943, the British Army sent a large raiding force deep into the jungles of Japanese-occupied Burma to attack supply convoys and sabotage railways. Known as the Chindits, these .. show full overview
1x9
The SOE and the Gorgopotamus Bridge 1942
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Jul 29, 2001
On the night of November 25th, 1942, British agents and Greek resistance fighters attacked a vital Gorgopotamos railway bridge in the heart of Greece. Its destruction was one of the most .. show full overview
1x10
The Raiders of Telemark 1940-1944
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Aug 05, 2001
Some of the most vital raids undertaken by Allied forces during World War 2, were those against a remote factory in Telemark, Norway. For here the Germans were producing "heavy water", a .. show full overview
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The Schweinfurt Raid 1943
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Aug 12, 2001
On August 17th, 1943, the 8th US Army Air Force launched its first major long-range bombing raids into the heartland of Nazi Germany. The American belief that its heavily-armed Flying .. show full overview
1x12
The Raids of Otto Skorzeny 1940-1945
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Aug 19, 2001
The rescue of Benito Mussolini, the deposed dictator of Italy, from imprisonment in a remote mountain-top hotel on September 12th, 1943, by German special forces was one of the most .. show full overview
1x13
The Commando Raids on Norway 1940-1945
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Aug 26, 2001
In the dark days of summer 1940, as Nazi armies overran much of Western Europe, Winston Churchill ordered the formation of a special raiding force known as the Commandos to carry the war .. show full overview
1x14
Human Torpedo Raiders 1941-1945
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Sep 02, 2001
One of the most remarkable raiding weapons of World War 2 was the Italian Maiale human torpedo. On the night of December 18th, 1941, three of them fundamentally changed the balance of .. show full overview
1x15
The Capture of Fort Eben Emael 1940
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Sep 09, 2001
As German troops moved forward to their battle stations to begin Hitler's 1940 Blitzkrieg in the West, gliders swooped out of the dawn sky onto the Belgian fortress which dominated .. show full overview
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The Raids Against the Tirpitz 1941-1944
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Sep 16, 2001
For the Germans, the giant battleship Tirpitz was the "Queen of the North" - a constant threat to the vital Allied convoys to Russia. For Churchill, she was "the Beast" - and one which .. show full overview
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The St Nazaire Raid 1942
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Sep 23, 2001
The great dry dock at the French port of St Nazaire was the only facility on the Atlantic coast of Nazi-occupied Europe which could accommodate Germany's giant battleships Bismarck and .. show full overview
1x18
The Raids of Lawrence of Arabia 1914-1918
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Sep 30, 2001
T.E. Lawrence is one of the most legendary of raiders. The British could not afford to divert troops to support the Arabs in a revolt against the Turks during World War 1. Instead, .. show full overview
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The US Rangers and the Raid on Cabanatuan 1945
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Oct 07, 2001
Impressed by the performance of Britain's new elite force, the Commandos, the US Army set up its own special unit - the Rangers. These took part in many of the major Allied landings in .. show full overview
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The Cockleshell Raiders 1942-1945
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Oct 14, 2001
By 1942, the British were aware that vital raw materials were getting to Germany via the occupied French port of Bordeaux. This was too far up the Gironde River for a conventional raid, .. show full overview
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The Raid on Taranto 1940
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Oct 21, 2001
On the night of November 11th, 1940, obsolete Swordfish biplanes of the Royal Navy swooped on the Italian fleet as it lay at anchor, and sank or disabled three battleships. Within a few .. show full overview
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The Desert Raiders 1914-1943
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Oct 28, 2001
Shortly after Italy entered World War 2 in June 1940, General Wavell, the British commander in the Middle East accepted the idea of a small elite reconnaissance force to be known as the .. show full overview
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The Tunnel Raiders1914-1918
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Nov 04, 2001
As World War 1 degenerated into the gruelling stalemate of trench warfare, both sides sought desperately for ways of breaking through the enemy's lines. One of the most extraordinary .. show full overview
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German Commerce Raiders 1939-1945
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Nov 11, 2001
During World War 1, the German navy enjoyed considerable success with commerce raiders disguised as merchantmen. When World War 2 began, it was decided to use similar tactics, and nine .. show full overview
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Raiders of the Falklands War 1982
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Nov 18, 2001
In 1982, Britain found itself fighting a full-scale land, sea, and air war eight thousand miles away in the South Atlantic. The speed with which the British task force was able to .. show full overview
1x26 Show finale
The Dambusters Raid 1943
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Nov 25, 2001
The dams which supplied Nazi Germany's industrial heartland with power were a vital target for the British, but difficult to attack using conventional weapons. Then in May 1943, nineteen .. show full overview

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