Greatest Raids

Recalling the 1976 Entebbe Raid, during which the Israeli Defense Force rescued passengers aboard a hijacked Air France flight in Uganda.

During World War II, one- and two-man crews aboard minisubs threaten the largest battleships at anchor.

Recalling the WWII British unit called the Chindits, which specialized in jungle raids and was organized by Brig. Gen. Orde Wingate.

The military genius of T.E. Lawrence (1888-1935), better known as “Lawrence of Arabia,” is explored.

Battles of the 1982 Falklands War are recalled.

The 6th Ranger Battalion rescues more than 500 American soldiers being held in a 1944 prisoner-of-war camp.

Winston Churchill demands a plan of harassment.

Allies and resistance fighters destroy a bridge over which Nazi supply trains travel.

Recalling the unsuccessful World War II raid on the industrial town of Schweinfurt, Germany, by the 8th U.S. Army Air Force, flying the B-17 Flying Fortress. Included: archival film footage.

A leader of Germany's Special Forces leads a glider assault on a hotel in order to rescue imprisoned Benito Mussolini.

The elite U.S. Air Force and Marine Corps pilot-rescue unit swings into action deep behind enemy lines.