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Military Blunders
199225 épisodes
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- S. 1 ÉP. 1 - Last Flight Of Lady/Hitler's Flying Blunders30 mars 199943 minAn American B-24 Liberator lost over the Mediterranean in a daylight bombing mission, overshoots its base on the Libyan coast and crashes in the desert.Essai gratuit de HISTORY Vault
- S. 1 ÉP. 2 - Sinking Of The Graf Spee/Sinking Of Force Z1 avril 199943 minFirst, Germany sends its best pocket battleship on a secret mission in the Atlantic in 1939. When confronted by three British cruisers.Essai gratuit de HISTORY Vault
- S. 1 ÉP. 3 - The Pilot Who Bombed London/Lady Be Good25 septembre 199943 minIn 1940, after an off-course pilot bombs London, the British bomb Berlin. Then: A WWII U.S. B-24 Liberator crew crashes in the Libyan desert. It takes 20 years to learn their fate.Ce programme est temporairement indisponible.
- S. 1 ÉP. 4 - Desert One/The Bay Of Pigs29 mars 199943 minTake a look back at two colossal miscalculations: the attempt by U.S. Special Forces to rescue hostages in the U.S. Embassy during the Iranian Revolution in 1980, and the disastrous Bay of Pigs invasion against Castro.Essai gratuit de HISTORY Vault
- S. 1 ÉP. 5 - Great Blunders In History: The Shooting Down Of Kal 00722 janvier 200221 minReview the shooting down of South Korean commercial airliner KAL 007 by Soviet fighters after Moscow claimed it had strayed into their airspace.Essai gratuit de HISTORY Vault
- S. 1 ÉP. 6 - The U-2 Affair/The Spanish H-Bomb Crash20 novembre 199943 minGary Powers' reconnaissance spy plane is shot down on a high altitude mission over the U.S.S.R. Then: In another blunder from the early 1960s, a hydrogen bomb is dropped dangerously close to a Spanish holiday resort.Essai gratuit de HISTORY Vault
- S. 1 ÉP. 7 - Stalin's Purges/The Coup Against Gorbachev13 novembre 199243 minBy the mid-1930s, Soviet Armed Forces ranked with the world's most modern - but a purge of senior officers would have disastrous consequences. Then, a look at the failed 1991 coup against Mikhail Gorbachev.Essai gratuit de HISTORY Vault
- S. 1 ÉP. 8 - Saddam's Invasion/Desert One11 septembre 199943 minLook at how Saddam Hussein's misunderstanding of the international political climate led to his invasion of Kuwait. Then, examine the aborted attempt by U.S. Special Forces to rescue hostages held in Tehran in 1980.Essai gratuit de HISTORY Vault
- S. 1 ÉP. 9 - My Lai Massacre31 décembre 204946 minWhen an ill-trained lieutenant encouraged his inexperienced platoon to torch a Vietnamese village and massacre its innocent inhabitants, it was his own colleagues who ensured justice was done.Essai gratuit de HISTORY Vault
- S. 1 ÉP. 10 - Convoy Pq17/Battle Crusier Disaster Jutland28 août 199943 minTake a look back at the sinking of half of one of the largest Anglo-American convoys to sail to Russia in World War II.Essai gratuit de HISTORY Vault
- S. 1 ÉP. 11 - Sinking Of The Lusitania/Treaty Of Versailles9 octobre 199943 minSee how the Lusitania sailed into history, leading the U.S. into World War I, and how the blistering conditions imposed by the Allies on post-war Germany resulted in the rise of Nazism.Essai gratuit de HISTORY Vault
- S. 1 ÉP. 12 - A Bridge Too Far/Bombing Fiasco In Normandy18 septembre 199943 minBritish Field Marshal Montgomery races U.S. General Patton into Germany, but deploys airborne brigades one bridge too far. Then: Allied troops are bombed by their own planes at Normandy.Essai gratuit de HISTORY Vault
- S. 1 ÉP. 13 - Battle Of The Bulge/Bombing Of Monte Cassino2 octobre 199944 minFirst, look at Hitler's massive counter-offensive in the Belgian Ardennes, where wintry weather works against him. Then, see if the Allies floundered when they bombed a beautiful Franciscan monastery.Essai gratuit de HISTORY Vault
- S. 1 ÉP. 14 - Bomb Plot To Kill Hitler/Mutiny In Trenches3 août 199943 minA plot by German opposition fails to kill Hitler in 1944 at the Wolf's Lair. Then: In 1917, wide-scale mutinies plague the French army during World War I.Essai gratuit de HISTORY Vault
- S. 1 ÉP. 15 - Disaster In Dardanelles/The Raid On Dieppe14 août 199943 minWinston Churchill's badly planned attack on Turkey in WWI is immortalized in the film "Gallipoli." Then: The Canadians face disaster in their first major operation of World War II. But who is really to blame?Essai gratuit de HISTORY Vault
- S. 1 ÉP. 16 - Failure Of The Kamikaze/The Wooden Flat-Tops25 décembre 199943 minThe Japanese use of manned torpedoes, speedboats packed with explosives, and midget submarines fails to achieve real success. Then: The U.S. Navy continues to oufit its carriers with a fatal flaw.Essai gratuit de HISTORY Vault
- S. 1 ÉP. 17 - German Blunder At Dunkirk/Operation Sealion4 septembre 199943 minWhen the Germans could have crushed the 400,000 remnants of the British Expeditionary Force, Hitler withholds his Panzers. Then: Hitler's plans are foiled due to his misunderstanding of amphibious operations.Essai gratuit de HISTORY Vault
- S. 1 ÉP. 18 - Hitler's Declaration/Death At Stalingrad7 août 199943 minPresident Roosevelt fights resistance to joining the war against Germany and Italy - until Hitler declares war on the U.S. Then: Hitler's insistence on taking Stalingrad leads to the loss of an entire army.Essai gratuit de HISTORY Vault
- S. 1 ÉP. 20 - Japan Mistakes Midway/Failure Of The Kamikaze21 août 199943 minThe Imperial Japanese Navy's greatest blunder happens at Midway, when everything that can go wrong does. Then: Japanese use of manned torpedoes and explosive speedboats fails to achieve real success.Essai gratuit de HISTORY Vault
- S. 1 ÉP. 21 - Macarthur's Crossing/Failure Of The Kamikaze31 mars 200122 minAfter daring Inchon landings force back the invading North Koreans, General MacArthur insists on pushing forward. Then: Japanese use of manned torpedoes and explosive speedboats fails to achieve real success.Essai gratuit de HISTORY Vault
- S. 1 ÉP. 22 - Mussolini's Invasion Of Greece/Fall Of Crete21 juillet 200343 minIn 1940, Mussolini invades Greece, but suffers a severe setback. Then: In May 1941, the Germans seize Crete in a daring airborne operation - that the British see coming.Essai gratuit de HISTORY Vault
- S. 1 ÉP. 23 - Mussolini's Invasion/Impregnable Gazala Line25 décembre 199922 minIn 1940, Mussolini invades Greece, but suffers a severe setback. Next, the "impregnable" British defense line in Libya that proves fatally flawed.Essai gratuit de HISTORY Vault
- S. 1 ÉP. 24 - Naval Night Fighting/Bombers Without Escorts8 janvier 200043 minThe lack of priority given to night fighting capability by the U.S. Navy proves disastrous when Americans meet the Japanese at Guadalcanal in 1942. Then: A U.S.A.A.F. belief about its own bombers proves fatalEssai gratuit de HISTORY Vault
- S. 1 ÉP. 25 - Operation Tiger/Allied Double Cross12 mai 200122 minThe U.S. loses 700 servicemen in a landing rehearsal off the coast of England. Then, learn why no German spies operated successfully from Britain during WWII.Essai gratuit de HISTORY Vault
- S. 1 ÉP. 26 - Uss Indianapolis/Collison At Sea: Queen Mary12 novembre 199244 minWhen the U.S. cruiser Indianapolis is torpedoed, the crew is left struggling in shark-infested waters. Then: The Queen Mary cuts an escorting cruiser in two.Essai gratuit de HISTORY Vault
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