Against the Odds

Season 1

TV-PG
Rob Lowe profiles American servicemen who turned the tide of battle in the Second World War, and during conflict in Korea, Vietnam and Iraq.

Where to Watch Against the Odds • Season 1

6 Episodes

  • The Marines at Hue
    E1
    The Marines at HueThe city of Hue, South Vietnam, was the site of one of the fiercest battles of the Vietnam War. Three understrength U.S. Marine battalions, consisting of fewer than 2,500 men, attacked and soundly defeated overwhelming, entrenched enemy troops.
  • Live to Tell: Those Damned Engineers
    E2
    Live to Tell: Those Damned EngineersIn December of 1944, the seemingly defeated Germans secretly mustered 600,000 battle-hardened troops, including whole SS Panzer Divisions, into an all out offensive to capture Antwerp, the heart of the Allied supply chain.
  • The Heroes of Tarawa
    E3
    The Heroes of TarawaEverything went wrong in America's first test of whether the Japanese-held islands of the Pacific, the key steppingstones to the doorstep of Japan, could be captured by across-the-beach infantry assaults.
  • The Battle for Sugar Loaf
    E4
    The Battle for Sugar LoafTaking an otherwise nondescript hill on the embattled island of Okinawa proved to be one of the most incredible battles of WWII. The young weary marines of Charlie Company strained against the searing Pacific sun to see the top of Sugar Loaf Hill.
  • Bloody George at the Chosin Reservoir
    E5
    Bloody George at the Chosin ReservoirThis is the untold true story of "Bloody George," an understrength, undermanned, marine rifle company, hastily called to serve their country in 1950 at the start of the Korean War. Their courage would be legendary, their fight, epic.
  • A Chance in Hell: The Battle for Ramadi
    E6
    A Chance in Hell: The Battle for RamadiWhen Col. MacFarland arrived in Iraq's deadliest city, the odds could not have been worse. Al-Qaeda has arrogantly declared Ramadi, capital of a new caliphate. The boys of MacFarland's Ready First Combat Team would fight to give America a clear victory.

 

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