History's Raiders

TV Show · Documentary · History

A profile of the people who risked everything to defeat the enemy. Uncover some of the most exciting and decisive small unit actions with unprecedented access to archive film.

45m

EPISODE 1

The Adventures Of Otto Skorzeny

German Captain Otto Skorzeny leads a glider assault on a remote mountaintop hotel-turned-prison to free Benito Mussolini during WWII.
EPISODE 2

Attack On Dieppe

Lessons are learned for D-day when Canadian soldiers launch a disastrous raid on the German-held French port of Dieppe. The Germans expect the attack, and few make it back home.
EPISODE 3

Bridge Over River Gorgopotamos

In 1942, British Special Operations Executive agents and Greek resistance fighters attack the vital Gorgopotamos railway bridge, cutting off supplies to Rommel's Afrika Korps.
EPISODE 4

Commandos In Norway

In early 1940, Britain stands alone against the Nazis. Churchill demands a plan of continued harassment on the coasts of occupied countries, and the commandos are born.
EPISODE 5

Desert Raiders

In WWII, small teams of British Special Forces risk their lives behind enemy lines in North Africa. They roamed the desert seeking intelligence and causing havoc.
EPISODE 6

The Fall Of Fort Eben Emael

Four-hundred German paratroopers neutralised the supposedly impregnable fortress of Eben-Emael in a dawn raid that ensured the successful launch of Hitler's Blitzkrieg.