Name: WWII's Most Daring Raids
Released: 2016-09-18T00:00:00.000Z

TV Show · War & Military · History

Enter the heart of the battle as we relive six surprising military raids that changed the tide of World War II.

2016 · 46m

EPISODE 1

Stealing Hitler's Radar

An elite group of British paratroopers launch a midnight raid in order to capture Hitler's unusual radar equipment.
EPISODE 2

Easy Company's First Assault

American paratroopers are dropped behind German lines on D-Day in order to secure territory behind the beaches.
EPISODE 3

Churchill Strikes Back

British Commandos raid two occupied Norwegian islands to wipe out fish oil factories used to make explosives.
EPISODE 4

Storming Mussolini's Island

The first invasion of the Italian Campaign of WWII: Operation Husky.
EPISODE 5

Cutting Rommel's Lifeline

A secret British regiment in 1942 led a daring raid on a Nazi-occupied Libyan harbor.
EPISODE 6

Secret Weapon Sabotage

An elite squad of Norwegians destroy a power plant in 1943 that the Nazis may have been using for nuclear weapons research.