Battleplan

Battleplanis a 2006militarytelevisiondocumentaryseries examining variousmilitary strategiesused in modern warfare sinceWorld War I.It is shown on theMilitary Channelin the U.S. andYesterday.Each episode looks at particular military strategy – or "battleplan" – through two well-known historical examples, gauging them against the ideal requirements necessary to successfully conduct that strategy. All the episodes use examples from modern warfare, dating from the First World War (1914–18) up to theIraq War(2003). Lloyd Clark (Royal Military Academy Sandhurst) and Bruce Gudmundsson (US Army War College) analyze the information and talk about it on the show.

Episodes

1. "Blitzkrieg"– examples used:Battle of France(World War II)and 2003 invasion of Iraq(Iraq War)
2. "Assault from the Air"– examples used:Battle of Crete,Operation Market Garden(World War II)andOperation Junction City(Vietnam War)
3. "Deception"– examples used:Battle of Normandy(World War II)andGulf War
4. "Assault from the Sea"– examples used:Battle of Inchon(Korean War)andBattle of Iwo Jima(World War II)
5. "Counterstrike"– examples used:Yom Kippur WarandBattle of Moscow(World War II)
6. "Blockade"– examples used:Battle of the Atlanticand U.S. Submarine Campaign 1943–45(World War II)
7. "Siege"– examples used:Battle of Dien Bien Phu(First Indochina War)andBattle of Khe Sanh(Vietnam War)
8. "Battlefleet"– examples used:Battle of MidwayandBattle of Leyte Gulf(World War II)
9. "Pre-Emptive Strike"– examples used:Six-Day WarandAttack on Pearl Harbor(World War II)
10. "Control of the Air"– examples used:Battle of Britain(World War II)andGulf War
11. "Defensive Battle"– examples used:Hindenburg Line(World War I)andBattle of Kursk(World War II)
12. "Guerrilla Warfare"– examples used:Mujahideen(Soviet–Afghan War)andVietcong(Vietnam War)
13. "Urban Warfare"– examples used:Tet Offensive(Vietnam War)andBattle of Stalingrad(World War II)
14. "Breaking a Fortified Line"– examples used: Hindenburg Line(World War I)andSecond Battle of El Alamein(World War II)
15. "Raiding Operations"– examples used:Rescue of Benito Mussolini(World War II)andOperation Ivory Coast(Vietnam War)
16. "Strategic Bombing"– examples used:Campaign against Nazi Germany, 1941–45,Bombing of DresdenandBombing of Japan, 1944–45(World War II)
17. "Flank Attack"– examples used:Battle of Normandy(World War II)and Gulf War
18. "Special Operations"– examples used:French Resistance(World War II)and 2003 invasion of Iraq(Iraq War)

DVD release

The Region 1 DVD collection of five discs was released November 6, 2007. It has a listed running time of 1080 min.

References

• Battleplan:Episode Guide