All Episodes

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Just One Regiment

Headline Wednesday: Little Round Top, American Civil War follows the thin blue line that held the Union left on a rocky Pennsylvania hill. This episode takes you to th...

The Bloodiest Day

Headline Wednesday: Antietam, American Civil War follows the Union and Confederate armies to the creek lines and farm fields outside Sharpsburg, Maryland, on September...

Into the Bulge

Headline Wednesday: Battle of the Bulge, World War II is a deep dive into the winter offensive that turned a “quiet sector” into a crisis. From snow-covered foxholes i...

Racing to Remagen

Headline Wednesday: Remagen and the Ludendorff Bridge, World War II takes you to the steep banks of the Rhine in March 1945, when American armored spearheads found a k...

Armored Lessons

Headline Wednesday: Kasserine Pass, World War II follows green American troops into the mountain gaps of central Tunisia as German armor comes crashing through a narro...

Beating the Panzer

Headline Wednesday: El Guettar, World War II in North Africa follows the day American tankers and infantry turned a Tunisian valley into a test of everything they had ...

Torpedoes Away

Headline Wednesday: Submarine War in the Pacific, World War II takes you beneath the gray swells and into the steel hulls where a small community of United States subm...

One-Sided Skies: How the Battle of the Philippine Sea Crippled Japanese Naval Air Power

Headline Wednesday: Battle of the Philippine Sea, Second World War, drops you into the “Great Marianas Turkey Shoot,” when U.S. carrier pilots and submariners shredded...

Shadows Over the Coral Sea: How American Flyers Stopped a Japanese Invasion at Long Range

Headline Wednesday: Battle of the Coral Sea, World War II follows the first carrier-versus-carrier clash where opposing fleets never trade gunfire in sight of one anot...

Convoys, Corners, and IEDs: How the Long Fight for Sadr City Tested Soldiers and Medics

Headline Wednesday: Sadr City convoys under fire, Iraq War follows the armored trucks and medical teams that threaded past blast walls and markets on Baghdad’s northea...

Ten Days Up a Jungle Ridge: How the Fight for Hamburger Hill Changed the War Debate

Headline Wednesday: Hamburger Hill, Vietnam War follows the soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division up the rain-soaked slopes of Hill 937 in the A Shau Valley, where t...

Broken Arrows and Hot Landing Zones: How Ia Drang Foreshadowed the Long War in Vietnam

Headline Wednesday: Ia Drang, Vietnam War drops you into a helicopter door over a tiny clearing called Landing Zone X-Ray as an unseen enemy closes in. This episode wa...

Cambrai: The First Great Tank Offensive

Cambrai: The First Great Tank Offensive explores the battle that helped reveal the future of mechanized warfare. Fought in November 1917, Cambrai was not a simple stor...

Holding the Pusan Perimeter: How American and Allied Troops Bought Time With Every Hill

Headline Wednesday: Pusan Perimeter – last-ditch line, Korean War follows the shrinking corner of southern Korea that the United States and its allies refused to aband...

Tides, Mudflats, and Marines: How the Inchon Assault Broke the Deadlock in Korea

Headline Wednesday: Inchon Landing, Korean War takes you from the tidal mudflats and seawalls of Inchon Harbor straight into the moment when Marines and sailors bet ev...

Pickets in Harm’s Way: How Small Ships Took the Brunt at Okinawa

Radar Picket Destroyers off Okinawa, World War II follows the destroyers and small escorts sent to the very edge of the fleet to face kamikaze raids first. From isolat...

Climb to Suribachi: How Marines Seized Iwo Jima at Terrible Cost

Headline Wednesday: Iwo Jima and the Flags on Suribachi, World War II follows the climb up a black volcanic ridge while the rest of the island burns below. This episod...

“Cactus” Under Fire: How Marines and Soldiers Held Henderson Field Night After Night

Headline Wednesday: Henderson Field at Guadalcanal, Second World War follows the story of a rough jungle airstrip that became the hinge of a campaign. From the pierced...

Scattered But Fighting: How Airborne Drops Behind Utah Beach Helped Crack Fortress Europe

Airborne Over Normandy, Second World War takes you into the night when American paratroopers dropped behind Utah Beach and straight into confusion. In this episode, we...

Bloody Omaha: How Small Groups of Soldiers Fought Their Way Off the Sand

Headline Wednesday: Omaha Beach, World War II follows the long morning on D-Day when the plan fell apart and small groups of soldiers refused to. From the gray dawn ov...

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