TV Schedule for Military History
Thursday, August 21st TV listings for Military History
Top Shot The Shortest Fuse
The teams dissolve, as everyone competes for him or herself, and three people are ultimately sent home; In the first of two surprise challenges, everyone has to shoot a lit fuse sending the shortest fuse home.
Sgt. Rafael Peralta's journey proceeds from Tijuana, Mexico, to San Diego to the streets of Iraq, where he sacrifices himself to save fellow U.S. Marines.
Tactical to Practical Specialty Planes; Military Police; War Games
Seaplanes; Vertical Take-Off Landing Craft; origins, history and mission of military police; simulators; video games; paintball war games.
Dogfights Dogfights of Desert Storm
A generational leap forward in U.S. technology and strategy gets the ultimate test in the skies over Iraq as American fighter pilots tangle with their foes' air force in 1991.
Top Shot All-Stars Familiar Foes
The remaining competitors face the most extreme trick shots of seasons past; contestants open capped bottles, blow cotton swabs to bits and knock soda cans out of the air; two players must successfully man Hotchkiss Cannons.
Civil War Combat Little Round Top at Gettysburg
The gory battle of Little Round Top produces heroes and legends and takes a heavy toll.
Top Shot The Shortest Fuse
The teams dissolve, as everyone competes for him or herself, and three people are ultimately sent home; In the first of two surprise challenges, everyone has to shoot a lit fuse sending the shortest fuse home.
Sgt. Rafael Peralta's journey proceeds from Tijuana, Mexico, to San Diego to the streets of Iraq, where he sacrifices himself to save fellow U.S. Marines.
Tactical to Practical Specialty Planes; Military Police; War Games
Seaplanes; Vertical Take-Off Landing Craft; origins, history and mission of military police; simulators; video games; paintball war games.
Members of the 505 Regimental Combat Team become the first American soldiers to set foot on Hitler's "Fortress Europe."
Dogfights Dogfights of the Middle East
The Six-Day War; Israeli Gen. Ran Ronen; the McDonnell Douglas F-15.
Pearl Harbor: Survivors Remember
The Dec. 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor blindsides the United States and changes the course of world history; the heroes who defended America and helped shape it into the nation it is today give their firsthand accounts of the event.
Civil War Combat Culp's Hill at Gettysburg
The Confederates struggle to wrest control of Culp's Hill from Union troops for three days and three nights during the 1863 Battle of Gettysburg.
Dangerous Missions Pathfinders
How the Pathfinders factored into D-Day and other battles of World War II, including North Africa and the Battle of the Bulge.
Pearl Harbor: Survivors Remember
The Dec. 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor blindsides the United States and changes the course of world history; the heroes who defended America and helped shape it into the nation it is today give their firsthand accounts of the event.
Civil War Combat Culp's Hill at Gettysburg
The Confederates struggle to wrest control of Culp's Hill from Union troops for three days and three nights during the 1863 Battle of Gettysburg.
Dangerous Missions Pathfinders
How the Pathfinders factored into D-Day and other battles of World War II, including North Africa and the Battle of the Bulge.
Members of the 505 Regimental Combat Team become the first American soldiers to set foot on Hitler's "Fortress Europe."
Dogfights Dogfights of the Middle East
The Six-Day War; Israeli Gen. Ran Ronen; the McDonnell Douglas F-15.