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Mountain
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Pacific
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Battlefield Detectives
September 17, 1944: An Allied plan to drive deep behind enemy lines into German-held Holland begins. In history's largest airborne operation, more than 30,000 US, British, and Polish troops are dropped behind enemy lines to try to end WWII by Christmas. Devised by British Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, Operation Market Garden was far from a decisive masterstroke--it was one of the worst Allied defeats of the war. The question is, why? Using innovative research on the ground over which the campaign was waged, we uncover new insights in the fields of intelligence, communications, weaponry, and terrain. Was it a daring plan that almost succeeded, or fatally flawed before it began?
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The Great Tribes
Cheyenne. Apache. Comanche. Sioux. Navajo. Their courage, spirit, and fight for survival are the stuff of American legend. Now, this 2-hour special reveals remarkable firsthand accounts and rare photographs that tell the real stories behind the 19th century's greatest warrior nations--and the forces that destroyed their way of life.
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