History Channel - Shootout Series 1 (2005) Part 5 Battle for Baghdad

SHOOTOUT! examines the personalities, the weapons, the firepower, and the leadership needed to defeat the enemy. Stealth operations from the perilous terrain of Afghanistan to the guerrilla warfare of Vietnam come to life in the unprecedented series from THE HISTORY CHANNEL. With stunning clarity, veterans of the world's most memorable conflicts tell never-before-heard stories of rescues, sniper attacks, ambushes, and hand-to-hand combat. Through such state-of-the-art technology as aerial terrain mapping and 3-D animation sequences, legendary battles are recreated shot by shot in vivid, crisp detail, and the battles come alive as they looked to the soldiers and shooters themselves. Coupled with eyewitness reports from military experts and soldiers from World War II to Iraq, these blow-by-blow re-creations of history's bloodiest confrontations take viewers to the front lines of historic military operations from the perspectives of both sides of the fight, making SHOOTOUT! the most accurate gun battle series ever created. Shootout! takes you inside some of the most harrowing battles and offers unprecedented insight into the people, events and outcomes of these pivotal moments in history. From Iwo Jima to the Tet Offensive to the Siege of Baghdad, SHOOTOUT! goes directly into the heat of the action and captures every movement, from the first shot fired to the final decisive moments, when the only ones left standing were the winners.

Part 5 Battle for Baghdad

Ride along the bloody road to Baghdad with two divisions of U.S. soldiers as they fight the Fedayeen Saddam, “Saddam's Men of Sacrifice,” on a race across the desert to seize the Iraqi capital. Target Baghdad! For 21 days in the spring of 2003, two divisions of U.S. soldiers and Marines race north across the Iraqi desert from Kuwait. Their mission seize the Iraqi capital as quickly as possible. The planners of Operation Iraqi Freedom believe that taking Baghdad in a hurry will be like “cutting off the head of the snake.” That it will bring a speedy end to the war. Without command and control coming from the capital, Saddam's army in the field will be toothless. But it won't be a cakewalk. There's a tenacious force of guerrilla fighters eager to throw up roadblocks. They call themselves Saddam Fedayeen – “Saddam's Men of Sacrifice” – and they're more than happy to die for their dictator. The Fedayeen weapon of choice is the RPG – the rocket-propelled grenade. This nasty piece of hand-held artillery can stop the Marines' thin-shelled armored personnel carrier, and it can even put a tank out of commission if it hits it in just the right spot. We'll hear from troops who found themselves on the receiving end of punishing RPG barrages. And we'll listen in as these same veterans recount stories of brutal shootouts with Fedayeen on the bloody road to Baghdad.

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