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Battle Stations
2000 - 2006 2.0 (1 votes) 1 Seasons
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Battle Stations

Overview

Battle Stations is a documentary series of 1 hour episodes, which uses archive footage, re-enactments and first-hand accounts from the crews, to follow the machines and technology implemented from the Second World War to the Gulf War in the land, air and sea.

Key Crew

Director: Patrick King, Paul Nelson, Andrew Johnston

Seasons

Season 1 (2000)

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40 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Sherman Assault
2000-09-25

Ride along in the thick of battle in the American M4 Sherman Tank, as it blasts its way into history and paves the way for liberation of Europe.

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Episode 2: Spitfire Squadron
2000-09-27

In this episode, see how it feels to be a Spitfire fighter pilot in a dogfight.

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Episode 3: Drop Zone
2000-09-28

In this episode, we fly on a Dakota, and American C47/DC3 cargo plane used to transport paratroopers across the English Channel for the D-day invasion at Normandy.

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Episode 4: DUKW Landing
2000-09-29

Ride in the American DUKW Amphibious Vehicle (Duck to G.I.s)

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Episode 5: P-51 Mustang
2001-08-19

Originally built for the RAF, the USAAF's P-51 Mustang became one of the greatest fighter planes ever to be built.

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Episode 6: T-34 Russian Victory
2001-08-26

Stalin enlisted the ideas of an American engineer, J. Walter Christie, to develop one of the most formidable tanks in history.

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Episode 7: Mulberry Harbour
2001-09-16

Outlining the most audacious engineering feat of WWII.

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Episode 8: Hitlers Vengeance Weapons
2001-09-23

Enter the world of rocket scientists, secret weapons, and the race to destroy two of Hitler's most elusive weapons.

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Episode 9: Tiger Attack
2001-10-07

Adolf Hitler became personally involved in the Tiger Tank, one of history's finest armoured fighting vehicles.

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Episode 10: Liberty Convoy
2001-11-11

The terror of being hunted by Hitler's U-boats and the bravery of crews that risked their lives to deliver men and material to defeat Nazi forces.

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Episode 11: Messerschmitt 262
2001-11-18

We take the viewer inside the cockpits of the German pilots who flew the jet-powered Messerschmitt 262 which was a wonder weapon.

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Episode 12: Radar
2001-11-25

Details how one man was asked to develop a death ray, but discovered radar.

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Episode 13: Lancaster Bombers: Target Germany
2001-12-16

The RAF Lancaster Bomber ranks as one of the finest aircraft of WWII.

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Episode 14: Huey Helicopter: Air Armada
2002-01-20

The Vietnam War was the Huey war-a brutal war, where the lethal Huey gunship wreaked havoc on the Viet Cong. The Huey revolutionised U.S. Army tactics and changed the way modern wars were fought.

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Episode 15: B-26 Marauder
2002-03-10

Bombing from altitudes of over 10,000 feet, the Marauder had the lowest loss rate of any Allied bomber during WWII.

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Episode 16: F-86 Sabre-Jet Strike
2002-03-19

Developed from jet technology captured from the Germans after WWII, the F-86 approached speeds of Mach 1.

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Episode 17: MIG-15: Russian Stealth
2002-04-07

The MiG 15 was one of the 20th century's most feared high-performance weapons.

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Episode 18: Catalina Patrol
2002-04-28

The legendary "Black Cat" squadrons won fame as night bombers in the battles of the Solomon Islands.

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Episode 19: Black Hawk: Night Stalker
2002-09-29

The Black Hawk remains today the world's most advanced twin-turbine military helicopter and flies wherever duty calls, from hot deserts to the icy Arctic.

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Episode 20: Blackbird Stealth!
2002-12-15

Designed in the 1950s by Kelly Johnson, the SR-71 Blackbird was the world's first stealthy aircraft, designed to over-fly enemy territory with impunity while photographing 100,000 square miles in an hour.

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Episode 21: Aircraft Carrier
2002-12-16

Weighing in at over 27000 tons and over 800 feet in length, they were known as floating cities.

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Episode 22: Corsair: Pacific Warrior
2002-12-26

Designed for aircraft carriers, it proved too hot to handle during deck landing.

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Episode 23: B-52 Stratofortress
2002-12-26

The race to produce the first intercontinental jet bomber.

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Episode 24: M1 Abrams: Supertank
2002-12-26

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Episode 25: P-38 Lightning Strikes
2003-07-05

The P-38s struggle for aerial supremacy in the skies of the South West Pacific during WWII - Americas Ace of Aces.

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Episode 26: The Destroyer
2003-08-01

Featuring interviews with sailors who served on these gladiators of the sea in the often suicidal Pacific Theatre, striking archive film, much of it in colour, and detailed re-enactments.

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Episode 27: FA-18 Hornet
2003-08-15

One aircraft in the US arsenal best typifies the will to win. Using the latest and most sophisticated computerized technology, the F/A-18 Hornet is now one of the foremost fighters of the 21st century.

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Episode 28: B-17 Flying Fortress
2003-09-15

This is the story of the young airmen of the "Mighty Eighth" and the angers they faced at 30,000 feet!

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Episode 29: The F-15
2003-10-24

Built to put US pilots back in charge of the skies, the F-15 Eagle proved its superiority in Desert Storm and Operation Iraqi Freedom.

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Episode 30: F-117 Nighthawk Stealth
2004-02-01

Dogged by controversy, shrouded in secrecy F-117's have become the world's first truly stealth aircraft - forever changing the concept of aerial warfare.

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Episode 31: A-10 Tankbuster
2004-02-27

It is the most feared aircraft in the US Air Force. The A-10 Tankbuster was the first aircraft in the US aviation history designed specifically for Close Air Support.

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Episode 32: Mosquito Attack
2004-06-01

Powered by two Rolls Royce Merlin engines, this plane was a revolutionary design with no armour or weapons but could carry the same bomb load as a B-17.

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Episode 33: Apache Helicopter
2004-11-19

Developed during the Cold War, this incredible aircraft is now the most powerful and feared helicopter in the world. Able to dive into action at over 200mph, it can deliver a devastating firestorm of missiles or rockets.

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Episode 34: PT Boats
2004-12-17

These boats were WWII's most heavily armed fighting boats. Screwed and glued together on a hull made of wood, they were nicknamed "The Devil Boats of the Night".

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Episode 35: Challenger Tank
2004-12-17

When this 60 tons of high-tech military hardware rumbles onto the battlefield there's nowhere for the enemy to hide.

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Episode 36: HMS Victory
2005-05-26

The HMS Victory would play a crucial role in the foremost naval engagement in 19th century maritime history, the Battle of Trafalgar.

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Episode 37: B-2 Bomber
2005-06-26

With its origins in single wing experimentation carried out in Germany in the 1930s, and continuing through cutting edge aviation research in the 1950s and 60s, the B-2 was developed under a cloak of secrecy.

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Episode 38: Heavy Metal of D-Day
2006-04-12

The greatest machine of WWII springs into action. It is made up of thousands of ships and aircraft, tens of thousands of men and millions of tons of steel and concrete.

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Episode 39: F-22 Raptor
2006-07-14

Deadly and undetectable at long range, this super-jet is the latest in fifth-generation fighter technology.

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Episode 40: HMS Belfast: Fortress of Steel
2006-12-15

Commissioned in 1938, the British cruiser HMS Belfast was the Royal Navy's most modern warship.

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