WWII's Most Daring Raids

During the Normandy landings, a small force of US paratroopers from Easy Company, 101st Airborne Division, was assigned a crucial task. Their objective was to silence four German howitzers that were about to shell Utah Beach, threatening the invading troops. The operation required them to move quickly under fire, locate the artillery positions, and destroy the guns before they could open fire. The assault was carried out in the early hours of the invasion, with the paratroopers advancing across the countryside towards the coastal defences. By eliminating the four howitzers, they've prevented a heavy bombardment that could've hampered the landing forces on Utah Beach and helped secure the beachhead.

The episode “Stealing Hitler’s Radar” follows an elite squad of British paratroopers as they organise a covert midnight operation to seize a peculiar piece of German radar technology. The narrative concentrates on the meticulous planning, the silent infiltration of the enemy site, and the swift execution that enables the team to secure the unconventional equipment without alerting the Nazis. Through a series of tense manoeuvres, the soldiers navigate heavily guarded defences, relying on their training and the cover of darkness to outwit the opposition and bring the captured radar back to Allied hands. All of this unfolds under the cloak of night, underscoring the daring nature of the raid and its strategic importance.

Operation Husky, a massive amphibious invasion of the island of Sicily carried out by Allied Forces in July 1943

The events of December 1941 when under cover of a fierce naval bombardment, a taskforce of elite British commandos sailed toward the Norwegian town of South Vaagso

During the Normandy landings, a small force of US paratroopers from Easy Company, 101st Airborne Division, was assigned a crucial task. Their objective was to silence four German howitzers that were about to shell Utah Beach, threatening the invading troops. The operation required them to move quickly under fire, locate the artillery positions, and destroy the guns before they could open fire. The assault was carried out in the early hours of the invasion, with the paratroopers advancing across the countryside towards the coastal defences. By eliminating the four howitzers, they've prevented a heavy bombardment that could've hampered the landing forces on Utah Beach and helped secure the beachhead.

The episode “Stealing Hitler’s Radar” follows an elite squad of British paratroopers as they organise a covert midnight operation to seize a peculiar piece of German radar technology. The narrative concentrates on the meticulous planning, the silent infiltration of the enemy site, and the swift execution that enables the team to secure the unconventional equipment without alerting the Nazis. Through a series of tense manoeuvres, the soldiers navigate heavily guarded defences, relying on their training and the cover of darkness to outwit the opposition and bring the captured radar back to Allied hands. All of this unfolds under the cloak of night, underscoring the daring nature of the raid and its strategic importance.

Norwegian resistance operatives, having fled after their country was occupied, plot a bold return to the land they left behind. Their objective is to infiltrate the occupied territory and launch a daring assault on a strategically important hydro‑electric power station. By organising a covert raid in secret, they hope to sabotage and ultimately demolish the plant, striking a blow against the occupiers and crippling the enemy’s energy supply. The narrative follows their painstaking preparations, the perilous journey back across hostile lines, and the execution of the operation, which hinges on their determination to reclaim their homeland through a single, high‑risk strike.

The episode is set on the fringe of Libya’s Bouerat Harbour, where a handful of British special forces devise a plan to sabotage a crucial German fuel depot. Operating in the remote outskirts, the small unit coordinates its assault, aiming to cripple the enemy’s supply line. Their mission centres on destroying the depot, which is key to the German war effort, and the narrative tracks the careful preparation that goes into the operation. The programme recounts the British unit’s plan to neutralise the crucial German fuel depot on the harbour’s edge, highlighting the strategic importance of cutting the enemy’s supply line.