Against the Odds (Season 1) - 2-DVD Set ( Brothers in War (Against the Odds - Season One) )

Against the Odds (Season 1) - 2-DVD Set (DVD) (*)

$20.99

Alternate Title: Brothers in War (Against the Odds - Season One)
Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
264 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
2-DVD Set
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2014 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Sammy Jackson

Written By:
Sammy Jackson

Actors:
Blair Underwood ..... Narrator (6 episodes, 2016)
Rob Lowe ..... Narrator (5 episodes, 2014-2016)

Synopsis:

When faced with insurmountable opposition, these brave troops didn't retreat in weakness but banded together in strength and trust to meet their moment with destiny. Narrated by actor Rob Lowe, Against The Odds relives battles from WWII, Korea, Vietnam, and Iraq, with true stories of the harsh realities of war, as told by the veterans who survived to tell.
Season 1
The Marines at Hue S1, Ep1 3 Mar. 2014
Those Damn Engineers S1, Ep2 4 Mar. 2014
The Heroes of Tarawa S1, Ep3 24 Mar. 2014
The Battle for Sugar Loaf S1, Ep4 24 Mar. 2016
Bloody George at the Chosin Reservoir S1, Ep5 31 Mar. 2015
A Chance in Hell: The Battle for Ramadi S1, Ep6 14 Apr. 2014

Season 1
The Marines at Hue S1, Ep1 3 Mar. 2014
The city of Hue, South Vietnam, was the site of one of the fiercest battles of the Vietnam War. Three understrength U.S. Marine battalions, consisting of fewer than 2,500 men, attacked and soundly defeated overwhelming, entrenched enemy troops.
Those Damn Engineers S1, Ep2 4 Mar. 2014
In December of 1944, the seemingly defeated Germans secretly mustered 600,000 battle-hardened troops, including whole SS Panzer Divisions, into an all out offensive to capture Antwerp, the heart of the Allied supply chain.
The Heroes of Tarawa S1, Ep3 24 Mar. 2014
Everything went wrong in America's first test of whether the Japanese-held islands of the Pacific, the key steppingstones to the doorstep of Japan, could be captured by across-the-beach infantry assaults.
The Battle for Sugar Loaf S1, Ep4 24 Mar. 2016
Bloody George at the Chosin Reservoir S1, Ep5 31 Mar. 2015
This is the untold true story of "Bloody George," an understrength, undermanned, marine rifle company, hastily called to serve their country in 1950 at the start of the Korean War. Their courage would be legendary, their fight, epic.
A Chance in Hell: The Battle for Ramadi S1, Ep6 14 Apr. 2014
When Col. MacFarland arrived in Iraq's deadliest city, the odds could not have been worse. Al-Qaeda has arrogantly declared Ramadi, capital of a new caliphate. The boys of MacFarland's Ready First Combat Team would fight to give America a clear victory.

Amazingly well done documentary style series that utilizes interviews of the real men involved in extraordinary military conflict situations that, Against the Odds, lived to tell their story of heroism and resiliency. A great use of real world action clips from the battles themselves from all wars including WWII, Vietnam, Korea and Iraq. What some of these units of men went though to, in many cases, change the course of the wars is absolutely inspiring.

This product was added to our catalog on Saturday 02 July, 2016.