Battlefield Detectives is a forensic documentary television series that aired on the History Channel from 2003 to 2006. The series explores famous battles focusing on the battlefield itself, and tell its story based on recent scientific research. It uses modern science to examine how the battles were won or lost. According to History Television, "This series approaches the perennially interesting topic of famous battles in a fresh and exhilarating way. Focusing on the battlefield itself, each programme takes an important battle telling its story and posing a puzzling central question about the battle that recent scientific research is helping to illuminate - a contemporary journey of discovery and a compelling story from the past."
Custer's last stand
Charge of the light brigade
The gallipoli disaster
What sank the armada?
Who got luck at hastings?
Massacre at waterloo
Agincourt's dark secrets
Trafalgar
Vietnam's bloody secret
Native american wars: the apache
American revolution: battle of monmouth
World war one: the somme
The mexican-american war: battle of palo alto
American revolution: battle of cowpens
The civil war: gettysburg
The civil war: antietam
Battle of the bulge
Battle of britain
American revoluton: oriskany
Siege of masada
World war one: jutland
The war of 1812: the chesapeake and the shannon
Pointe du hoc
The civil war: shiloh
Siege of alesia
The six day war
Big hole
Stalingrad
The battle of jutland
Operation market garden
World war ii: operation market garden
Native american wars: the apache
American revolution: battle of monmouth
World war i: the somme
Mexican–american war: battle of palo alto
American revolution: battle of cowpens
Civil war: battle of gettysburg
Civil war: battle of antietam
Battle of the bulge
Battle of britain
Waterloo
Siege of masada
American revoluton: oriskany
World war one: jutland
Stalingrad
The war of 1812: the chesapeake and the shannon
Pointe du hoc
The six day war
The civil war: shiloh
Siege of alesia
Battle of big hole
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