PROGRAMMING HIGHLIGHTS JUNE 2006

SPECIALS

TARGET AMERICA
World Premiere: Thursday, June 1, 8 PM
Most Americans are familiar with the major offensives of World War II – in Europe, North Africa and the Pacific. Far less familiar are the episodes in which the enemy attempted to bring the fight to America.   Throughout the war, both Germany and Japan sought out and attempted to execute ways to attack America on her homelands. 

DAY AFTER D-DAY
World Premiere: Wednesday, June 7, 8 PM
The DAY AFTER D-DAY is D-Day plus three - the crucial 72 hours following the June 6 invasion, as told by combat veterans who fought in the villages, beaches, hedgerows and bridgeheads of Normandy. Viewers hear firsthand accounts of their battles against a desperate foe seeking to drive the Allied forces back into the sea. Their memories and stories will take us beyond the battlefields to a journey into the heart and soul of these once young warriors.

COAST GUARD AT WAR
World Premiere: Thursday, June 22, 8 PM
Most military accounts of the Vietnam War emphasize the role of the Army, the Marine Corps and the Air Force. During the war, little attention was paid to operations to prevent coastal and river infiltration by communist forces. The Coast Guardsmen that fought in the war are practically forgotten.

ONGOING SERIES

BATTLEPLAN: SPECIAL OPERATIONS
World Premiere: Tuesday, June 20, 8 PM
Special Operations are the cutting edge of modern warfare – they cover everything from intelligence gathering or raiding to the achievement of major strategic objectives. This episode looks at the first sustained use of special operations - the campaign in France to support D-Day, and at the crucial Special Forces operation in northern Iraq in 2002 when modern technology brought a major change in the way Special Forces operate.