| in the spotlight Thanks for being part of Discovery.com Discover Something New Every Day. Jack Huber Senior Promotions Editor jack_huber@Discovery.com At Discovery, we value your privacy. If you would like to be removed from Discovery emails like this, please click here to our subscription center, where you can manage your account. Event dates, product specifications, prices and promotions are subject to change. Discovery Communications, LLC Attn: Kirk Denkler One Discovery Place, Silver Spring, MD 20910 © Copyright 2007 Discovery Communications, LLC | more from military channel Tonight, 9 p.m. ET/PT World War II Battlefront: Operation Dragoon With Allied victories in Italy, the tide of war has continued to turn against the Axis powers. The Allies must break into France and push the Germans back to their own border. The war will now move into the resort towns of southern France. Tonight, 9:30 p.m. ET/PT World War II Battlefront: Mt. Belvedere In 1944, as American troops marched into Italy, they endured many casualties from heavy German resistance. One of the greatest obstacles was at Gothic Line. U.S. forces needed help and it came in what seemed like an unlikely form ... a battalion of Japanese Americans. Tonight, 10 p.m. ET/PT The First World War: To Arms Explore the tension between the decaying Austro-Hungarian empire and its aggressive neighbor, Serbia. Find out how a local storm in the Balkans grew to engulf all of Europe and how the pattern of the war was set within the first month. Thursday, 8 p.m. ET/PT My War Diary: Strategy on the Fly Unfiltered stories from the frontlines of Iraq, told by personal videos and photos sent by those serving in the armed forces. Each episode will present a broad range of the life in Iraq. Thursday, 8:30 p.m. ET/PT My War Diary: All in a Day's Work Military life is represented in video clips from Iraq, aboard an aircraft carrier in the Pacific, soldiers intervene in a firefight between insurgents and Iraqi police; and A helicopter crew conducts a difficult rescue. Thursday, 9 p.m. ET/PT Tank Overhaul: The Panther Jacques' team is currently working on the jewel of his collection, the extremely rare and coveted Panther. This one has been rescued from the bottom of a river in Poland and it has been ... literally ... blown to pieces. Will the team be able to restore it? Thursday, 10 p.m. ET/PT Tank Overhaul: The Sherman The American M4 Sherman is the best known, most widely used tank of the Second World War. It is also the most controversial. Was it the all-American tank that won the war or a completely under-designed death trap? Friday, 8 p.m. ET/PT My War Diary: Taking Control Unfiltered stories from the frontlines of Iraq, told by personal videos and photos sent by those serving in the armed forces. Each episode will present a broad range of the life in Iraq. Friday, 8:30 p.m. ET/PT My War Diary: Boots in the Sand Personal videos from the frontlines of Iraq depict: an Army sergeant's response to a fatal attack; a cycling enthusiast taking his bike into a war zone; a roadside bomb marring the re-opening of a school; and a sniper describing a deadly mission. Friday, 9 p.m. ET/PT 20th Century Battlefields: 1918 Western Front Hosts Peter and Dan go to the killing fields of northern France that were torn apart by World War I. They go to the British Army training grounds on Salisbury Plain to see what was at the heart of victory at the key Battle of Amiens. Friday, 10 p.m. ET/PT Combat Zone: Battle of Najaf, Iraq Najaf, Iraq 2004: The Imam Ali Shrine, a Shiite holy site, was off-limits to US and Iraqi coalition forces, but that didn't stop insurgents from holing up there. Marines had to fight hand-to-hand to take out arms and fighters hiding in the cemetery. |
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