The Big Attack - Combat Heroes of WWII
This is a WWII series like none other. These are true, untold combat stories of everyday citizen-soldiers fighting on the front lines of Europe. Witness the battle action of tank crews, infantrymen, paratroopers, French resistors, nurses, medics and more. See the war through their eyes, feel what they feel, fear what they fear. Filmed in Germany using real GI's as actors.
- 1956-1957
- 1 season
- Janson Media
- Action & Adventure
This is a WWII series like none other. These are true, untold combat stories of everyday citizen-soldiers fighting on the front lines of Europe. Witness the battle action of tank crews, infantrymen, paratroopers, French resistors, nurses, medics and more. See the war through their eyes, feel what they feel, fear what they fear. Filmed in Germany using real GI's as actors.
Season 1 Episode Guide
13 Episodes 1956
Episode 1
Big Slim
Sun, Jan 1, 1956 27 mins
When the aviation legend Sgt. Fred "Big Slim" Richardson was struck by thirty-six pieces of shrapnel, he didn't fold but instead, he soldiered on.
Episode 2
The Rough Riders
Fri, Oct 12, 1956
An armored car unit raids a town 50 miles behind German lines, to draw out enemy forces.
Episode 3
Five Men of Steel
Fri, Oct 19, 1956
The crew of a forward observation tank must hold out in a German village to expose enemy forces.
Episode 4
Rugged Company K
Fri, Oct 26, 1956
Company K, aka The Big Red One, has heroic losses to take out a German outpost.
Episode 5
The Mute
Fri, Nov 2, 1956
A stranded paratrooper impersonates a deaf mute, to help the local French resistance.
Episode 6
Private Lopez
Fri, Nov 9, 1956
Tex-Mex Pvt Lopez supports his recon squad against German tanks and infantry.
Episode 7
One Demerit to Go
Fri, Nov 16, 1956
Sgt Carroll struggles to graduate from the U.S. Non-Commissioned Officers Academy in Munich.
Episode 8
Deferred Bride
Fri, Nov 23, 1956
A civilian nurse joins the U.S. Army to be closer to her fiance', a combat officer in Europe.
Episode 9
The Little Private
Fri, Nov 30, 1956
A little scout gets a bazooka to fight off a German attack on his small group in a town during the Battle of the Bulge.
Episode 10
The Valiant Few
Fri, Dec 7, 1956
A chaplain and combat medic jump with paratroops on D-Day, risking their lives alongside the fighters and the wounded.
Episode 11
The Invisible Soldier
Fri, Dec 14, 1956
In the Battle of the Bulge, a forward artillery observer is essential to stop German tanks, but how can he become invisible to them?
Episode 12
Take Command
Fri, Dec 21, 1956
Easy Company gets a new lieutenant and also a new sergeant as battlefield promotions.
Episode 13
Ma Horner
Fri, Dec 28, 1956
Sgt Horner's outfit includes the veteran character Cassidy, and their platoon must capture a German command post.