Shootout!
TV ShowEnded

Shootout!

7.0 / 10
2005
3 seasons
23 episodes
DocumentaryWar & Politics

Shootout! was a documentary series featured on The History Channel and ran for two seasons from 2005 to 2006. It depicts actual firefights between United States military personnel and other combatants. There are also occasional episodes dedicated to police or S.W.A.T. team firefights, as well as Wild West shootouts. It also now has a feature of downloading and playing a first-person shooter detailing some of the battles. The battles include skirmishes from World War II, the Vietnam War, and the ongoing War on Terror in Afghanistan and during the 2003-2010 Iraq War. Season 1 was produced for The History Channel by Greystone Communications and Season 2 was produced by Flight 33 Productions. The series was created by Dolores Gavin and Louis Tarantino.

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Seasons

  • Ep 1

    1.D-Day: Fallujah

    19-07-200560m

    By the fall of 2004, Fallujah, Iraq had become a viper pit. Over the previous six months, the once holy city had become the center of gravity for the Iraqi insurgency. Terrorists a...

  • Ep 2

    2.Guadalcanal

    26-07-200560m

    The extra-ordinary stories of several Marines who defended Guadalcanal from seemingly overwhelming Japanese attacks are re-enacted.

  • Ep 3

    3.Wild West

    20-09-200560m

    Western shootouts were messy, drunken, and deadly affairs. The vision of two gunslingers meeting in the street at high noon is pure myth. Shootouts were typically up-close and pers...

  • Ep 4

    4.Assault on Germany

    TBA60m
  • Ep 5

    5.Battle for Baghdad

    TBA60m
  • Ep 6

    6.North Hollywood Shootout

    01-11-200560m

    On February 28, 1997, a high stakes bank robbery devolved into an urban firefight that became one of the most violent shootouts in law enforcement history. With TV cameras capturin...

  • Ep 7

    7.Pacific War

    TBA60m
  • Ep 8

    8.Iraq's Ambush Alley

    TBA60m
  • Ep 9

    9.Hunt For Bin Laden

    TBA60m

    Four years after Bush sent troops to Afghanistan to topple the Taliban, Americans continue to fight and die as they pursue Osama bin Laden, battle with al-Qaeda, and destroy remnan...

  • Ep 10

    10.Storming France

    TBA60m

    Veterans of the legendary D-Day battles recount their memories of the fierce fighting. Computer graphics and re-enactments show how they fought and won.

  • Ep 11

    11.Battlecry Iraq: Ramadi

    13-12-200560m

    On April 6, 2004, Iraqi insurgents warned shopkeepers in Ramadi's marketplace that "Today we are going to kill Americans." BATTLECRY IRAQ: RAMADI reveals exactly how they made good...

  • Ep 12

    12.Iraq's Most Wanted

    TBA60m

    They're cold-blooded killers in pursuit of one thing--political power. For Iraq's "Most Wanted", the message is clear: surrender and you might live; resist and you will not.

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