Against the Odds Those Damn Engineers (Season 1, Episode 2)
TV-PG
TV Episode | 45 min | Documentary, History, War

Against the Odds

Those Damn Engineers (Season 1, Episode 2)

TV-PG

TV Episode | 45 min | Documentary, History, War

In December of 1944, the seemingly defeated Germans secretly mustered 600,000 battle-hardened troops, including whole SS Panzer Divisions, into an all out offensive to capture Antwerp, the heart of the Allied supply chain.

Writers

Sammy Jackson | Norman Stahl

Cinematographer

Sammy Jackson

Editor

Sammy Jackson

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Edit Released

Updated Mar 4, 2014

Release date

Mar 4, 2014 (United States)

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10 cast members

Name	Known for
Rod Paschall Self - US Army (Ret.), Editor-at-Large, MHQ (as Col. Rod Paschall) Self - US Army (Ret.), Editor-at-Large, MHQ (as Col. Rod Paschall) See fewer	The Korean War: No Longer Forgotten (2019)
Francis E. Hurd Self - 291st Technician 5th, Co. B Self - 291st Technician 5th, Co. B See fewer	Against the Odds (2014)
Bob Creswell Self - 291st Technician 5th, Co. B Self - 291st Technician 5th, Co. B See fewer	Against the Odds (2014)
Patrick Rizzieri Self - 291st Squad Leader, Co. A Self - 291st Squad Leader, Co. A See fewer	Against the Odds (2014)
Chuck Hensel Self - 291st Squad Leader, Co. C (as Chuck 'Red' Hensel) Self - 291st Squad Leader, Co. C (as Chuck 'Red' Hensel) See fewer	Against the Odds (2014)
Jason Done Narrator (voice) (version: UK) Narrator (voice) (version: UK) See fewer	Merlin (1998)
Rob Lowe Narrator (voice) (version: US) Narrator (voice) (version: US) See fewer	St. Elmo's Fire (1985)
Adolf Hitler Self - Führer of Germany (archive footage) Self - Führer of Germany (archive footage) See fewer	Triumph of the Will (1935)
Joachim Peiper Self - SS Standartenführer (archive footage) Self - SS Standartenführer (archive footage) See fewer
Franklin D. Roosevelt Self - President of the United States (archive footage) Self - President of the United States (archive footage) See fewer	The President's Mystery (1936)