Commando Missions: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Impossible odds are part of the job.

By 1942, severely weakened by the Nazis, the Allies implemented a daring new strategy for waging war. Their disruptive technique was to attack Hitler's Reich from within. Featuring the minute-by-minute accounts of the brave soldiers who crossed deep into enemy territory, Commando Missions recounts these heroic top-secret operations.

In four spellbinding episodes that blend spectacular reconstructions with archives and animation, this premium series chronicles how these highly-trained guerrilla fighters slipped behind enemy lines to bring the German war machine to its knees. The near-impossible missions include: the upstream paddling expedition to disable German warships in Bordeaux; the six-man mission to destroy the Luftwaffe fleet at Heraklion; and, the deadly polar trek to take out an occupied Norwegian hydroelectric plant.

Series details

• Title: Commando Missions
• Format: Documentary
• Language: English
• Genres: War, History
• Premiere date: 2025-04-14
• Status in TVmaze: Running
• Network listed by TVmaze: Sky History
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 84035
• IMDb ID: tt36482654
• TVDB ID: 462582

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2025-04-14; final listed air date 2025-05-05; episode order: 4.

Source and licence

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