U.S. Cavalry - History of America's Mounted Forces Season 1

Season 1

Air date: 2015-07-01

Episodes: 5

Episodes

E1: Origins to America's First Wars

Learn about the first cavalries assembled by the Greeks and their historical importance leading to the formation of the first regiments in the New World that will fight for independence and win the Civil War.

Air date: 2015-07-01

E2: Indians, Custer and the West

Go West as the United States expands and pushes into new territories in detailed accounts of Wounded Knee, the Battle of the Little Bighorn and creation of the Buffalo Soldiers.

Air date: 2015-07-01

E3: The Rough Riders and a New Horse

Charge into the fight with Teddy Roosevelt as he leads troops into Cuba and the battlefield begins to change when new innovations create a new mount that will change the world

Air date: 2015-07-01

E4: Patton and World War II

Join the General who will revolutionize the cavalry and lead it from the last battle fought on horses to modern tanks and inventions that will win WW2 and be the next generation of armored cavalry

Air date: 2015-07-01

E5: The Modern Cavalry

Ride with the air cavalry and regiments that have fought in Vietnam, Iraq and on today's front lines. The U.S. Cavalry is still and example of excellence, for of price and tradition, that are critical to our armed forces.

Air date: 2015-07-01