Great Battles in History Season 1 Episode 30 Saratoga and The Battle of Rivoli 2009
The Battles of Saratoga (September 19 and October 7, 1777) marked the climax of the Saratoga campaign, giving a decisive victory to the Americans over the British in the American Revolutionary War. British General John Burgoyne led an invasion army of 7,200–8,000 men southward from Canada in the Champlain Valley, hoping to meet a similar British force marching northward from New York City and another British force marching eastward from Lake Ontario; the goal was to take Albany, New York. The southern and western forces never arrived, and Burgoyne was surrounded by American forces in upstate New York 15 miles (24 km) short of his goal. He fought two battles which took place 18 days apart on the same ground 9 miles (14 km) south of Saratoga, New York. He gained a victory in the first battle despite being outnumbered, but lost the second battle after the Americans returned with an even larger force.
- Released: 2009-12-24
- Runtime: 60 minutes
- Genre: Documentary
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2. Trafalgar 1805 2009-07-02
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3. Pearl Harbour 2009-07-02
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4. The Battle of Marathon 2009-07-02
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5. The Lost Evidence of Iwo Jima 2009-07-02
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7. The Battle of Waterloo - 1815 2009-07-16
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8. Chalons 2009-07-23
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9. Battle of Hastings 1066 2009-07-30
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10. Merrill’s Marauders 2009-08-06
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11. The Battle of Austerlitz 2009-08-13
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12. Gallipoli 2009-08-20
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13. Midway 2009-08-27
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14. The Battle of Gettysburg - 1863 2009-09-03
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15. The Armada - 1588 2009-09-10
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16. Battle of the Bulge 2009-09-17
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17. The Third Crusade 2009-09-24
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18. The battle of Alesia 2009-10-01
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19. Cannae 2009-10-08
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20. The Six-Day War 2009-10-15
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21. The Battle of Britain 2009-10-22
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22. Battle of Kadesh - Ramesses II 2009-10-29
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23. The Battle of Agincourt 2009-11-05
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24. The Battle of Inchon 2009-11-12
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25. Tobruk 2009-11-19
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26. Little Bighorn 2009-11-26
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27. Cambrai 1917 2009-12-03
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28. Operation Desert Storm 2009-12-10
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29. The Great War 2009-12-17
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30. Saratoga and The Battle of Rivoli 2009-12-24
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31. The Battle for Berlin 2009-12-31
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32. The Battle of El Alamein 2010-01-07
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33. TET Ofenssive 2010-01-14
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34. The Russo-Finnish War 2010-01-21
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35. The Battle of Tannenberg 2010-01-28
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36. Life in the Trenches 2010-02-04
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37. Monte Cassino 1944 2010-02-11
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38. Balaclava 1854 2010-02-18
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39. Guadalcanal 2010-02-25
