Combat!

5 Seasons 1962 - 1967 TV-PG 1h 00m 8.4

Combat!, a one-hour World War II drama series, followed a front line American infantry squad as they battled their way across Europe

A series that follows the World War 2 combat experiences and adventures of a squad of US infantrymen in France in 1944. In particular we share the experiences of the squad leader, Sergeant Saunders, and the platoon commander, Lieutenant Hanley.

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Episodes:

Episode 1 Forgotten Front

1. Forgotten Front

Aired: Oct 2, 1962

Searching for a Nazi gun emplacement, the GIs try to pump information from a ...

Episode 4 Any Second Now

4. Any Second Now

Aired: Oct 23, 1962

A time-bomb dropped by the Germans crashes into a French church pinning Hanle...

Episode 5 Far from the Brave

5. Far from the Brave

Aired: Oct 30, 1962

Sgt. Saunders takes a great risk by giving a new private a Browning Automatic...

Episode 6 Missing in Action

6. Missing in Action

Aired: Nov 13, 1962

The French Resistance helps Lt. Hanley find a downed American Col. living wit...

Episode 7 Escape to Nowhere

7. Escape to Nowhere

Aired: Nov 20, 1962

Lt. Hanley is captured and forced by a Nazi general to help him and his daugh...

Episode 8 The Celebrity

8. The Celebrity

Aired: Nov 27, 1962

A top professional baseball player joins the squad and becomes a liability wh...

Episode 9 Cat and Mouse

9. Cat and Mouse

Aired: Dec 4, 1962

Saunders is ordered to join a reconnaissance patrol whose Sergeant doesn't li...

Episode 10 I Swear by Apollo

10. I Swear by Apollo

Aired: Dec 11, 1962

Behind enemy lines, Saunders and his men struggle to keep a critically wounde...

Episode 11 A Day in June

11. A Day in June

Aired: Dec 18, 1962

In a flashback story told as the men rest on a rainy night, Sgt. Saunders rec...

Episode 12 The Prisoner

12. The Prisoner

Aired: Dec 25, 1962

A private captured by the Nazis hilariously tries to impersonate his colonel ...

Episode 13 Reunion

13. Reunion

Aired: Jan 1, 1963

Sgt. Saunders begins to suspect a Pvt.'s doctor father is really a collaborat...

Episode 14 The Medal

14. The Medal

Aired: Jan 8, 1963

A GI private is killed after taking over an enemy machine gun and killing doz...

Episode 15 Just for the Record

15. Just for the Record

Aired: Jan 15, 1963

A goodhearted French woman reluctantly hides Saunders in her Paris home and t...

Episode 16 The Volunteer

16. The Volunteer

Aired: Jan 22, 1963

An exasperated Hanley finds himself saddled with a 13-year-old French orphan ...

Episode 17 The Squad

17. The Squad

Aired: Jan 29, 1963

A new replacement overanxious to capture or kill Germans during a recon missi...

Episode 18 Next in Command

18. Next in Command

Aired: Feb 5, 1963

A battle-hardened corporal joins Sgt. Saunders squad, but remains distant and...

Episode 19 The Chateau

19. The Chateau

Aired: Feb 12, 1963

A French father and his lovely daughter make room for wounded GI's in their m...

Episode 20 Off Limits

20. Off Limits

Aired: Feb 19, 1963

A pretty female Lt. married to a corporal, has also fallen in love with her C...

Episode 21 No Time for Pity

21. No Time for Pity

Aired: Feb 26, 1963

Command gives Lt. Hanley 3 hours to rescue an old man, pretty librarian, and ...

Episode 22 Night Patrol

22. Night Patrol

Aired: Mar 5, 1963

While on a night patrol to bring in a prisoner, Sgt. Saunders and his squad d...

Episode 23 Survival

23. Survival

Aired: Mar 12, 1963

In enemy territory, his hands badly burned, Saunders weaves a treacherous pat...

Episode 25 The Quiet Warrior

25. The Quiet Warrior

Aired: Mar 26, 1963

While in the front, Lt. Hanley is surprisingly summoned to go to London. He g...

Episode 27 Hill 256

27. Hill 256

Aired: Apr 9, 1963

Kirby is being tried in a military court for desertion under fire, and the pe...

Episode 28 The Sniper

28. The Sniper

Aired: Apr 16, 1963

The squad enters a French village that was recently vacated by the Germans, a...

Episode 30 The Walking Wounded

30. The Walking Wounded

Aired: Apr 30, 1963

A slightly wounded Sgt. Saunders travels to the aid station in an ambulance w...

Episode 31 High Named Today

31. High Named Today

Aired: May 7, 1963

Hanley, Saunders and their men are worried that the reckless bravery of a rep...


Main Cast

Info about Combat!

Current Status: Ended

Network: ABC

Production Country: United States

Genres: Drama, War, Action