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Command Decisions

Command Decisions

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Each episode in this series depicts a historic battle through recreations and gives the viewer an opportunity to test their military and leadership skills. The viewer is asked to imagine themselves as a battlefield commander and given nine questions to answer on how to proceed in the reenacted battle.

Digital map titled "Battle of Inchon." North Korea and South Korea are labeled and shaded in red and the tip of South Korea is beige. A blue dot on the map is labeled, "Seoul."
Command Decisions
Episode 1
21 minutes 1 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Digital map titled "Battle of Britain." Germany and its occupied countries and territories are shaded red with a Nazi flag and text that reads, "Germany." The United Kingdom is shaded beige with a U, K flag below text that reads, "Britain."
Command Decisions
Episode 2
20 minutes 28 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Digital map of 450 A, D titled "Battle of Chalons" shows Europe, Asia, and the Middle East with labels for Western Roman Empire, Hunnic Empire, and Eastern Empire, respectively. A white horse gallops from east to west across the Hunnic Empire.
Command Decisions
Episode 3
20 minutes 24 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Map of Iraq and labeled adjoining countries, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Iran and Kuwait. The capital, Baghdad, is also labeled on the country of Iraq.
Command Decisions
Episode 3
20 minutes 38 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
U, S map titled "Battle of Gettysburg." Northeast and midwest states are purple with text that reads, "United States of America." Southern states and Texas are the "Confederate States of America.' The west coast is labeled "Western Territories."
Command Decisions
Episode 5
18 minutes 31 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Digital map titled "Battle of Hastings." Closeup of southern England and Wales in yellow with the town Hastings labeled on the southwestern tip of England. Across the English Channel, Normandy is shaded in red.
Command Decisions
Episode 6
19 minutes 49 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Digital map titled "Battle of Iwo Jima" with 3 red arrows pointing from the Pacific Northwest towards Japan and its occupied territories.
Command Decisions
Episode 7
20 minutes 9 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Digital map titled "Battle of Little Bighorn." A black horse runs west towards Little Bighorn River and the Bighorn Mountains. 3 blue labeled banners for Gibbon, Terry and Custer, and Crook surround the horse, each with an arrow pointing in.
Command Decisions
Episode 8
20 minutes 29 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Digital map titled "Battle of Saratoga." The 13 American Colonies are shaded in green. The cities of Boston, New York and Philadelphia are shaded red. The remainder of the map, including Canada, is labeled, "Indian Territories."
Command Decisions
Episode 9
20 minutes 30 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Digital map titled "Battle of Stalingrad." Germany and its occupied territories are green with red swastikas. The U, S, S, R is yellow with 2 red stars with yellow arrows pointing towards Germany's eastern fronts.
Command Decisions
Episode 10
20 minutes 25 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Digital map titled "Battle of the Bulge." France, Belgium, and Paris are yellow. Blue rectangles appear on German border with 2 blue stars in France and another in Belgium. Germany and occupied northern Italy are red and labeled, "Germany." Swastikas are visible north of Italy and in Germany near eastern Belgium.
Command Decisions
Episode 11
20 minutes 27 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Digital map titled "Battle of Waterloo." Belgium, France, northern Italy and western Germany are shaded in red. Text over countries reads, "Belgium. France. Italy. Germany." Paris is marked on the map and the French flag is on France.
Command Decisions
Episode 12
21 minutes 15 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Digital map titled "Battle of Rivoli." The "French Republic" is white with a yellow dot by Paris. 1 yellow arrow points northeast from France into red-shaded Germany. "Austrian Empire" with corresponding flag are shaded red. South, a yellow shaded area is labeled "Italian States" with a yellow arrow pointing from the French Republic to the Italian States.
Command Decisions
Episode 13
20 minutes 6 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Digital map titled "Battle of San Juan Hill." U, S, flag is on Florida's southern peninsula. Across the Straits of Florida, is the country, Cuba, with Santiago marked by a green dot.
Command Decisions
Episode 14
20 minutes 23 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Digital map titled "Six Day War." Closeup view of 1967 Israel highlighted in blue with surrounding North African and Middle East countries.
Command Decisions
Episode 15
20 minutes 1 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Digital map titled "Tet Offensive." Closeup of southeast Asia with China, North Vietnam, and South Vietnam shaded in red. A yellow star appears on North Vietnam. To the west, Cambodia, Thailand, Laos, and Burma are shaded in beige.
Command Decisions
Episode 16
21 minutes 55 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
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