Against the Odds

This time on Against the Odds . . . the Special One, Jose Mourinho, who has managed many of the best clubs in football and won trophies wherever he's gone, and one of Manchester City's all-time greats, goalkeeper Bert Trautmann, and his courageous performance in the 1956 FA Cup Final.

Robin Van Persie's career made him a hero to many; but he can't compete with the love and adoration commanded by Brazil's Pel

A group of football heroes. The Pied Piper of the game, David Beckham, Germany's Kaiser, the great Franz Beckenbauer, and the man who lives for winning, super manager Pep Guardiola.

On this episode of Against the Odds we salute two of the most mercurial footballers the game has even known, the era-defining Johan Cruyff and Brazil superstar Neymar.

An armored German battle in northwestern France in August 1944 is driven off by an Army National Guard unit, even though they are outgunned, outnumbered and somewhat surrounded.

Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Marines, helped lead the charge into Iraq's most dangerous city in 2004. Battling in the bloodiest, most sustained house-to-house urban combat American soldiers had seen since Vietnam would prove costly for the men.

Charlie Company of the 1st Cavalry Division wanders into an NVA stronghold. A blistering attack leaves supplies low, casualties mounting and the enemy circle tightening.

The noble warriors of Echo Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines face down an overwhelming North Vietnamese Army in Dai Do and rescue their fellow Marines. Tattered, torn and depleted the men of Echo Company repeatedly deny the enemy its victory.

The attack on Peleliu Island in the Pacific by Marines on the Japanese in September 1944 and the fight that went on for over two months are retold.

Featuring World War II paratroopers from Fox Company, 2nd Battalion of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment. These brave soldiers fought from D-Day on June 6, 1944, to Berchtesgaden in the Bavarian Alps at the close of the war in Europe.