Military History (TV channel)

Military History

Country	United States
Broadcast area	Nationwide International
Headquarters	New York, New York
Programming
Language(s)	English
Picture format	480i (SDTV) (most current-day programming presented in widescreen letterbox)
Ownership
Owner	A&E Networks
Sister channels	History History en Espanol
History
Launched	January 5, 2005 (2005-01-05)
Former names	Military History Channel (2005–08)
Availability
Streaming media
Service(s)	Hulu + Live TV, Frndly TV

Military History is an American pay television channel owned by A&E Networks. The channel features programs about the history of the military and significant combat events. The channel's main competitor is Warner Bros. Discovery's American Heroes Channel, formerly the Military Channel.

History

Military History was launched on January 5, 2005, and as the third spin-off channel of History. Viewers of History wanted more military history programs, but there was not time on the channel, thus the creation of Military History. Beginning on March 27, 2004, a military-history programming block started on History International as a prologue. The launch was an open preview, or soft launch, as no cable operators were signed up. Dan Davids, president of the History Channel USA, planned to push for digital basic level cable carriage. Its initial programming library drew from A&E and History's programs. The channel's initial prime time shows were under an umbrella banner of “Battle History”, which consisted of five documentary miniseries featuring each of the US military services. In the second quarter of 2005, the channel had its hard launch.

Like its parent channel, the channel dropped the word "Channel" from its name on March 20, 2008.

Programming

Military History features programs that focus on historical battles and wars, as well as programs that profile key individuals such as generals, soldiers and spies. It also airs documentaries and series that provide insight into how these wars were fought and the lives of those who served in them.

Its initial programming library drew from A&E and History's program libraries. Much of its programming focuses on World War II; this same type of programming had earned The History Channel the appellation "The Hitler Channel" up until the transfer of these programs to Military History. Additionally, their film library uses a great deal of filler simply because there wasn’t footage to cover the action. (e.g. showing soldiers when subject is Marines.)

Programming banners

• “Battle History” (January 5, 2005) which consisted of five documentary miniseries featuring the US military services and was the channel's soft launch prime time programming
• “Salute to Armed Forces Week”, included the specials, “Hispanics & the Medal of Honor”, “America’s Black Warriors”, “Women Combat Pilots” and “Clash of Warriors: Saddam vs. Schwarzkopf”

List of programs

• Conspiracy?
• Dogfights
• The Eastern Front: The Gates of Moscow
• The Eastern Front: Turning Point at Stalingrad
• Free Cabanatuan
• Greatest Raids
• Greatest Tank Battles
• Hitler's Collaborators
• Hitler's War: The Lost
• Inside the Great Battles
• The Kamikaze
• The Last Days of WWII
• Lock N' Load with R. Lee Ermey
• Mail Call
• Okinawa!
• Pacific: The Lost Evidence
• President Lincoln Assassination
• Survival Training
• Surviving the Cut
• Tactical to Practical
• Triggers: Weapons That Changed the World
• The Unholy Battle for Rome
• Warriors
• Weaponology

International

In addition to its carriage in the United States, the channel had previously been launched in the United Kingdom and Ireland on July 28, 2008. On March 20, 2010, Military History was added to Virgin Media on channel 236. Military History was replaced by its sister network, H2, in those countries on May 4, 2013, on both Sky and Virgin Media in Military History's former channel slots on both platforms.