The Long Road Home tells the story of the eight-hour battle in Sadr City on April 4, 2004, that followed the ambush of a newly-arrived American platoon. Told in real time through the eyes of untested soldiers in combat for the first time, their families anxiously awaiting news on the home front, and ordinary Iraqis trapped in the chaos of war, the series gives viewers an intimate and unforgettable portrait of what it's really like to go to war. Based on Martha Raddatz's acclaimed New York Times-bestselling book. April 2004. The US 1st Cavalry Division has recently relieved the 1st Armored Division in its occupation of Sadr City, Baghdad. Everything seems peaceful until one day a platoon is ambushed in the city while on patrol. The platoon holes up in a house and reinforcements are sent to extract them. However, the relief column is itself ambushed, the main aim of the initial ambush. What follows is a life-and-death struggle against overwhelming odds. Based on actual events. I'd have expected much more from an History Channel production. As my summary says: pathetic as a combat movie. Who had been the military advisers of the series? Boy scouts? The series looks fake as is actually fake all the set. All the set rebuilt near Fort Hood? C'mon … I've watched this TV series with higher expectations knowing also the fact that National Geographic was behind.<br/><br/>I found it very slow paced, full of stereotypes and totally unrealistic from a military point view.<br/><br/>Don't waste time.
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