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Military Channel's new series goes behind the scenes of assassination attempts that changed the course of history. Using rare archival footage, recreations, and CGI animation, each episode focuses on a notorious attempted homicide. First-hand accounts of the most scandalous, history-altering assassination attempts of our time reveal the mysterious, often unknown motives and the devastating aftermaths of INFAMOUS ASSASSINATIONS.

Ronald Reagan
Premieres Monday, July 9 at 10 PM E/P
President Ronald Reagan emerges from the Hilton Hotel in Washington, D.C. when suddenly he's shot. The world is shocked to learn that the leader of the free world clings to life, but even more shocking is the man's reason behind the attack. This is the story of how Ronald Reagan survived the ambush and why John Hinckley, Jr., wanted him dead.

Robert F. Kennedy
Premieres Monday, July 9 at 10:30 PM E/P
Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy is finishing a victory speech at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. While exiting, an assassin named Sirhan Sirhan jumps out and opens fire, mortally wounding another member of America's "royal family."

Adolf Hitler
Premieres Monday, July 16 at 10 PM E/P
While Adolf Hitler is being briefed at his WWII command center, a bomb goes off and he's the target in one man's drastic attempt to save Germany and the rest of the world from Hitler's evil ambitions.

Butcher of Prague
Premieres Monday, July 16 at 10:30 PM E/P
Nazi General Reinhart Heydrich is attacked as he drives into Prague. Despite the dangers, two men has risked their lives to save their country by fatally wounding one of Adolf Hitler's most bloodthirsty henchmen.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Premieres Monday, July 23 at 10 PM E/P
At the height of the Civil Rights Movement, Martin Luther King, Jr. delivers his final speech in Memphis, Tenn. Soon after, he's shot to death on his hotel room balcony. Police discover he's been the target of an assassin staying at the neighboring hotel and a world-wide man hunt ensues.

Night of the Long Knives
Premieres Monday, July 23 at 10:30 PM E/P
As the Nazi regime carries out a series of political murders in a single night, their aim is to kill one particular Nazi SA leader, Ernst Rohm. Why would they kill one of their own men? This is the story of the Night of the Long Knives and the man who stood between Adolf Hitler and absolute power.