About this season
Conquest is a TV show on the History Channel hosted by Peter Woodward. In each 30 minute episode, Woodward teaches his small group of assistants a particular type of weapon, or a set of weapons from a particular time period, while demonstrating their function, describing their comparative advantages and disadvantages, and discussing their history. Episodes have ranged widely across history, from "Stone-Age Weapons" to "Air Combat" and even including "Unarmed Combat". As examples of the broad spectrum, Roman weapons and tactics, SWAT tactics and ninjutsu have all featured.
Episodes (14)
1. The Medieval Broadsword
Aired 6 July 2003 • 30 min
Actor and fight master Peter Woodward teaches the Conquest Team a brief history of the Medieval Broadsword and various combat techniques with it, both offensive and defensive. Then the team members face off to find who has best learned how to win with the Medieval Broadsword.
2. Knives and Daggers
Aired 13 July 2003 • 30 min
Actor and fight master Peter Woodward teaches the Conquest Team a brief history of knives and daggers and various combat techniques with them, both offensive and defensive. Then the team members face off to find who has best learned how to win with the knives and daggers.
3. Early Firearms
Aired 20 July 2003 • 30 min
4. Pirate Weapons
Aired 27 July 2003 • 30 min
Actor and fight master Peter Woodward teaches the Conquest Team a brief history of pirates. The team learns about the weapons of 17th-century Caribbean pirates and various combat techniques with them, both offensive and defensive. Then the team members face off against the crew of a merchant vessel to find out if they have learned how to win with pirate weapons.
5. Weapons of the Civil War
Aired 10 August 2003 • 30 min
6. Roman Weapons
Aired 17 August 2003 • 30 min
7. Trench Warfare
Aired 31 August 2003 • 30 min
8. Weapons of the Barbarians
Aired 7 September 2003 • 30 min
9. Weapons of the American Indians
Aired 21 September 2003 • 30 min
10. Weapons of the Ninja
Aired 28 September 2003 • 30 min
11. The Crossbow
Aired 2 October 2003 • 30 min
12. How to Win in Las Vegas
Aired 17 October 2003 • 30 min
13. American Soldiers in WWII
Aired 8 November 2003 • 30 min
14. Warriors of the Bible
Aired 18 December 2003 • 30 min