Brilliant tactics and battlefield discipline helped the Spartans spearhead the Greek victory over the Persians in the Battle of Plataea in 479 B.C., avenging the defeat of the 300 Spartans at Thermopylae. Terry explains how the Spartans defeated the Persians, killed Persian General Mardonias, and avenged the death of Leonidas.

This episode explores the bloody history of the beautiful Hawaiian Islands, where tribal chieftains battle for domination of the archipelago in brutal warfare during the 1790s. Terry Schappert learns about the bloody hand-to-hand combat techniques and vicious weaponry (like shark tooth clubs) of 18th-century Hawaiian warriors. He also reenacts the tactics King Kamehameha the Great used in his crushing victory at the Battle of Nu'uanu Cliffs.