About this season
Reveals the facts behind battles we know barely anything about. Digging deep into the archives and quizzing experts and journalists, this UK series takes the audience through some of the most controversial, covered up and shocking military events of recent times.
Episodes (10)
1. Crimea
Aired 19 June 2020 • 44 min
The annexation of Crimea by Russia in 2014 was the biggest in Europe since WWII - but how did they execute it? And what has happened since?
2. Yemen
Aired 26 June 2020 • 44 min
In March 2019, reports arise of UK Special Boat Service troops killed in Yemen. But they shouldn't be there - so what role did they play in the Yemeni Civil War?
3. Somalia
Aired 3 July 2020 • 44 min
In October 1993, an elite battle unit of the US army began a fairly straight-forward mission in Somalia's capital Mogadishu. But within minutes, it descended into chaos.
4. Bosnia
Aired 10 July 2020 • 44 min
On 3 March 1992, Bosnia & Herzegovina gained its independence from Yugoslavia, leading to a complex war fuelled by ethnic tensions fought on many fronts.
5. Kashmir
Aired 17 July 2020 • 44 min
As it escalates, look at the complex history behind the India-Pakistan border conflict in Kashmir, from the horrors of Partition all the way to rising tension in 2019.
6. Laos
Aired 24 July 2020 • 44 min
The American involvement in Laos in the 1950s was long kept under wraps - but the story of their efforts to remove the communists, led by the CIA, is a devastating one.
7. Central America
Aired 31 July 2020 • 44 min
In the 1980s, El Salvador and Nicaragua fought vicious civil wars - and spearheading the fight against communism, the US engaged. But how did it keep it secret?
8. Mali
Aired 7 August 2020 • 44 min
It is a deadly war in the desert, and one we know barely anything about. In the northern Malian town of Timbuktu, formerly a rich city, a war has been raging since 2012.
9. Coups D'etat
Aired 14 August 2020 • 44 min
The military coup is an age-old method to topple governments and take control by force. Go behind the scenes of some of the most dramatic in recent history.
10. Gaza
Aired 21 August 2020 • 44 min
Through a dissection of some of its deadly skirmishes and the parties involved, see the story behind the Gaza-Israel conflict and the devastating impact it has had.