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Special Forces: Untold Stories

Season 1 2001 - 2002

  • 2002-07-26T04:00:00Z on TLC
  • 1m
  • 4h (4 episodes)
  • United States
  • English
  • Documentary
Tyranny is timeless, but terrorism is its new weapon. As nations face a global plague of coups, assassinations and hostage scenarios, a new breed of warrior has emerged: the commando. Developed nations worldwide have trained their own teams of super soldiers to counter the threat: The British SAS. Germany's GSG9. The U.S. Army's elite Green Berets. The Royal Dutch Marines. Fearless, razor sharp and equipped with massive firepower, these men take on missions no one else would even consider.

4 episodes

Series Premiere

2002-07-26T04:00:00Z

1x01 The British SAS - Attack in the Desert

Series Premiere

1x01 The British SAS - Attack in the Desert

  • 2002-07-26T04:00:00Z1h

A look at the British SAS, a military commando unit, in a 1991 mission to northwestern Iraq to stop scud missiles from being fired into Israel. The soldiers engaged Iraqi soldiers in a firefight and escaped, only to become lost, losing two to exposure while four others were captured.

Documenting the battle of Lang Vei during the Vietnam War. It pitted vastly outnumbered Green Berets against thousands of enemy troops, resulting in bombing by U.S. jet

Examining the elite counterterrorism squad the Royal Dutch Marines. Included: a look at a 1977 rescue mission in which schoolchildren and train commuters were rescued from terrorists in a Dutch town.

Season Finale

2002-09-20T04:00:00Z

1x04 The German GSG9 - Jihad In The Fatherland

Season Finale

1x04 The German GSG9 - Jihad In The Fatherland

  • 2002-09-20T04:00:00Z1h

Germany mobilizes an elite anti-terrorist unit.

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