Secret Wars Uncovered

Season 1

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.

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10 Episodes

Crimea
E1
CrimeaThe shocking facts behind battles that were fought covertly. Digging deep into archives and quizzing experts and journalists, this series uncovers some of the most controversial, covered up and shocking military operations since the Second World War. This first episode begins in Crimea, when the Crimean Peninsula was annexed from Ukraine by the Russian Federation between February and March 2014.
Yemen
E2
YemenReports that arose in March 2019 of UK Special Boat Service troops killed in Yemen
Somalia
E3
SomaliaIn October 1993, an elite unit of the U.S. Army began a fairly straight-forward mission in Somalia's capital Mogadishu; within minutes of reaching their destination the situation descended into chaos, and the mission turned into a battle.
Bosnia
E4
BosniaOn 3 March 1992, Bosnia and Herzegovina gained its independence from Yugoslavia, leading to a complex war fuelled by ethnic tensions fought on many fronts
Kashmir
E5
KashmirThe shocking facts behind covert battles. Digging deep into archives and quizzing experts and journalists, this series uncovers some of the most controversial, covered up and shocking military operations since the Second World War
Laos
E6
LaosLaos: 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
Central America
E7
Central AmericaCentral America: In the 1980s, El Salvador and Nicaragua fought vicious civil wars - and spearheading the fight against communism, the US engaged.
Mali
E8
MaliMali: 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.
Coups d’etat
E9
Coups d’etatCoups d'Etat: 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.
Gaza
E10
GazaGaza: 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.