Special Forces: Untold Stories
Season 1
Germany's GSG-9: Jihad in the Fatherland Crack German commandos must retake a plane full of tourists that has been hijacked in Frankfurt by deadly Arab terrorists in Frankfurt and forced to fly to Somalia.
Where to Watch Special Forces: Untold Stories • Season 1
4 Episodes
- The British SAS: Attack in the Desert
E1The British SAS: Attack in the DesertJanuary 17, 1991, by the end of the first day of Operation Desert Storm, U.S. bombers and fighter jets have already established air superiority over Iraq. For the U.S.-led coalition, it promises to be a clean, high-tech war. But that night, Sadam Hussein strikes back with volley after volley of deadly Scud missiles aimed at both Israel and Saudi Arabia. When allied bombers fail to stop the Scuds from the air, the job falls to the British SAS on the ground. Since WWII, these highly trained commandos have been used to carry out sabotage and reconnaissance missions deep behind enemy lines. - The German GSG-9: Jihad in the Fatherland
E4The German GSG-9: Jihad in the FatherlandOn September 15, 1977, five masked gunmen abduct Hans Martin Schleyer and execute his three bodyguards. The Red Army Faction, in association with Germany’s notorious Baader-Meinhof Gang, takes credit for the crime. Barely a month later, a Frankfurt-bound Lufthansa flight leaves Majorca, Spain with 91 passengers and a crew of five. An hour into the flight, four Arab terrorists draw their weapons and take over the plane in the name of the Red Army Faction and the Baader-Meinhof Gang. Within hours of the hijacking, West Germany mobilizes its special anti-terrorist unit: Grenzschutzgruppe-9 or GSG-9.
