Secret Wars Uncovered

Secret Wars Uncovered (2020)

1 seasons • 10 episodes • EN • 10.0/10
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EP 1 ⏱ 44 min
Crimea
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?
Season 1
S1 • E1
EP 2 ⏱ 44 min
Yemen
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?
Season 1
S1 • E2
EP 3 ⏱ 44 min
Somalia
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.
Season 1
S1 • E3
EP 4 ⏱ 44 min
Bosnia
On 3 March 1992, Bosnia & Herzegovina gained its independence from Yugoslavia, leading to a complex war fuelled by ethnic tensions fought on many fronts.
Season 1
S1 • E4
EP 5 ⏱ 44 min
Kashmir
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.
Season 1
S1 • E5
EP 6 ⏱ 44 min
Laos
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.
Season 1
S1 • E6
EP 7 ⏱ 44 min
Central America
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?
Season 1
S1 • E7
EP 8 ⏱ 44 min
Mali
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.
Season 1
S1 • E8
EP 9 ⏱ 44 min
Coups 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.
Season 1
S1 • E9
EP 10 ⏱ 44 min
Gaza
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.
Season 1
S1 • E10