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Season 1 – Great SAS Missions

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Great SAS Missions — Season 1

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Episode 1 Aired Oct 11, 2004 Birth of the SAS As Rommel's tanks swept the British back into Egypt in 1941, a young commando lieutenant, David Stirling, persuaded his superiors to allow him to set up a special unit which could cause havoc behind enemy lines. Details Episode 2 Aired Oct 11, 2004 Destroying Hitler's Airfields During World War II, the SAS used heavily-armed jeeps to strike deep behind enemy lines, attacking German and Italian airfields and supply lines. By the time the fighting in North Africa ended, the unit had grown into two full regiments. Details Episode 3 Aired Oct 11, 2004 Deception on D-Day The SAS uses the skills it had honed in the desert to create havoc in a new theater of war and distract the German defenders, while jeeps ranged deep behind the enemy's lines attacking reinforcements and communications. Details Episode 4 Aired Oct 12, 2004 Hunting Hitler's Terror Weapons The regiment was called on for one vital task -- tracking down Hitler's mobile and elusive V-2 rocket launchers; if these rockets could be launched, Hitler could destroy London or New York in one fell swoop. Details Episode 5 Aired Oct 12, 2004 Liberating the Iranian Embassy In 1981, the SAS hit the headlines when terrorists holding hostages in the Iranian Embassy were swiftly and successfully eliminated and their captives freed; they became heroes in the fight against terrorism. Details Episode 6 Aired Oct 13, 2004 Retaking the Falklands During the Falklands War, two SAS squadrons were involved in a variety of surveillance missions and a brilliantly executed raid on an Argentine airstrip in Pebble Island; the raid effectively eliminated all enemy air power. Details Episode 7 Aired Oct 13, 2004 Desert Storm Scudbusters During the Gulf War of 1992, the SAS returned to its roots as deep penetration teams fanned out into the Iraqi desert; their most important mission was to find and destroy Saddam Hussein's Scud missile launchers. Details
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Season Info

Network
BBC
Genre
Documentary, History, War
Original Language
English
Release Date
Oct 11, 2004