SAS The Soldiers' Story

The Falklands; Columbia (1x4)

Udgivelsesdato: Dec 15, 1996

The Falklands It was a textbook operation in the best tradition of the SAS - a daring nigh-time `hit-and-run-like-hell' raid on an Argentine airstrip on Pebble Island. This programme includes a first-hand account from one of the men in G Squadron who were secretly landed on the Falklands Islands before the main British landings. About 40 men were involved in high risk missions, relaying a continuous stream of intelligence from covert-observation posts in difficult and boggy terrain set in a desolate and freezing enemy-occupied landscape. Columbia This episode looks at SAS missions in the jungle and for the first time reveals that the SAS have operated in Columbia, co-ordinating special units to fight against the drug cartels controlling the production and supply of cocaine throughout the world. In this episode a leading SAS soldier talks first hand about his experiences fighting the drug barons.