2020
TV-14
1h

Summary Documentary series about secret wars and political influences to create conflict in war torn countries and areas sometimes funding terrorism to align political ends. View more details

2020
TV-14
1h

Secret Wars Uncovered

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Toby Ricketts Fleetwood Kate James Rogers Christopher Fuller

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5.9

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Genres : History War Documentary

Release date : Jun 18, 2020

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Official sites : Series trailer

Language : English

Production companies : Cic Media

Summary Documentary series about secret wars and political influences to create conflict in war torn countries and areas sometimes funding terrorism to align political ends. View more details

Details

Genres : History War Documentary

Release date : Jun 18, 2020

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Official sites : Series trailer

Language : English

Production companies : Cic Media

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Episode 1 • Jun 18, 2020

Coup in Crimea

Exploring the annexation of Crimea by Russia in 2014, the biggest in Europe since WWII.

Episode 2 • Jun 25, 2020

Yemen, Britain and the Saudis

Reports that arose in March 2019 of UK Special Boat Service troops killed in Yemen

Episode 3 • Jul 02, 2020

Somali Pirates and Black Hawk Down

In 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.

Episode 4 • Jul 09, 2020

Battleground Bosnia

On 3 March 1992, Bosnia and Herzegovina gained its independence from Yugoslavia, leading to a complex war fuelled by ethnic tensions fought on many fronts

Episode 5 • Jul 16, 2020

Kashmir Powder KEG

The 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

Episode 6 • Jul 23, 2020

Secret war in Laos

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

Episode 7 • Jul 30, 2020

Cold War in Central America

Central America: In the 1980s, El Salvador and Nicaragua fought vicious civil wars - and spearheading the fight against communism, the US engaged.

Episode 8 • Aug 06, 2020

Desert War in Mali

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.

Episode 9 • Aug 13, 2020

Coups D'etat

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.

Episode 10 • Aug 20, 2020

The Gaza Offensive

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.

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