Secret Wars Uncovered

In war-torn countries, political influence plays a vital role in causing and suppressing conflicts. The filmmaker digs deep to uncover the details of several wars that never came to the surface.

In war-torn countries, political influence plays a vital role in causing and suppressing conflicts. The filmmaker digs deep to uncover the details of several wars that never came to the surface.

In war-torn countries, political influence plays a vital role in causing and suppressing conflicts. The filmmaker digs deep to uncover the details of several wars that never came to the surface.

In war-torn countries, political influence plays a vital role in causing and suppressing conflicts. The filmmaker digs deep to uncover the details of several wars that never came to the surface.

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.

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

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.

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.

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?

In this episode we uncover America�s 'secret war in Africa', revealing the details of the Special Forces Operation to save hostages from Mali�s Radisson Blu hotel in 2015.

An uncompromising show of power, the military coup is an age-old method to violently and often secretly topple governments and take control by force. This episode goes behind the scenes of some of the greatest coups in recent history.