After the Spetznaz eliminates their Chechen separatist captors a gross and tragic oversight ends up killing many of the hostages.

After intelligence gathering on the occupiers of the mystery residence in Abbottabad is complete Head of JSOC Admiral McRaven offers three plans of attack, with the direct commando approach eventually becoming the best choice.

After a decade of searching, the CIA begins to activate agents on the ground after they identify in a mysterious compound in Pakistan an HVT, a High Value Target, that they believe is Osama Bin Laden.

Russia's elite counter-terrorism force, Spetsnaz Group Alfa, face a near-impossible task: to save 800 people held hostage by 40 heavily-armed Chechen rebels and suicide bombers inside a Moscow theater packed with explosives.

The SAS conduct a bloody albeit successful raid on a compound housing Al Qaeda militants and important senior leaders in a bid to get closer to Al-Zarqawi.

In one of the most famous raids ever, the Unit storms the Ugandan airport at Entebbe to free hostages.

The Unit, the "long arm of the IDF," is the most lethally trained force that Israel possesses.

During the British raid, the once feared West Side Boys' leader was found in a surprsing place.

Operation Certain Death gets under way to rescue British soldiers from the West Side Boys in Sierra Leone.

Sierra Leone, Africa is engulfed in civil war, and British soldiers have been captured by the West Side Boys, who are led by a schizophrenic leader.

A surveillance team has been sent in by the British army to scout out the location of their captured soldiers and to either wait for back-up or withdraw.

Tales originating from a shiphand's diary from the early 18th century describe where a cache of booty, including the fabled Treasure of Lima, has been buried on Cocos Island, and a German adventurer is intent on finding it.

For 2000 years, explorers have searched for the ancient boat that, according to The Bible, saved Noah from a great flood. But does the ark actually exist? Some modern ark hunters believe it does, and that it is in modern-day Turkey.

Two days after his army takes Austria, Hitler travels to Vienna and immediately takes possession of the Spear that is said to have pierced the side of Christ and that holds magical powers.

Researcher and treasure hunter Richard Knight consults various historic maritime documents to try to assess the location of legendary pirate Captain Kidd's buried treasure.

German journalist Paul Badde goes on a journey of discovery to learn about the 'face of god' print said to have been created by Jesus himself housed in a church in Manoppello, Italy.