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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.
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Black Ops
Spetsnaz Group Alfa: Russia's Navy SEALs
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In one of the most famous raids ever, the Unit storms the Ugandan airport at Entebbe to free hostages.
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Black Ops
Airport Assault
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A wealth of information via social media amid the Mumbai attacks only adds confusion to a chaotic situation, particularly within the ranks of the Indian government.
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Mumbai Attacks a Mixture of Confusion and Terror
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Mumbai is under bloody attack and India's National Security Guard, nicknamed the Black Cats, were called to stop the chaos, operating under four main directives.
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Black Cats Corner the Terrorists
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After the Spetznaz eliminates their Chechen separatist captors a gross and tragic oversight ends up killing many of the hostages.
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Moscow Theater Hostages Die After Being Liberated
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The Unit, the "long arm of the IDF," is the most lethally trained force that Israel possesses.
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Israel's The Unit
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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.
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McRaven Raid Plans
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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.
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The SAS Surveillance Team
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Operation Certain Death gets under way to rescue British soldiers from the West Side Boys in Sierra Leone.
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Operation Certain Death
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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.
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The High Value Target is Bin Laden
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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.
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Captured in Sierra Leone
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During the British raid, the once feared West Side Boys' leader was found in a surprsing place.
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West Side Boys Leader Not So Brave
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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.
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SAS Raid on Al Qaeda
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The SAS Surveillance Team
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Veterans and footage from the invasion of Normandy provide the details as to just how treacherous the initial landings and fierce the German defenses were their with underwater mines, 88-milimeter artillery rounds and machine gun emplacements.
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D-Day to Victory
Unimaginable Noise and the Hellish Defense in the Waters of Normandy
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Private Hal Baumgarten and his fellow GIs are victims of a deadly German ambush as they advance inland from the beach at Normandy. As he is about to be evacuated a sniper hits him, then gets "exterminated" by an unexpected friend.
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Saved By an Unexpected Friend in a Ditch in Normandy
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A formidable German defense in Caen forces the Allies to unleash a massive aerial bombardment on the key city, with both the enemy and allies forced to seek cover.
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D-Day to Victory
Massive Allied Bombing of Caen Hits Both Friend and Foe
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As Lance Cpl. Stan Matulis is moving house to house clearing out the Germans in the Falaise pocket during the Battle of Normandy he and his comrades take a break in a home. After passing a window a couple of times he is shot in the neck by a sniper.
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D-Day to Victory
Surviving a German Sniper's Bullet
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As the Germans were withdrawing from Normandy and Belgium many regrouped in Holland and attacked the Allies, inflicting many casualties. As the body count grew so did the letters that had to be written to family members of the deceased.
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D-Day to Victory
A Battalion of Germans Came Down the Road and Attacked My Bridge
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Besides the cold and lack of supplies and onrushing German forces soldiers of the 101st Airborne had to contend with the fear of the unknown, and fear of letting your fellow soldier down during the harsh Siege of Bastogne.
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D-Day to Victory
The 101st is Surrounded and Cut Off in Bastogne
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Airman Leonard recounts the chaos and cruelty of nighttime bombing raids over Berlin in a Lancaster and how he and his crew had to crash-land their disabled aircraft on one particular sortie.
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D-Day to Victory
Bombing Berlin in a Sea of Flak
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By October 1939 after the Soviets and Nazis had partitioned Poland the Gestapo and Soviet secret police were looking for ways to increase and render more effective their collaboration
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WWII Confidential
The Soviets and Nazis Throw the Poles to the Wind
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During a trip to Moscow in December 1941 British Foreign Minister Anthony Eden learns of Stalin's desire to hold onto eastern Poland after the end of the war.
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WWII Confidential
Stalin Reveals to the British His Polish Pretension
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Despite the massive loss of life of his own people Stalin is viewed in the US as a hero by the end of 1942.
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WWII Confidential
Stalin Man of the Year as His Country Bleeds
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As German forces gradually retreat from the Eastern front and Soviet forces wait just outside Warsaw the Polish resistance rises assuming that Stalin will come to their aid.
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WWII Confidential
Stalin Watches as The Warsaw Uprising of 1944 Gets Crushed
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As part of the Soviet control that Stalin imposed over Poland Russians were made to pose as Polish officers.
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WWII Confidential
Russians Pretending to Be Polish Officers
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A former interpreter of Stalin's confirms that he felt betrayed by the Allies because they only opened up a second front in Western Europe when the Red Army began to approach Germany and the West.
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WWII Confidential
Stalin Feels the Allies Betrayed Him During the War
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