Secret Wars Uncovered

The shocking facts behind battles that were fought covertly. 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. This first episode begins in Crimea, when the Crimean Peninsula was annexed from Ukraine by the Russian Federation between February and March 2014.

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

In October 1993, an elite battle unit of the US army began a fairly straight-forward mission in Somalia's capital to arrest two top lieutenants of the warlord Mohammed Aidid, who controlled the city. Dubbed the Battle of Mogadishu, within minutes it descended into chaos as one of the Black Hawk helicopters circling overheard was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade, spun out of control and crashed.

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

The shocking facts behind battles that were fought covertly. 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.