Timewatch

Timewatch· Season 17 · Episode 12

An American Firefight

S17E12·November 3, 1998·50m·BBC Two

In October 1993 elite units of the US army were pinned down on the streets of Mogadishu in Somalia by forces of Mohammed Farah Aidid, whom they were trying to capture. The ensuing battle left 18 American soldiers dead and 75 wounded. Timewatch explores this peace-keeping mission gone wrong. 6/6.

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