Black Hawk Down

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Synopsis

Ninety-nine elite American soldiers are trapped in the middle of a hostile city. As night falls, they are surrounded by thousands of enemy gunmen: Their wounded are bleeding to death. Their ammunition and supplies are dwindling. This is the story of how they got there -- and how they fought their way out.
This is the story of war.
Black Hawk Down drops you into a crowded marketplace in the heart of Mogadishu, Somalia with the U.S. Special Forces -- and puts you in the middle of the most intense firefight American soldiers have fought since the Vietnam War.
Late in the afternoon of Sunday, October 3, 1993, the soldiers of Task Force Ranger were sent on a mission to capture two top lieutenants of a renegade warlord and return to base. It was supposed to take them about an hour. Instead, they were pinned down through a long and terrible night in a hostile locked in a desperate struggle to kill or be killed.
When the unit was finally rescued the following morning, eighteen American soldiers were dead and dozens more badly injured. The Somali toll was far worse: more than five hundred killed and over a thousand wounded. Award-winning literary journalist Mark Bowden's dramatic narrative captures this harrowing ordeal through the eyes of the voting men who fought that day. He draws on his extensive interviews of participants from both sides -- as well as classified combat video and radio transcripts -- to bring their stories to life.
Authoritative, gripping, and insightful, Black Hawk Down is a riveting look at the terror and exhilaration of combat, destined to become a classic of war reporting.

Chapters

  • BlackHawkDown 21 BlackHawkDown Chapter7

    Duration: 03min
  • BlackHawkDown 22 BlackHawkDown Chapter8

    Duration: 04min
  • BlackHawkDown 23 BlackHawkDown Chapter9

    Duration: 09min
  • BlackHawkDown 24 BlackHawkDown Chapter10

    Duration: 20min
  • BlackHawkDown 25 BlackHawkDown Chapter11

    Duration: 04min
  • BlackHawkDown 26 BlackHawkDown Chapter12

    Duration: 05min
  • BlackHawkDown 27 BlackHawkDown Chapter13

    Duration: 04min
  • BlackHawkDown 28 BlackHawkDown Chapter14

    Duration: 10min
  • BlackHawkDown 29 BlackHawkDown Chapter15

    Duration: 04min
  • BlackHawkDown 30 BlackHawkDown Chapter16

    Duration: 10min
  • BlackHawkDown 31 BlackHawkDown Chapter17

    Duration: 15min
  • BlackHawkDown 32 BlackHawkDown Chapter18

    Duration: 02min
  • BlackHawkDown 33 BlackHawkDown Chapter19

    Duration: 18min
  • BlackHawkDown 34 BlackHawkDown Chapter20

    Duration: 14min
  • BlackHawkDown 35 Overrun Chapter1

    Duration: 13min
  • BlackHawkDown 36 Overrun Chapter2

    Duration: 10min
  • BlackHawkDown 37 Overrun Chapter3

    Duration: 02min
  • BlackHawkDown 38 Overrun Chapter4

    Duration: 06min
  • BlackHawkDown 39 Overrun Chapter5

    Duration: 06min
  • BlackHawkDown 40 Overrun Chapter6a

    Duration: 15min
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