Liberating the Iranian Embassy

Great SAS Missions Season 1 Episode 5

Overview:
After World War II the SAS was disbanded, but it was soon realised that its special skills would be needed in the volatile post-war situation. The regiment was clandestinely rebuilt and undertook a variety of secret missions. Then in 1981 it hit the headlines when terrorists holding hostages in the Iranian Embassy were swiftly and successfully eliminated and their captives freed.

Genre : Documentary, War & Politics

Actors : Robert Powell

Release Date : 2004-09-01

Duration : 23 menit

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Other Episodes (Season 1)

Birth of the SAS
1. Birth of the SAS
Destroying Hitler's Airfields
2. Destroying Hitler's Airfields
Deception on D-Day
3. Deception on D-Day
Hunting Hitler's Terror Weapons
4. Hunting Hitler's Terror Weapons
Liberating the Iranian Embassy
5. Liberating the Iranian Embassy
Retaking the Falklands
6. Retaking the Falklands
Desert Storm Scudbusters
7. Desert Storm Scudbusters

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