Operation Red Wings: When Four Navy Seals Took on a Team of Talibans…

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Summer, 2005. US and coalition forces were battling through the 4th year of Operation Enduring Freedom. While few envisioned an end to the overall mission in Afghanistan any time soon, there was some hope in the form of the impending parliamentary elections scheduled for September of that year that rather remarkably for Afghanistan would include female candidates.

However, the various anti-coalition militias that had sprung up comprising of members of the Taliban, the Al-Qaeda terrorist network and various other factions opposed to western influence in their country were determined to stop the elections which they saw as ungodly. Recognising this, coalition forces in Afghanistan took proactive steps to clamp down on some of the most radical factions and their leaders in the months building up to September.

This would lead to one of the deadliest days in the history of the United States special forces where a force ultimately comprising twenty men would be wiped out save for one. A sole survivor. Welcome to Wars of the World.

00:00 Introduction
01:32 The Objective
05:21 Marcus Luttrell
09:00 An Impossible Battle
14:01 The Lone Survivor
17:06 Aftermath

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Written & Researched by: Tony Wilkins
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