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The Australian SAS: The Untold History
Season 1
Raised in 1957 during Communist subversion in South-East Asia, the small and little-understood SAS quickly become the Ugly Duckling of the Australian Army. But SAS proved itself in 1965 in the deniable jungle war in Borneo during Indonesian Konfrontasi. In 1966 in Vietnam it ravaged the Viet Cong, losing no soldiers to enemy action. In 1971 the SAS returned to Australia, whose new home defence policy threatened the SAS with closure.
Episodes
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Episode 127 min2015-09-03
Part 1: Heads and Hearts
Introduces the SASR and the world of Special Forces, selection, and the head and heart values which give rise to the term 'Special'. For decades the SASR was the pariah of the Australian Army.
Episode 227 min2015-09-03
Part 2: Arc of Instability
Indonesian aggression against Malaysia during Konfrontasi in 1965 leads to the first SAS action in Borneo. This is a tough, sharp test for the new SAS. But the Vietnam War eclipses Borneo.
Episode 327 min2015-09-03
Part 3: Phantoms of the Jungle
In Vietnam, the SASR attacks the Viet Cong infrastructure, and plays the savage Viet Cong at their own game--terror and demoralising the jungle enemy. But after Tet, anti-war Western politics frustrate the SASR.
Episode 427 min2015-09-03
Part 4: Fortress Australia
After Vietnam the SAS has few friends in high places, and within the 'Fortress Australia' defence policy, extinction looms. But it wins a reprieve by introducing unconventional warfare training and long-range patrolling of Australia's vast northern coastline.