Great SAS Missions - Season 1 Episode 5 Liberating the Iranian Embassy
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
- Studio: Channel 5
- Keyword: world war ii, british army, falklands war, special air service (sas), desert storm, adolf hitler
- Cast: Robert Powell
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