Season 1
(2015)
Overview
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.
Cast
Episodes
Part 1: Heads and Hearts 0.0
September 3, 2015
Introduces the SASR and the world of Special Forces, selection, and the head and heart values which give rise to the te…
Part 2: Arc of Instability 0.0
September 3, 2015
Indonesian aggression against Malaysia during Konfrontasi in 1965 leads to the first SAS action in Borneo. This is a to…
Part 3: Phantoms of the Jungle 0.0
September 3, 2015
In Vietnam, the SASR attacks the Viet Cong infrastructure, and plays the savage Viet Cong at their own game--terror and…
Part 4: Fortress Australia 0.0
September 3, 2015
After Vietnam the SAS has few friends in high places, and within the 'Fortress Australia' defence policy, extinction lo…