International Terrorism Since 1945

8.0(1)|2009-01-05|1 seasons, 26 episodes

Documentary

Overview

International Terrorism Since 1945 is a television documentary series, shown on UKTV History from 5 January 2009. Narrated by Robert Powell, it is shown in half-hour episodes at 5:00 pm and 5:30 pm and depicts a history of some major terrorist groups since World War 2 and their activities.

Episodes

Season 1(26)

S1E1 · 2009-01-05

Early Israeli Terrorism

On 22 July 1946, a Zionist group Irgun, bombed the King David Hotel in Jerusalem, British Mandate of Palestine, killing 91 people.

S1E2 · 2009-01-05

The Al-Qaeda Menace

On 11 September 2001, international Islamist group Al-Qaeda hijacked four passenger planes, and deliberately flew two of them into the World Trade Center, one into The Pentagon, and crashed the other in a field in Pennsylvania, killing 2,998 people.

S1E3 · 2009-01-06

The IRA

A brief history of Irish Republican terrorism.

S1E4 · 2009-01-06

Fatah/Hamas

Palestinian terrorism, including events in Munich, in September 1972, when militant group Black September kidnapped and murdered 11 Israeli sportspeople.

S1E5 · 2009-01-07

PLO

The hijacking of three passenger planes, in September 1970, by the PLO, accompanied by demands for the release of imprisoned Palestinians.

S1E6 · 2009-01-07 · 30m

ETA, Spain

The murder of Luis Carrero Blanco. On 20 December 1973, the Prime Minister of Spain was assassinated with a car bomb, by communist group ETA.

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