Mercenaries

Learn how an elite squadron of South African mercenaries attempted to board a hijacked ship and free 22 sailors from their Somali pirate captors.

Uncover the secrets of 'The Three Two Battalion', a formidable band of mercenaries who took part in numerous African conflicts well into the 21st century.

The incredible story of how a small group of South African mercenaries defied their reputations to reinvent themselves as Private Military Companies.

The story of how Blackwater transformed from a regional police training faculty, to one of the world's largest private security companies training mercenaries.

Learn how Colonel Muammar Gaddffi , prompted by the uprising of the Arab Spring, turned to groups of foreign mercenaries to prop up his ailing regime.