Black Hawk Down - The Battle of Mogadishu 1993, Part 1 - Animated

i love that the cow was classified as an unarmed casualty lmao

“He could see a man confidently riding a cow” That cowalry has balls of steel.

The fact that the two pilots who flew that Blackhawk basically sacrificed their lives to save the passengers on board made me respect them even more. True warriors.

I met one of the D boys from this mission when I was stationed at Ft. Lewis years ago. He was a friend of mines' ODA team Sgt. "Mike" defended the first downed Blackhawk by himself. He was recommended for the MOA, but since shughart and Gordon were killed his was downgraded to a DSC. Delta was so secretive in those days, there was no award ceremony for him. He said months later he went to the Delta compound and the award and citation was sitting in his mailbox. Amazing dude. Real old school operator, no flash or flair. Those original CAG guys were on another level.

I went to high school with Daniel Busch. We would always spar verbally about which branch of the service was the best. He went Army and I went Marine Corps in 1986. I had no idea he was even still in the Army much less an elite Delta operator until I saw he died in Mogadishu in 1993. He was a great guy with a sense of humor that was unique.

Something the movie doesn't capture - just how big the battle actually was.

I was born where Black Hawks are born - Stratford, Connecticut. Most of my life I watched them in the skies in peaceful testing, training, and so forth, straight from the factory where my grandfather worked for 40+ years. This battle always hit home knowing the literal birds I saw every day as a child were so intimately involved. Tremendous video, as always, and unfathomable bravery.

I can’t help but question the strategy of the entire mission. Putting men onto street level, in a dense hostile urban environment, to be targets; requiring close air support with helos…asking for trouble. Not to mention undertaking this shortly after accidentally blowing up 200+ civilians which has turned to the entire populace against you…

This is incredible man, feels like we're in a drone actually watching the action.

Spots a man armed with an AK47 confidently riding a cow into the street - Yep thats somalia

I read in a book somewhere that the pilot of Star 4-1 (the little bird who landed by the first crash sight) was constantly being ordered to take off away from the crash but refused to do so 2-3 times until they got the two delta operators on board The books called The night stalkers by Mike Durant and Steven Hartov

7:18 “He spots and armed group, following a man, confidently riding a cow, wielding an AK-47” That line got me!! 🤣

“He could see a man confidently riding a cow” And I thought charging in a jeep was ballsy

The operation we’ve been waiting for. What a cluster fuck.

Thank you for mentioning Malaysia. Recently, there is a movie regarding this operation from Malaysia's POV during rescue mission were released in our cinema after 30 years.

This is incredible. Just a small nitpick : Delta Force isn't 'a company.' They are commonly referred to as 'The Unit' or 'CAG'. For anyone interested in reading more about this event, I highly recommend Black Hawk Down by Mark Bowden and In The Company of Heroes by Michael J. Durant. Mike Durant is the downed Black Hawk pilot.

"Remember, this is a military operation. Nothing ever goes according to plan."

The two pilots were having a bant as the chopper went down. What absolute kings.

It's so frightening once you know what really happened that day. Thank you for this consecutive stage-by-stage event breakdown.

I am stunned by the level of work you've put into these videos. As a history major, I've read about dozens of battles but trying to piece together the battle in your head based off first-hand sources can be so disorienting. With these videos though it's so easy to see and understand how the battle unfolded.