Billion Dollar Base: Army Base in Afghanistan | Free Documentary
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Published 2021-04-16
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Billion Dollar Base: Dismantling Camp Bastion tells the story of the team dismantling the British Army base in Afghanistan. For eight years it’s been the powerhouse of UK and US military operations. Now Britain’s biggest overseas base since World War II is closing down for good. This documentary was given exclusive access to the men and women whose job it was to pack up this giant jigsaw puzzle, ending one of the longest wars in British history.
A town bigger than many in Britain, with a massive infrastructure – airport, hospital, fast food restaurants – is being dismantled bolt by bolt and sent back to the UK. What is left will be handed over to the Afghans. But with defences and manpower depleting daily, in the face of a constant threat from the Taliban, it’s a dangerous race against time to close this city in the sand.
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All Comments (21)
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The Dismantling of British Base Camp Bastion in Afghanistan. For 8 years, it's been the powerhouse of UK and US Military operations. Now, Britain's biggest overseas base since WWII is closing down for good. The doc team was given exclusive access to the men and women whose job it was to pack up this giant jigsaw puzzle, ending one of the longest wars in British history. The camp, bigger than many towns in Britain, with a massive infrastructure - airport, hospital, fast food restaurants - is being dismantled and sent back to the UK. Any leftovers will be handed over to the Afghans. But with defenses and manpower depleting daily, the future of Afghanistan could become even more precarious with nothing in between its people and the constant threat of the Taliban. And as we've heard from the US, they plan on pulling out everything and every one by September 11 of this year. Available Worldwide except the UK #freedocumentary
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let me get this straight... when they came in they were fighting taliban few miles away... and now twenty years later, having burnt billions of dollars they are still fighting taliban a few miles from the camp... good job!
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"the concrete walls are too heavy, otherwise they would have taken them" Damm right!
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I'm sure Taliban is very thankful for their new base.
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Apart from the human loss the amount of money and resources wasted on that hell hole it's mind boggling. Thanks to the politicians lack of respect to their constituents.
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Afghanistan be like "Are you going check out? Did you enjoy your war? Thanks for visiting us, you are welcome again" please give us ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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Dear Taxpayers: Thanks for everything! Love, The Taliban
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They gave Afghanistan an empty camp with cement walls
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The Afghan army captain when he had confirmed that everything was going away. Even hope..
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All this huge spending and no goal achieved. Taliban still there and now US doing truce and requesting them to allow US troops leave. What a waste what a mess? Who is responsible for this misadventure?
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Britishers are experts in taking things with them.
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“The concrete walls are heavy otherwise they would have taken them too.” It means a lot this sentence have one Galaxy meaning.
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26:57 This is absolute gem
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British have some experience withdrawing from Afghanistan..
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So in the past 150 years, British lost Afghanistan for the fourth times. One wonders , did not they know that Afghanistan was the graveyard of the empires.
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you can tell in this doc. that they knew they were doomed. At this point, I would argue they had already made up their mind.
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"Make sure you're changing socks and pants." 😂😂😂😂 Feels like high school all over again. 🤣🤣🤣
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Some of the things the Afghan officer says off the record are priceless
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I lol'd so hard at 27:10...."Tell him some rubbish , like...You've spent a lot here, cheers".
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300 planes land everyday in this camp. The captain:"That tent is recyclable, send it back to Britain."
