Instead, they were pinned down through a long and terrible night, locked in a desperate struggle to kill or be killed. It was supposed to take them about an hour. Late in the afternoon of Sunday, October 3, 1993, the soldiers of Task Form Ranger were sent on a mission to capture two top lieutenants of a renegade warlord and return to base. Special Forces and puts you in the middle of the most intense firelight American soldiers have fought since the Vietnam war. This is the story of war.īlack Hawk Down drops you into a crowded marketplace in the heart of Mogadishu, Somalia with the U.S. This is the story of how they got there - and how they fought their way out. Their ammunition and supplies are dwindling. As night falls, they are surrounded by thousands of enemy gunmen.
Ninety-nine elite American soldiers are trapped in the middle of a hostile city.
