The mission — which would eventually become known as the Battle of Mogadishu or the Black Hawk Down incident — was expected to take no longer than an hour, according to Smithsonian Magazine.

Following his award-winning film "Black Hawk Down," Ridley Scott’s new Netflix docuseries revisits the Battle of Mogadishu with firsthand accounts from those who lived it. Here’s what happened.

This series is the story of American soldiers who were trapped in Mogadishu in 1993 when their mission unexpectedly spiraled out of control. As the battle progressed, a terrifying reality emerged.

It’s going to give a whole new perspective,” Tara Harris said. “These guys were literally boots on the ground.” ...

Ahmed always carried his camera, knowing that in Mogadishu anything could happen at any moment. He instinctively began ...

Surviving Black Hawk Down tells the true story of The Battle of Mogadishu which famously inspired the 2001 film ...

Every American war movie fan is probably familiar with the Battle of Mogadishu. It's also known as the "Black Hawk Down" incident, borrowed from the title of an exhaustively researched book and ...

The 2001 war film Black Hawk Down brought the deadly events of 1993’s Battle of Mogadishu to the big screen. The Academy Award-winning film, which was directed by Ridley Scott and based on a ...

The new three-part series Surviving Black Hawk Down, produced by Scott’s own production company Ridley Scott Associates and directed by Jack MacInnes, revisits the Battle of Mogadishu through a ...

The footage shot by Ahmed Mohamed Hassan was the first the world saw of the battle in Mogadishu He did not know it on that quiet Sunday morning, but prominent cameraman Ahmed Mohamed Hassan ...

Glenn Harris, who was among the soldiers who survived the 1993 Battle of Mogadishu in Somalia. Also during his 1993 memorial service speech, Glenn expressed the motivation behind his unit’s ...