Season 2

2022 · 12 episodes

Episodes

1Episode 1: Syria's Stalingrad, AleppoFor 4 long years, the largest city in Syria was torn apart in one of the largest and most ferocious battles of the 21st century. This is the story of how and why Aleppo was so fiercely fought over between the regime of Bashar al-Assad and his allies on the one side, and various rebel factions and their allies on the other.
2Episode 2: The Russian Invasion of GeorgiaIn 2008, Russia initiated a full-scale invasion into Georgia in what became the first European war of the 21st century.
3Episode 3: The Chechen WarsAcross the 1990's and early 2000's, the Republic of Chechnya attempted to secede from Russia and achieve independence.
4Episode 4: The US Invasion of IraqIn 2003 the US and its allies invaded Iraq under the pretext of dismantling Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction.
5Episode 5: The Russian Intervention in SyriaRussia’s intervention in the Syrian Civil War to assist Assad’s regime lead to a triumph in geopolitics for the Kremlin.
6Episode 6: The Transnistria WarThe war fought between Moldova, the breakaway state of Transnistria, and Russia.
7Episode 7: Xinjiang & The Uyghur GenocideSince 2017, China has been carrying out the largest genocide of the 21st century, targeting the Uyghur people East Turkestan.
8Episode 8: America's Longest WarThe longest war in American history was the one fought for nearly 20 years in Afghanistan between 2001 and 2021.
9Episode 9: Russia's Invasion of Ukraine, Phase 1The first phase of the Russian Invasion of Ukraine from the February 24 when the Russians first attacked to the April 7, 2022.
10Episode 10: Russia's Invasion of Ukraine, Phase 2After failing to capture Kyiv the Russian army began to refocus everything on the eastern front and the battle for the Donbas.
11Episode 11: The Yemen Civil WarIn 2014, Yemen descended into an initially two-sided civil war between the Shia-adjacent Houthis & the largely Sunni government.
12Episode 12: The Libyan Civil WarsLibya was once among Africa's most prosperous nations until 2011 when the country descended into chaos and instability.