(Part 4/6)

October 7, 2010. Channel 4, Dispatches. Bravo’s Deadly Mission. In February 2010, US Marines launched the biggest operation since the start of the war in Afghanistan: Operation Moshtarak. Bravo’s Deadly Mission covers hour-by-hour the entire operation to liberate the strategically vital town of Marjah in February and contains some of the most intense fighting footage ever caught on camera. Filmed under extremely dangerous circumstances and in the toughest conditions imaginable, this Dispatches special is an extraordinary human story and an unflinching portrayal of war at first hand. Operation Moshtarak was massive news all over the world when it happened. But only one journalist was with the Marines inside Marjah. Ben Anderson spent two months with Bravo Company 1/6 Marines, eating, sleeping, running and sweating alongside them every step of the way. The access he achieved and the 50 hours of battle footage he obtained is intimate and unprecedented and forms