The Special Boat Service & the Sokoto Raid | March 2012
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- Опубліковано 30 гру 2019
- In May 2011, British national, Christopher McManus, and Italian, Franco Lamolinara, were kidnapped from their apartment in Nigeria and held as hostages. In March 2012, their location was pinpointed, which led to a detachment from the Special Boat Service launching a rescue Operation.
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Hi everyone,
Been using some new editing software over the passed few weeks and working on some new animations for the videos, which make their debut in this video, namely improved Maps and Captions. Tell me what you think of them and if there are any improvements I can make to them for future videos!
Also, I hope you all had a great Christmas and I wish you all the best for the New Year and 2020! 🇬🇧
Great work as always LFE.
Very cinematic without being overly dramatic. Difficult line to walk but you nail it.
Smooth and seamless, I appreciate your succinct and thoughtful presentations.
Loved it as usual great topic and very sobering to hear about our troops not getting the 'prize' quite sobering and not sensational as so many others are apt to do. Please don't go down the sombre plodding voice so many do and change it up occasionally. I'm so glad you havnt been hounded off youtube. Bitchute is there as a backup if needed but nowhere near the revenue of UA-cam.
Looking better! Great voice over thats what really does it for me!
Great work, have a good year!
The SBS operators couldn't have been given a more shit set of circumstances to deal with.
The government should’ve let them move in at night
Sbs dont get enough credit. Never. Shout out to them. They are among the best in the world
That's good they get no credit. All these units should keep a extreme low profile. The men within the unit know what they've done. If they need public adulation or acknowledgement they're not the right men to be SF.
who gets credit ever tbh except US SOF, they do an op they make a press conference, they kill somebody and 5 books + a movie are made.
TunisianDom 93 I mean that’s really just the navy seals you don’t see many movies about green berets, marsoc, rangers, CCTs, PJs, SR, Delta.
@BossmanFromEnds SBS i reckon are better, most are Royal Marines... says it all really
M O Never was a competition we’re all part JSOC at the end of the day
RIP to the two hostages.
Shouldn’t have gotten themselves in a position to be taken. Like why live in Nigeria ever?
@@Bravo-Too-Much They live in a bubble. They think the world is safe and denies the evil shit is happening around them. Happens all the times. Idk what are they called in england but they are called "Snowflakes" in America.
@@eldarhighelfhealermiriella7653 It happened to a man from the UK who wanted to go to Syria to provide humanitarian aid despite being told countless times not to go. He got captured and executed. His name is Alan Henning if you're interested.
@@eldarhighelfhealermiriella7653 doesn't matter if it was their fault, show some respect for the dead you knob
@@directorialincomes Number 17. New record thanks.
As a Nigerian-American we thank you old British comrades 🤝
Go back to Nigeria if it’s so great.
@@Bravo-Too-Much I said Nigerian-American you low iq, I was born in the states so yeah, I'll go back to the States lol.
AsRebel he’s just waiting for a response butt, just ignore him
@@Bravo-Too-Much shut up you twat
@AsRebel As a British national, I truly count my blessing for the friendship and alliance of our American Cousins. Furthermore the Nigerian Army gave invaluble support in a difficult mission, where the SBS were at an extreme disadvantage.
I can't imagine how these men feel going into a mission which is almost guaranteed to fail. As soon as surprise element is lost, it's likely the hostages are dead soon after.
As McNabb pointed out failure is relative to all other options being exhausted. Carrying on with the attempt once spotted and not losing any "operators", was a partial success, stopping the hostages being handed over for a likely worse end was another partial success, sadly the most difficult part, getting them out alive was 100% not possible once the hostagetakers chose to kill them immediately rather than leave them to try and flee or surrender
@@hattyfarbuckle who cares what McNab said?
But Benny Harvey is right.
SBS Commander makes a recommendation based on his long years of service knowledge.
Government: nah, don't do that. Just rush in at daytime while everyone's awake and alert.
Experience against non-experience? Night assault is better because it creates chaos and SBS would have better advantages compared to the kidnappers.
A mission of 30% success rate? I would just listen to the SBS commander's recommendation. In fact, I would just keep my hands off when it comes to the operation plan if I were the senior responsible person who had no clues about rescue plans.
I would guess those SBS troops at some point were practically weeping in frustration knowing that such an assault would almost guarantee the death of the hostages.
Gentlemen.
Thank you for being who you are, we the public need you and Respect you, please take care of each other....as I know you do.
Found your channel while surfing through some stuff about UKSF and your channel is definitely a good one, you deserve a lot more subs than the ~28k that you do have! Watched all your videos in one afternoon, probably the best afternoon in a while!
Also, happy new year🥳
I am sure the special operators did the absolute best that they could under the circumstances. The other disadvantage they had, the terrorists scum already possessed and obviously had Direct access to the victims. Any chance of recovering the victims alive was blown when they were spotted. A very high likelihood since it was a daylight operation.
The SBS operators were not spotted, but the nigerians soldiers were. Daylight operations have this risk.
Glad you posted again. Tragic story but never even heard of it so thank you
Thanks for this! Love your videos, man! Especially ones with special forces involved. Thanks again! Happy New Year!
Another outstanding video mate, no cheesy shit music in the background, just well researched facts and operational footage and pictures when available.
Well done Sir!
Fr
Another amazing video, great production and superb narration. Best on youTube!!
Reassuring to know if you are a citizen and you find yourself at peril. There’s men like the SF to aid. Big respect
I’m proud of how far our great country has come and the respect we have earned. My condolences for the losses of these two men. 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
Cameron was arrogant and the two poor men died.
He should have let the Italian special forces take over. They are much better negotiators.
Shame of you Cameron.
@Aaron T the UK should have let Italy take over.
They are much better at negotiating.
Two men Italian and British) died because of Cameron's arrogance.
Aaron T 🇬🇧🇺🇸 brothers
Could you cover the operations of the Swedish SOG in Afghanistan and/or Iraq?
Excellent video as always, Happy New Year.
Phantom most of the SOG ops are still classified
@@swedishviking2207 Most? Are there any declassified ones?
Thank you for again bringing to light military operations we might otherwise have never even heard of. I hope all the viewers of this video remember the words of the SF personel. We never plan on failure. But it happens. With better logistics and susequent better planning the chances of success increases dramatically. But the only real failure is our own apathy. Thank God there are men like these who do care. More than needing them, we need be inspired into some action by them. For those that haven't returned. RIP.
Please continue keeping us informed.
Love this channel so much
By far my favorite channel
Fantastic video, editing and great new animations. Thank you very much indeed, your work is 100% appreciated. Best wishes from Sussex by the sea.
Amazing videos as always
Great video and those who lost their lives Rest In Peace. Who Dares Wins means you take calculated risks knowing you will not always succeed.
It’s Been a while. Been worried.
Great video, glad I found your channel. The YT algorithm did well this time.
Thanks
Great content mate 🇬🇧
I like when you added the logos of each army that was involved in the operation at the end of the video
I heard the reports at the time. Very sad outcome. Assaulting a built up area in broad day light will always be risky. Surprised there were no casualties on the assaulting forces
Good to see SBS get some recognition, it’s deserved.
Just wish it was over a different op...
Excellent vid. This is a little known op and it's good to see someone cover it.
Excellent video, thank you for sharing
Amazing channel. Keep it up 🇬🇧🇬🇧
My favorite channel !
Great video keep the sbs ones coming
I worked in Nigeria for a month for the British government.
We didn't really know where we were going until we were on the plane.
When we got there we were rushed to waiting army vehicles who drove us to a UK compound about 40 miles away.
Guys with AKs sat behind us, sat on front of us.
4x4 in front with blue lights, and one behind!
When we got to the compound, we were given a massive file on what to do if kidnapped!
There were security gates on the bedrooms, armed guards surrounded the compound, it was insane!!!
It didn't help that we were due to drive through Abuja the day that the Miss World riots saw the city burnt pretty badly.
There were no people in the city when we drove through, just army dudes on roundabouts through the city, nobody walking around or anything.
Africa is scary. It goes from zero to holy shit in 0 seconds flat. Crazy place.
great vid keep it up
THIS CHANNEL IS SERIOUSLY GOOD 👌👍👍👍👍🙌 👍👍👍🙌 👍
Who ever was in that door way at 5:31 took a headshot for sure
Indeed, it certainly looks like a terrorist and a high velocity round met...
Felix Cat hahah must of went something like, “ hello, my name is 556 nato, pleated to meet you”
Definitely ate more than one round...also..looks like he was a squirter
RIP Chris & Franco 🙏🏻
Don’t hear bout the SBS their origins and status. Maybe a video bout them?
There's not a lot of information about them, they're super secretive
The book First into Action by Duncan Falconer is a great start.
@@stevemcdonald44 Indeed, I read it recently and enjoyed it a lot. It reveals quite a bit about how the SBS differs from the SAS and the rivalries between them. www.goodreads.com/book/show/25337362-first-into-action
@@stevemcdonald44 Agreed. It's a brilliant read.
glhmedic theres a film called “Cockleshell heroes” I think it was made in the 60’s. It’s about how they were formed.
Love these guys Good on ya God bless .
Happy New Year from Malaysia
Nice video to cure my hangover
Exactly that last statement rip to those who died and ty to those that tried
Could you do a video on Operation Anaconda in Afghanistan, covering what went wrong and how USAF CCT John Chapman earned the Medal of Honor?
swansea007791 John Chapman’s death has been covered in depth but not the surrounding operation and why they were deploying to the mountaintop in the first place. All the JSOC and Ranger deaths on Roberts’ Ridge could have been avoided had it not been for the blatant negligence of higher leadership at the time. This has not been discussed on UA-cam.
Phil Swift would make a good movie
I SAWED THIS BOAT IN HALF!
@@jameslyddall Well you called it they’re making a movie on it called Combat Control
Just a thought, maybe do a video on a Canadian operation in Latvia if any are declassified and have good information about them.
Great video, have a good new year.
Im from Latvia, what operation? O.O Have never heard of anything about it, i know that US and Canadian troops come here for joint military exercises as part of NATO cooperation.
There's fighting in Latvia? News to me.
Nice video
well narrated
Fantastic videos...pls post more...finished watching em...secondly why was sbs chosen for this mission...shuldnt it have been a sas mission?
Tough to listen to considering the outcome. Great video though
Worked with a man named rob who was in sbs, absolutely a legend of a man, thank for lunchtime waries rob
Hostages died due to ineptitude. Horrible but a lesson, let them work within their own specified parameters.
I don't mean to be offensive or anything as I mean it as a constructive comment but I noticed your voice sounds different in this one compared to your usual videos, as in the middle of the sentences going up with high note and ending in a low note so its constantly going up and down with every sentence if that makes sense, but other than that it was a great video and well presented as usual!
Yes, this was really distracting. Please just use your normal voice in future.
i was looking for this comment. It’s honestly hilarious - and unique to this video! the narration sounds so inappropriately sarcastic and booored/drugged. Well done! Love the channel though.
Exactly this ... this is only the second video I've watched, but it was extremely distracting and weird. Very depressing. Glad to hear it's not a normal thing.
We have the best in the world, SBS SAS and others, who are highly trained professionals. They put their lives on the line to save others with no fear. But even with this, they know themselves, they are not 100% at what they do. Thank goodness we have these men to protect and help us when needed and we will never know who they are. Thanks guys, who ever you are.
RIP to the two guys .. But it is a tough one in a rescue mission . This is the number one situation that can happen during a rescue . I bet the men on it are gutted as it is put down as a failure . But they have nothing to be ashamed about .. They put their lives on the line to give these two men their only hope. That in itself is admirable alongside all other sacrifices they made to their families & themselves .... Utmost respect to them & RIP to the hostages.
You should have more views
5:18 *WERE THE 2 CAPTIVE MEN FIGHTING FOR THEIR LIVES SECONDS BEFORE BEING EXECUTED??* The toilet seat is ripped off the toilet, the sink was clearly ripped off the wall but the bolts were still in the wall, which means the porcelain sink mounts were broken. The water supply hose was still attached to the sink & the sink drain was broken off in 2 places, from the sink & the wall.....it looks like there was a serious fight in there.....a fight for life. RIP to those men!!!!
Doomed difficult daytime mission.
Because of high risk of hostages being executed at first sign of some sort of "operation", it is imperative that the hostages be secured first or as quickly as possible. Night operations with appropriate equipment and (stealth) procedures is usually the preferred method in order to improve probability of successful hostage rescue and survivability.
Damn....that was some major spatter on that doorway. That dude exploded.
The Good guys don't always win the battle!
great video as always, im from Nigeria and never even knew this happened. As it was the UK special forces, the supporting Nigerian Army trrops would most likely have been from the 72nd Special Forces regiment or the Nigerian SBS. Its pronounced Shokoto fyi
Probably the Um Bongo squadron? Great guys.
Cameron was arrogant and the two poor men died.
He should have let the Italian special forces take over. They are much better negotiators.
Shame of you Cameron.
Could you do operation red wings
The only reason I passed Coxswains course in Coronado Ca. A Cullis Sgt involved in a boat raid failed. (Falkland war). He called me a bloody cuss after my third attempt failure on a knot. If it means anything I've dropped many bad guy's. 97-2006 Semper Fi and Thanks
Plz do more
I don't think that the SBS failed. Their reasoning was over ruled by those who weren't about to do the job and did not have the experience. We in the U.K. are so lucky to have the SBS and others protecting us.
By Strength & Guile, 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
RIP Chris and Franco
Would you do a video on the involvement of the SAS when the Manchester bombings.
Did not know they were involved?
Thanks for the vid LfE. Happy New Year.
Why the SBS not SAS. I always assumed (duh) that SBS would involve the likelihood of water - maybe I'm way off?
They do fine on land as well. Just a guess but it could be that it was their area of operation, with SAS focusing on other countries.
like The US started with dividing devgru(SEAL team6) and delta to afghanistan and iraq, and the brits seem to have have done the same with sbs in afghanistan and sas in iraq.
@@fikonfraktare Fair point. Thank you.
Same reason Royal Marines fight in Afghanistan, it's well within their capabilities.
Fuck so sad. Great video as always.
Chris and Franco would have suffered more had they been transferred to Al-Qaeda. RIP
RIP.
happy ne wyear
Wow, the fact they did NOT wait for a night operation was a very big mistake. So many advantages they would have during a night raid.... they could have cut/disabled the power supply to the build and or entire block(picked a night with little moon ) sbs surely would have the BEST night vision better than the best civilian night sights and googles, sure they have Flir (Foward looking infrared, body image from heat signatures. They also would have advanced listening mic to pick up audio( would benefit advance recon team to help locate which area or room hostage are in, and how many people are around and get intel from what’s beeping talked about ( example: we are going to bed mike your on guard duty Justin watch the hostage, two people will be awake) unless it was super urgent, and they had NO time ( not even 3-5 days ) I could see maybe going in with limited intel but NOT during day. They should have done drone recon from high above and also sent in micro drones. seems they rushed this operation so I’m guessing it was urgent and they somehow and intelligence they would be handed over to and terrorist group that afternoon, I think it may have been better to follow the group that would take the hostages over with a drone, and perhaps they would had to stop and rest during traveling thus WOULD HAVE BEEN IN EXPOSED area,( transitional area even) would have been in little less familiar area, and would be much more exposed, unless of course they stopped at a compound. but both died so any other time of attack couldn’t be worse. Just sucks knowing your about to die because elite team is trying to rescue them, and it’s during the day where everyone is awake and see clearly and have absolutely NO element of surprise, that day time raid was a DEATH SENTENCE for both hostage. If they could get in without alerting the ALL the villagers and every armed group, it should NEVER HAVE BEEN GIVING THE GREEN LIGHT, and the person who did should be ashamed of himself. If they where to be handed over to another group the hostages would HAD TO ENTER into a transitional space where cover and concealment would have been limited, and where thr sbs would have the advantage of choosing the time of surprised attack, and they would have been focused on repelling the sbs and the hostages would atleast stood a chance to escape and survive..... the video really should be about CHOOSING THE WRONG TIME TO CONDUCT failed Hostage rescue. And only during extremely rare events should it be during THE DAY. And if it can’t be at night or you DO NOT AND CANT GET ELEMENTS of a SURPRISE ATTACK during daytime (which is possible) the operation should be RED LIGHTED
Semper Fi brothers
They left so much out,
if the British royal marine commando's say 99.9% need not apply then you can imagine how impossible it is to get into the SAS SBS and SRR, selection is grueling to the point where people have died
For me, the mission is 100% successful. Yes the hostages died, no one could have saved them. It's just an objective not complete, rest of it is 100% great
Maybe if they could wait until dark...
You really do have to be “special” to get selected for the SAS - men have died trying to so and most countries around the world have refused use the SAS selection training process - some claiming it’s virtually impossible to expect anyone to pass such extreme requirements ( hence the reason why men have died).
Is there a reason for choosing SBS instead of SAS for a non-maritime rescue mission?
Operational
I think they were just in the area at the time.
The SBS are just as capable as the SAS to do rescue missions on the ground. The SAS and SBS are the exact same in terms of hostage rescue.
As I've Stated In A Previous Post, It's Not The Fault of Tier One or Tier Two SOF For Not Being Able To Rescue The Hostages. I Pray That These Seasoned SOF Operators Understand That The Hostages ' Blood Isn't On Their Hands.
Great vid, so sorry to see yet another instance of higher ups telling the boots on the ground when to execute their mission. Partially as a result , two innocents are executed as well. Can't say for sure , but willing to bet money that insurgents don't have night vision yet.
Excuse my ignorance, why were the SBS selected for this mission and not the SAS (genuine question - i'm not saying SAS should have been selected)? And in general, when does boat troop of the SAS get selected over the SBS?
I'm not anywhere close to qualified to answer this but it does seem as the global threats evolve the SAS are more going down the clandestine route where as the SBS especially seemingly over the course of IRAQ and Afghanistan have become the main "door kicker inners".
like I say, I'm no expert. just been reading up lots lately and the more I read and discover about the SBS its impossible not to be impressed to goose bump level and be proud to be British. itd be hard to claim they're not on power with SAS especially as they go through the same selection.
one thing it does emphasize and reaffirm, we have the best SF,s in the world.
ULSTERISBRITISH 1690 that’s interesting thanks. So I wonder what proportion of missions for the SBS are still maritime.
US ENGLISH CAN never be greatful enough to the SBS SAS. the amount of rescue mission's. and take out the enemy leave none of those rats alive mission's they do what we will never hear about . these man have my respect for life there the real man who will never fail and I as a English man I'm so proud to have these units from the UK ✌️🇬🇧👍
Man that’s a lot of blood spray round that doorway. Shame they didn’t succeed.
I understand why the UK government was hesitant to wait but I still say they should've wait until dark to conduct the raid. If they knew where the hostages were going to be moved then why not wait until dark and post a second team at the other site?
Are there any lessons to be learned in this operation?
Don't go to dangerous parts of the world africa and parts of Asia are a absolute no go.
RIP to those hostages, mission had lots of flaws.
I mean even under ideal circumstances there is very little you can do against an armoured compound full of people who will instantly kill your hostages the minute you male your presence known
4:45...someone literally exploded in that doorway
im telling you, 12am midnight with supressed weapons and a setup sniper the mission would have been 99% successful
They probably should have HALO'd into the compound at night and had the choppers arrive after they had breached the target and located the hostages.
Going in during the day with all the locals reporting in on their arrival is exactly what happened in Mogadishu in the famous "Blackhawk Down" incident.
Politicians never learn...
How come the SBS were used for this mission just considering the compound was way in land and came in by air.
Because the SBS are Marines and their motto is 'By Sea, By Land'....they are equally at home on the ground as they are in the water
You can't win them all but its not for the want of trying they tried there best and lived to fight another day
In Pace Viribus.
i think when the goverment hands the special forces a mission it would be best to take a step back and let them decide the best way on which to execute it.now im not saying that if they waited on nightfall it would have been a success but let the guys who live in that world make the final call fs
Did he say Andy McNab was in the “SCS” lol?
Stupid to go in 9am, should have been middle of the night.
Thank you
Their concern was that they were expecting them to be handed over to the other terrier group at any moment, so waiting 7 hours wasn’t realistic and they knew if they got given to that other group it was imminent death and wouldn’t track them down in time.
thanks for that astute observation commander