On August 18, 2008, in Afghanistan, paratroopers from the 8th RPIMA were ambushed by Taliban fighters in the Uzbin valley.

The record is terrible. Uzbin's ambush traumatizes the military hierarchy, the political class and French society which refuses to pay the price of blood. The families of the victims lodge a complaint against the army and, for the first time, the civil justice obtains a right of inspection on the conduct of the war. Today, what has become of the survivors of Uzbin?

Chapters:

0:00 Intro
10:27 Arrival in Afghanistan
15:36 First mission
22:59 Arrival in Uzbin
24:35 The Ambush
29:50 Hell
35:49 Extraction
46:43 The arrival of the President
49:14 The wrath of families
53:53 Whose fault is it?


Movie: The Ambush
A film by Jérôme Fritel
A Brother Film production
JV

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