Episode 01 - Going to War
Responding to 9/11, Canadian soldiers aid their American allies in Afghanistan, only to suffer the “friendly fire” bombing at Tarnak Farm.
Responding to the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the 3rd Battalion of the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry comes to the aid of our American allies in Kandahar, Afghanistan in early 2002, fighting in combat for the first time since the Korean War.
The 800 troops are eager for action – and revenge – they want “to make it right.” In Operation Anaconda, Canadian snipers deep behind enemy lines save pinned down American soldiers while Corporal Rob Furlong shatters the record for the longest kill shot in history. Infantry relentlessly comb the mountains and caves of eastern and southern Afghanistan hunting the fleeing remnants of Al-Qaeda and the Taliban.
The Canadians excel in battle, but the mission is marred when United States Air Force pilot Major Harry Schmidt drops a 500-pound bomb on soldiers carrying out a night firing exercise at Tarnak Farm. The “friendly fire” bombing kills four young soldiers and wounds eight others, including Sergeant Lorne Ford and Corporal Brett Perry, who both speak candidly about the incident.
The Canadians and their American allies mourn their losses together, but the mission continues. Three years later, the Canadians return.
