American Heroes Channel offers a rare glimpse into events and battles that shaped our world.

AMERICAN HEROES

The CIA uses covert radio broadcasts and a guerrilla invasion to overthrow the president of Guatemala in 1954.

CIA Declassified

The Deadly Phantom Coup

The CIA recruits a former lover of Fidel Castro for a mission to assassinate the Cuban dictator in 1959.

Castro and the Cold Cream

The CIA hunts al-Qaida members believed to have been responsible for the 2000 suicide attack on the USS Cole in the seaport city of Aden in Yemen.

The Hunt for the Bombers

CIA agent Tony Mendez helps extricate six American diplomats from Iran in a January 1980 covert operation that inspired the award-winning film "Argo."

Argo: The Secret Story

The CIA attempts to locate and eliminate a wanted terrorist suspected of being involved in the 1998 bombing of the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya.

Operation Celestial Balance

CIA Director William Casey allegedly sanctions a 1985 covert assassination attempt on Mohammad Fadlallah, who was believed to be leader of Islamic militant group Hezbollah.

The Beirut Bomb

CIA agent Felix Rodriguez is sent to Bolivia to capture Marxist revolutionary and guerrilla leader Che Guevara.

The Hunt for Che Guevara

Parties involved in the 15-year manhunt for Osama bin Laden share testimony on their pursuit of the terrorist.

The Real Zero Dark Thirty

Two CIA operatives on the trail of Osama bin Laden put down a Taliban uprising in an Afghan fortress.

Fortress of War

The CIA works for decades to orchestrate a Libyan revolt that would remove dictator Muammar Gaddafi from power.

Killing Mad Dog Gaddafi

Dramatic re-enactments of events found in declassified CIA documents.

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