The Netflix docu-series Surviving Black Hawk Down looks at the most devastating moments of the Battle of Mogadishu

Though both U.S. Army leaders and journalists have meticulously documented how the Battle of Mogadishu unfolded decades ago, Netflix is bringing something new to our memory of the incident.

After watching Surviving Black Hawk Down, I started to wonder if the United States of America really has the world’s best military, as it claims. Growing up, I learned of the embarrassing Vietnam War (mainly due to the epic scenes in Forrest Gump),

Surviving Black Hawk Down tells the famous story of the Battle of Mogadishu, but it only scratches the surface of one of its most important figures.

The three-part series dives deeper than ever into the conflict that inspired Ridley Scott's Oscar-winning war movie