INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM SINCE 1945 Ep.8 2009

From the devastation of 9/11 to the horror of the London bombings, acts of terrorism have left their mark across the world. With the use of rare archive footage, expert testimony and state-of-the-art graphics, this gripping series investigates the motives, morals and methods of some of the most infamous terrorist attacks of recent times.

The Baader Meinhof Gang

The Red Army Faction or RAF (German Rote Armee Fraktion) (in its early stages commonly known as Baader-Meinhof Group [or Gang]), was postwar West Germany's most violent and prominent militant left-wing terrorist group. It described itself as a communist "urban guerrilla" group engaged in armed resistance. The RAF was formally founded in 1970 by Andreas Baader, Gudrun Ensslin, Horst Mahler, Ulrike Meinhof, Irmgard Möller, and others.

The Red Army Faction operated from the late 1960s to 1998, committing numerous crimes, especially in the autumn of 1977, which led to a national crisis that became known as "German Autumn". It was responsible for 34 deaths, including many secondary targets—such as chauffeurs and bodyguards—and many injuries in its almost 30 years of activity.

Broadcast : 8th January 2009