The battle of 3 October

Currently focussing on one difficult week in the 20-year Angola Civil War. David is a 19yr old conscript, part of an elite fighting unit who go into battle against an overwhelmingly large opposition who're equipped with some of the Cold War's most fearsome military material. This is a story of the bravery, fear and anxiety which co-exist during war. In the coming months he'll tell the whole story of how a gentle boy is transformed into a government sanctioned killer, then returned to civilian life at the end of his 24-month national service, the long-term effects on him and those around him.