Zero Six Bravo - 60 Special Forces - 100 000 Enemy

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Details: They were branded as cowards & accused of being the British Special Forces Squadron that ran away from the Iraqis. But nothing could be further from the truth. Ten years on, the story of these sixty men can finally be told. In March 2003 M Squadron
- an SBS unit with SAS embeds
- was sent 1, 000 kilometres behind enemy lines on a true mission impossible, to take the surrender of the 100, 000-strong Iraqi Army 5th Corps. From the very start their tasking earned the nickname ' Operation No Return'. Caught in a ferocious ambush by thousands of die-hard fanatics from Saddam Hussein's Fedayeen, plus the awesome firepower of the 5th Corps' heavy armour, & with eight of their vehicles bogged in Iraqi swamps, M Squadron launched a desperate bid to escape, inflicting massive damage on their enemies. Running low on fuel & ammunition, outnumbered, outmanoeuvred & outgunned, the elite operators destroyed sensitive kit & prepared for death or capture as the Iraqis closed their deadly trap. Zero Six Bravo recounts in vivid & compelling detail the most desperate battle fought by British & allied Special Forces trapped behind enemy lines since World War Two. It is a classic account of elite soldiering that ranks with Bravo Two Zero & the very greatest Special Forces missions of our time. Ideal for: Anyone interested in reading about the operations of the special forces. This paperback has 318 pages & measures: 24 x 16 x 3cm