SAS OPERATION STORM is the inside story
- told by those who took part
- of the greatest secret war in SAS history. The tipping point Mirbat South Oman 19 July 1972 is one of the least-known yet most crucial battles of modern times. If the SAS had been defeated at Mirbat the Russian & Chinese plan for a communist foothold in the Middle East would have succeeded with catastrophic consequences for the oil-hungry West. SAS OPERATION STORM is a page-turning account of courage & resilience. Mirbat was a battle fought & won by nine SAS soldiers & a similar number of brave local people
- some as young as ten years old
- outnumbered by at least twenty-five to one. Roger Cole one of the SAS soldiers who took part & writer Richard Belfield have interviewed every SAS survivor who fought in the battle from the beginning to the end
- the first time every single one of them has revealed their experience. SAS OPERATION STORM is a classic story of bravery against impossible odds minute by minute bullet by bullet.