6/29/2023 0 Comments Bravo two zero mission![]() ![]() ![]() _ 'The best account yet of the SAS in action' Sunday Times 'One of the best books to emerge from the first Gulf War. Near fine condition.Mainstream Publishing,2004.Second printing.Black hardback(gilt lettering to the spine,two small dents and nick on the edges of the cover. It shows just how much it takes to be a member of the SAS. This is a story of superhuman courage, strength, endurance and dark humour in the face of overwhelming odds. When an elite eight-man British SAS team is dropped behind enemy lines, their mission is clear: take out Saddam Husseins SCUD missile systems. Delivered to Baghdad, they are tortured with a savagery for which not even their intensive SAS training has prepared them. Bravo Two Zero was the code-name of the famous SAS operation: a classic story of bravery in the face of overwhelming odds. They escape on foot to the Syrian border. ![]() But within days, their location is compromised. In January 1991 a squad of eight men went behind the Iraqi lines on a top secret mission. Their location: Iraq Their mission: to sever a vital enemy underground communication link, to find and destroy mobile Scud launchers Their call sign: Bravo Two Zero When eight members of the elite SAS regiment embark on a highly covert operation, they are each laden with 15 stones of equipment, needing to tab 20km across the desert to reach their objective. They were British Special Forces, trained to be the best. Sergeant Andy McNab recounts the story of the top secret mission that would reveal the secrets of the SAS to the world for the first time. ![]()
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