Under the command of Sergeant Andy McNab, they are to. In addition, the book serves as the definitive guide to every aspect of SAS operations in the Gulf War, from where it fit in strategically to the cooperation between the SAS and US elite units stationed there. Members of the ill-fated Bravo Two Zero mission behind Iraqi lines during the 1991 Gulf War were betrayed by a military high command which considered them expendable, says New Zealand. Eight members of the SAS regiment embark upon a top-secret mission to infiltrate deep behind enemy lines. Read about the special relationship that developed between SAS soldiers and the Royal Air Force helicopter crews who flew teams deep into enemy-held territory the heartrending story of the patrol code-named “Bravo Two Zero” the breathtaking tales of combat between SAS mobile fighting columns and Iraqi Scud launcher teams and the successful SAS role in the collation of intelligence from the Kuwaiti resistance. Bravo Two Zero is a magnificent tribute to them.

It shows how professional soldiers, caught in a disaster, try to fight their way out.

Illustrated with 120 black-and-white photographs and maps.ĭrawing upon unpublished accounts from SAS soldiers who fought in the war, as well as previously classified information, SAS in the Gulf War paints a vivid picture of what it’s like to fight as an elite soldier, and what SAS operations were actually like behind Iraqi lines. Bravo Two Zero is a superb document of a military debacle. The full, dramatic story of the SAS in the Gulf war, and the integral role played by Britain’s super elite in the eventual Allied victory.

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