![]() ![]() ![]() _ 'The best account yet of the SAS in action' Sunday Times 'One of the best books to emerge from the first Gulf War. It shows just how much it takes to be a member of the SAS. Their mission was to take out the scud missiles which Saddam Hussein was using to terrorize his enemies, a. This is a story of superhuman courage, strength, endurance and dark humour in the face of overwhelming odds. Action Adventure Drama This is the true story of the most highly decorated British patrol since the Boer war: an eight man SAS team inserted behind Iraqi lines during the Gulf War in January 1991. Bravo Two Zero is a 1993 book written under the pseudonym Andy McNab. Delivered to Baghdad, they are tortured with a savagery for which not even their intensive SAS training has prepared them. They escape on foot to the Syrian border. Ultimately its the story of a failure - a mission that went wrong. ![]() But within days, their location is compromised. Bravo Two Zero is a breathtaking account of Special Forces soldiering: a chronicle. 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. 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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