SAS Bravo Three Zero: The Gripping True Story

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However the stakes couldn’t have been higher. Saddam Hussain had begun to launch Scud missiles at Israel, trying to draw the Arab Alliance against him into switching sides and provoke World War III. How does your time training for and serving in the SF world help you today in your Civvy St, and how does it hinder you? The book is written with feeling and through the darkest of times there are moments of humour and real human emotion

In 2003, the television series JAG ran an episode ("The One That Got Away", S9, EP04) loosely based on the story of Bravo Two Zero involving US Marines Force Recon in Iraq. The name of the team that was involved was Bravo Two One. This is the untold story of the bravo teams in the first Gulf War and in particular Bravo Three Zero written with first hand knowledge of the events leading up to the operation and during. What is the most difficult part of SOF training and what did you learn about yourself during and after the training? The men ofBravo One Zerostepped off the chopper, took one look at the flat desert devoid of any cover and decided no way were they deploying into all of that. But Andy NcNab’s famedBravo Two Zeropatrol did deploy, with fatal results – all bar one being captured or killed. An enjoyable read of soldiers overcoming adversity, not always of the enemy's making, to achieve success. A very credible 4.5 Mr Mushroom Heads.And generate a lot of questions about the mission and what happened to the other two patrols, knowing the ill-fated Bravo Two patrol story. The narrative is interspersed with Des Powell’s life story, portraying a very human side to a seemingly ordinary man, who gets injured, makes mistakes, wonders how many times he can cheat death and worries about his wife at home. Yet is capable of extraordinary acts on a day to day basis. a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap Ryan, Chris (1995). The One That Got Away. London: Century. ISBN 978-0-09-964161-2. Written by the acclaimed military author Damien Lewis, superbly researched as you would come to expect. These brave men do the work others could never do, and are the bravest of the brave. It was a privilege to be able to read in advance and SAS Bravo Three Zero is one book I would recommend. a b c d Coburn, Mike (2004). Soldier Five. Great Britain: Mainstream Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84018-907-0.

Damien Lewis is a Sunday Times No 1 bestselling author whose books have been translated into 40 languages worldwide. For 20 years, Damien worked as a war and conflict reporter for the world’s major broadcasters. Several of his books are being made into feature films. SAS Bravo Three Zero continues Damien’s iconic elite forces series: Churchill’s Secret Warriors, The Nazi Hunters, Hunting The Nazi Bomb, SAS Ghost Patrol, SAS Italian Job, SAS Shadow Raiders, SAS Band of Brothers and SAS Great Escapes. This patrol and their story is now the stuff of elite forces legend and so it should be. Des Powell and the men of Bravo Three Zero are the bravest of the brave. They went far behind enemy line and taking out targets as they went. As I read Des Powell’s story, I was left humbled by their actions. But none of these men should ever have to go into action with sub-standard equipment. Damien Lewis has been a war reporter over two decades covering conflict in Africa, the Middle and Far East. a b "torinternational" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2011 . Retrieved 25 October 2011.Now nobody reaches WO2 in the SAS by just coasting through life so he is obviously a good soldier and member of the SAS. But the continual "If only they had listened to me......" tone throughout the book really turned me off. A good point regarding photo captions has been made above and I feel this ethos permeates the rest of the book. Despite suffering from the effects of hypothermia, Bravo Three Zero we’re able to avoid capture and death to call in airstrikes that inflicted significant casualties on the enemy.