Now, for the first time, SAS veteran Des Powell reveals their story in gritty, blow-by-blow detail. Though overshadowed by the fate of Bravo Two Zero, the achievements of this highly-decorated patrol are the stuff of elite forces legend. But with the desert turning bitter and snow starting to fall, they were forced to fight a running battle against the elements as much as the enemy. Slipping through enemy positions, a string of targets were taken out. Treating as gospel the SAS’s saying ‘any fool can be uncomfortable’, they deployed with vehicles, and while there was nowhere to hide they could make a dash for the border if desperate.Įven as warnings came in that McNab’s patrol was on the run, Bravo Three Zero remained undetected – the furthest Coalition forces behind Iraqi lines. But Andy NcNab’s famed Bravo Two Zero patrol did deploy, with fatal results – all bar one being captured or killed.Īnd then there was Bravo Three Zero.
The men of Bravo One Zero stepped 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. It was the opening hours of the Gulf War and the SAS were flown deep behind enemy lines to hunt down Saddam’s Scud missiles, the use of which threatened a Third World War. There were three patrols that fateful January 1991 morning: Bravo One Zero, Bravo Two Zero and Bravo Three Zero. ‘The attention to detail is unbelievable’ Tim Lovejoy ‘The story that needed to be told’ Jason Fox Honesty, integrity and real experience that puts you in the thick of the action.’ Billy Billingham 'A gripping account of special forces at work.a tremendous adventure story.‘A must read. 'The best account yet of the SAS in action.' Sunday Times 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. 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. But within days, their location is compromised.
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. Their mission: to sever a vital enemy underground communication link, to find and destroy mobile Scud launchers 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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