Sabre Squadron
Title | Sabre Squadron PDF eBook |
Author | Cameron Spence |
Publisher | Penguin UK |
Pages | 313 |
Release | 2020-01-09 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1405943947 |
With the outbreak of Gulf War hostilities a unit from 22 SAS slipped quietly over the border and into the enemy's backyard. It would be six weeks before any of the patrol again reached safety. Sabre Squadron recounts in graphic detail their scud-busting operations deep inside Iraq. They were operating alone and out of reach of reinforcements, with the threat of detection and its fatal consequences ever present. Yet their determination to wreak havoc behind enemy lines remained undimmed, culminating in an attack that decisively reconfirmed the regiment's awesome reputation. Cameron Spence, a senior NCO on the operation, takes you as close to the fighting SAS as you are ever likely to get, conveying the relentless tension, black humour and camaraderie punctuated by explosive, nerve-shredding action that characterized the mission. This is the true story of an SAS operation of breathtaking audacity and flair, carried out under unimaginable pressure, in the face of impossible odds. _____________ 'A brilliantly authentic account of war with an SAS patrol, it's a fantastic read' - ANDY MCNAB, bestselling author of Bravo Two Zero 'Tense and at times terrifying... a well told action story' - SUNDAY TELEGRAPH 'A terrific read' - THE TIMES 'Blood, guts and military macho - as authentic as anything you are likely to read' - MAIL ON SUNDAY
Malayan Emergency and Indonesian Confrontation
Title | Malayan Emergency and Indonesian Confrontation PDF eBook |
Author | Mark Lax |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 339 |
Release | 2021-07-28 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 192248895X |
Australia’s involvement in the Malayan Emergency from 1950 to 1960 and later in a confrontation with Indonesia in the 1960s is little remembered today. Yet the deployment of over a third of the RAAF to support the British and Malayan governments in what became a long war of attrition against communist insurgents in the former case, and against Indonesian regulars and militia in the latter, kept the RAAF engaged for over 15 years. Wars by another name, these two events led to the birth of Malaysia and the establishment of an ongoing RAAF presence in South East Asia. Until recent operations in Afghanistan, the Malaya Emergency was Australia’s longest conflict. Malayan Emergency and Indonesian Confrontation recounts the story of the politics, strategies and operations that brought these two conflicts to a close.
F-86 SABRE
Title | F-86 SABRE PDF eBook |
Author | Robert Jackson |
Publisher | Smithsonian Books (DC) |
Pages | 168 |
Release | 1994 |
Genre | History |
ISBN |
This book charts the operational career of the F-86, from its inception in 1950 through the embattled skies of Korea to its role as NATO's guardian and later as the fighter workhorse of many Third World nations into the 1970s.
The Army Quarterly
Title | The Army Quarterly PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 494 |
Release | 1928 |
Genre | Military art and science |
ISBN |
Military Review
Title | Military Review PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 112 |
Release | 2015 |
Genre | Military art and science |
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Death or Glory
Title | Death or Glory PDF eBook |
Author | Kevin Shannon |
Publisher | Fonthill Media |
Pages | 510 |
Release | 2021-01-28 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
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During its seventy-one years of existence, the 17th/21st Lancers became one of the best known British cavalry regiments of all time. Beloved by the Press as the 'Death or Glory Boys', their renowned skull and crossbones 'Motto', was one of the most recognised cap badges of the British Army. This volume, written by a former member of the Regiment, tells their complete story for the first time; much of which is in the words of those who served. The Regiment's role during the Second World War---on the Home Front, in North Africa and Italy; Austria; Greece, and Palestine in the aftermath of the war; its four years of service in Northern Ireland at the height of the 'Troubles'; and the Gulf War, where one of its crews achieved the longest ever direct-fire tank kill, are all covered in considerable detail. Personal accounts add colour to descriptions of routine life for a cavalry regiment in Egypt and India; and an armoured regiment during the Cold War, serving in Germany, Hong Kong, Libya, Yemen and Belize. Eleven sketch maps and 128 photographs illustrate the text. Appendices include, a definitive Roll of Honour; all Commanding Officers, Colonels of the Regiment and RSMs.
Flight
Title | Flight PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 886 |
Release | 1921 |
Genre | Aeronautics |
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