It is a breathtaking account of Special Forces soldiering: an action-packed chronicle of superhuman courage, endurance and dark humour in the face of overwhelming odds.

Twenty years from its first publication, Bravo Two Zero still sets the gold standard for military memoirs. Under the command of Sergeant Andy McNab, they were to sever the underground communication link between Baghdad and north-west Iraq, and to seek and destroy mobile Scud launchers. Delivered to Baghdad, they are tortured with a savagery for which not even their intensive SAS training has prepared them. Under the command of Sergeant Andy McNab, they are to sever a vital underground communication link and to seek and destroy mobile Scud launchers. The Real Bravo Two Zero, by Michael Asher and currently reading The One That Got Away, by Chris Ryan McNabs and Ryans do have contrasting things in both of them, but I believe McNab more (Ryan seems to be a bit selfish and macho). For the survivors, however, the worst ordeal is yet to come. But within days, their location is compromised.Īfter a fierce fire fight, they are forced into evasive action.

Each laden with 15 stones of equipment, they tab 20km across the desert to reach their objective. Under the command of Sergeant Andy McNab, they are to sever a vital underground communication link and to seek and destroy mobile Scud launchers.

For McNabs conduct during the patrol, he was awarded the. Eight members of the SAS regiment embark upon a top secret mission to infiltrate deep behind enemy lines. The subsequent book, Soldier Five by patrol member Mike Coburn (Kiwi Mike), was released in 2004.

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