Delivered to Baghdad, they were tortured with a savagery for which not even their intensive SAS training had prepared them.īravo Two Zero is a breathtaking account of Special Forces soldiering- a chronicle of superhuman courage, endurance and dark humour in the face of overwhelming odds.

For the survivors, however, the worst ordeals were to come. In January of 1991, Andy and seven other men were sent behind Iraqi lines to complete a top-secret mission called Bravo Two Zero.

In the desperate action that followed, though stricken by hypothermia and other injuries, the patrol 'went ballistic'. 'Bravo Two Zero' by Andy McNab, Sergeant, SAS, tells the story of a soldier in the British Special Forces in the early 1990s. After a fierce fire fight, they were forced to escape and evade on foot to the Syrian border. Within days, their location was compromised. by best-selling author Andy McNab, Bravo Two Zero explores the tragedies and triumphs of men taken to the edge of survival in the Persian Gulf War. Their call sign- BRAVO TWO ZERO.Įach man laden with 15 stone of equipment, they patrolled 20km across flat desert to reach their objective. 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. In January 1991, eight members of the SAS regiment embarked upon a top secret mission that was to infiltrate them deep behind enemy lines. A special twentieth anniversary edition to celebrate a classic of modern war literature Under the command of Sergeant Andy McNab, they are to sever a vital underground communication link and to seek and destroy mobile Scud launchers.

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