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The War That Never Was (Paperback)
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The War That Never Was (Paperback)
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List price R523
Loot Price R474
Discovery Miles 4 740
You Save R49 (9%)
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For the very first time, The War That Never Was tells the
fascinating story of a secret war fought by British mercenaries in
the Yemen in the early 1960s. In a covert operation organised over
whisky and sodas in the clubs of Chelsea and Mayfair, a group of
former SAS officers - led by the irrepressible Colonel Jim Johnson
- arranged for a squadron of British mercenaries to travel to the
remote mountain regions of the Yemen, to arm, train and lead Yemeni
tribesmen in their fight against a 60,000-strong contingent of
Egyptian soldiers. It was one of the most uneven running battles
ever waged; the Egyptians fielded a huge, professionally-trained
army. The British fought back at the head of a ragtag force of
tribal warriors and, ultimately, won. Egypt's President Nasser
described the battle in the Yemen as 'my Vietnam'. It's a
fascinating, forgotten, and rip-roaringly entertaining pocket of
British military history, much in the spirit of Ben MvIntyre's
bestselling Agent Zigzag and Operation Mincemeat.
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