Operation Eagle Claw 1980 - The disastrous bid to end the Iran hostage crisis (Paperback)

Following months of negotiations after the seizure of the US Embassy in Tehran on 4 November 1979, President Jimmy Carter ordered the newly formed Delta Force to conduct a raid into Iran to free the hostages. The raid, Operation Eagle Claw, was risky to say the least. US forces would have to fly into the deserts of Iran on C-130s; marry up with carrier-based RH-53D helicopters; fly to hide sites near Tehran; approach the Embassy via trucks; seize the Embassy and rescue the hostages; board the helicopters descending on Tehran; fly to an airbase captured by more US forces; and then fly out on C-141s and to freedom. Unfortunately, and unsurprisingly given the complexity of the mission, things went wrong from the start and when the mission was called off at the refueling site at Desert One, the resulting collision between aircraft killed eight US personnel. This title tells the full story of this tragic operation, supported by maps, photographs, and specially-commissioned bird's-eye-views and battlescenes which reveal the complexity and scale of the proposed rescue and the disaster which followed.

General

Imprint:	Osprey Publishing
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Raid
Release date:	February 2020
Authors:	Justin Williamson
Illustrators:	Jim Laurier (Illustrator) • Johnny Shumate (Illustrator) • Alan Gilliland (B.E.V. illustrator)
Dimensions:	248 x 184 x 5mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	80
ISBN-13:	978-1-4728-3783-7
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > Special & elite forces Books > Humanities > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Military history Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > War & defence operations > Battles & campaigns Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945 Books > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Military history Books > History > World history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945
LSN:	1-4728-3783-5
Barcode:	9781472837837

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