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Since he was in charge of the amphibious operations in the
Falklands War, it goes without saying that there is no one better
qualified to tell the story of that aspect of the campaign than
Commodore Michael Clapp.
Here he describes, with considerable candor, some of the problems
met in a Navy racing to war and finding it necessary to recreate a
largely abandoned operational technique in a somewhat ad hoc
fashion. During the time it took to 'go south' some sense of order
was imposed and a not very well defined command structure evolved,
this was not done without generating a certain amount of friction.
He tells of why San Carlos Water was chosen for the assault and the
subsequent inshore operations. Michael Clapp and his small staff
made their stand and can claim a major role in the defeat of the
Argentine Air and Land Forces.
In 1993 Ewen Southby-Tailyour joined the British Foreign Office for
duties with the European Community Monitoring Mission. He was also
tasked, informally, by MI6 to report on a few characters.
Monitoring the cease-fire violations along the Confrontation Line
between Croatia and the Republic of Serbian Krajina plus the
humanitarian and economic issues for the regeneration of Dalmatia
were professionally satisfying; as were a covert beach
reconnaissance, interviewing war criminals and pacing the length of
a 'secret' airfield that was eventually used by US Predator
unmanned surveillance aircraft to support Croatia's ethnic
cleansing of all Serbs from Krajina. Closing in on hard evidence
that Germany and the US were breaking UN Arms Embargo 713 the
author was caught in the diplomatic cross-fire between the Greeks,
who supported Serbia and the French who supported Croatia. To
prevent the French knowing of any illicit arms embargo he was order
by the Greeks to falsify his reports. He resigned from the mission.
This is a thought-provoking, disturbing tale of deceit and
duplicity between European countries (and, notably, the US) all
supposedly supporting a common cause-peace in the Balkans-but, in
effect, helping to ethnically cleanse 200,000 Serbs from their 500
year-old homeland.
'The 3 Commando Brigade's six month deployment in Helmand Province
was among the finest pieces of soldiering I have come across'
General Sir Richard Dannett, Chief of General Staff In October
2006, the Royal Marine Commandos took up their six month tour of
duty in war-torn Helmand Province, southern Afghanistan - the
toughest and hottest war zone on earth. After the tactical retreat
of their predecessors, the Paras, the Marines knew they would have
to take a different approach to have any chance of success. So they
took the war to the enemy. Roving and aggressive, the Commandos
forced the insurgent Taliban on to the back foot. As a result, they
were involved in daily fire fights of an intensity not encountered
by British troops since North Korea. 3 Commando Brigade is a
thrilling first-hand account of that dogged, heroic pursuit of the
Taliban by the ordinary Marines, sailors and soldiers responsible.
It is a story of valour, fortitude, supreme physical and mental
fitness, and unrivalled professionalism under the most testing of
circumstances. The account explodes from the first page with
Operation Glacier, a graphic, no-holds-barred account of a Commando
attack on a key Taliban base south of Garmsir - a battle that ends
with the dramatic recovery of a Corporal's body from alongside the
fort by Apache helicopters. From this opening salvo the action
never lets up, offering a startlingly honest account of the war in
Afghanistan as told by the junior officers, corporals and marines
on the ground.
When the Royal Marines Commandos returned to a chaotic Helmand in
the winter of 2008, they realised that to stand any chance of
success they would need to pursue an increasingly determined
Taliban harder than ever before. This time they were going to hunt
them down from the air. With the support of Chinooks, Apaches,
Lynx, Sea Kings and Harriers, the Commandos became a deadly mobile
unit, able to swoop at a moments notice into the most hostile
territory. From huge operations like the gruelling Red Dagger, when
3 Commando Brigade fought in Somme-like mud to successfully clear
the area around the capital of Helmand, Lashkar Gar, of encroaching
enemy forces, to the daily acts of unsupported, close-quarters
360-degree combat and the breath-taking, rapid helicopter night
assaults behind enemy lines - this was kind of battle that brought
Commando qualities to the fore. As with the Sunday Times
bestselling 3 Commando Brigade, ex-Marine Lieutenant Colonel Ewen
Southby-Tailyour brings unparalleled access to the troops, a
soldier's understanding of the conflict and a visceral sense of the
combat experience. This is the real war in Afghanistan as told to
him by a hand-picked band of young fellow marines as they encounter
the daily rigours of life on the ground in the world's most intense
war zone.
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