Takur Ghar - The Seals and Rangers on Roberts Ridge, Afghanistan 2002

Informationen zum Autor Leigh Neville is an Australian national who has written a number of books on both modern conventional military units and special operations forces serving in Afghanistan and Iraq, their weapons and their vehicles, including Special Forces in the War on Terror. He has also consulted on military topics for several wargame companies and television documentary makers. He lives in Sydney with his wife and two dogs. Klappentext On March 4, 2002, a team of SEALs was choppered onto a hostile Afghan mountain peak as part of Operation Anaconda. The largest operation by US forces since Vietnam, it was intended to bring to battle foreign al-Qaeda fighters who had fled after the overthrow of the Taliban and the battle of Tora Bora. But when their special ops Chinook was hit by RPGs, it marked the beginning of the SEALs' epic day-long battle for survival, which involved Coalition special forces, gunships and Predators in a 17-hour firefight against the al-Qaeda guerrillas. "Campaign maps and 34 photographs compliment Neville's narration. Action paintings and "bird's eye" views metaphorically drop readers amidst Takur Ghar fighting. And a bibliography and index conclude this informative effort. Highly recommended!"- David L. Veres, www.cybermodeler.com (June 2013) An in-depth study of the battle of Takur Ghar, one of the SEALs' and Rangers' most dramatic operations in Afghanistan. Zusammenfassung On March 4, 2002, a team of SEALs was choppered onto a hostile Afghan mountain peak as part of Operation Anaconda. The largest operation by US forces since Vietnam, it was intended to bring to battle foreign al-Qaeda fighters who had fled after the overthrow of the Taliban and the battle of Tora Bora.

Product details

• Authors: Leigh Neville, Neville Leigh
• Assisted by: Alan Gilliland (Illustration), Alan (B.E.V. illustrator) Gilliland (Illustration), Gilliland Alan (Illustration), Johnny Shumate (Illustration), Johnny (Illustrator) Shumate (Illustration), Shumate Johnny (Illustration)
• Publisher: Osprey Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.03.2013
• EAN: 9781780961989
• ISBN: 978-1-78096-198-9
• No. of pages: 80
• Dimensions: 185 mm x 250 mm x 7 mm
• Series: Raid; Raid
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Afghanistan, HISTORY / Military / United States, HISTORY / Military / Special Forces, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, Warfare & defence, c 2000 to c 2009, Warfare and defence