Zero Six Bravo: The Explosive True Story of How 60 Special Forces Survived Against an Iraqi Army of 100,000

Damien Lewis has spent twenty years reporting from conflict zones around the world. Zero Six Bravoa Sunday Times number one bestsellertells the story of sixty special forces against 100 000a feat of arms to take the breath away. (Frederick Forsythe) They were branded as cowards and accused desertion. But nothing could be further from the truth. Ten years on the story of these sixty men can finally be told. In March 2003 M Squadronan SBS unit with SAS embedswas sent 1 000 kilometers behind enemy lines on a true mission impossible to take the surrender of the 100 000-strong Iraqi Army 5th Corps an operation so risky it earned the nickname Operation No Return right out of the gate. Caught in a ferocious ambush by Saddam Husseins Fedayeen plus the awesome firepower of the 5th Corps heavy armor and with eight of their vehicles bogged in Iraqi swamps M Squadron launched a desperate bid to escape inflicting massive damage on their enemies. Running low on fuel and ammunition outnumbered and outgunned the elite operators destroyed sensitive information and prepared for death or capture as the Iraqis closed their deadly trap. Zero Six Bravo contains previously unpublished information detailing the essential involvement of American troops in this astonishing military feat. Zero Six Bravo recounts in vivid and compelling detail the most desperate battle fought by British and allied Special Forces trapped behind enemy lines since World War Two.