SAS Operation Storm
Author(s): Roger Cole & Richard Belfield
'How many are they?' The reply came in the finest traditions of accurate situation reporting, 'f***ing hundreds of them!'
Marbat, South Oman, 19 July 1972 is one of the least-known yet most crucial battles of modern times. Operation Storm is the inside story - told by those who took part - of the greatest secret war in SAS history. The tipping point was Marbat, a secret battle which defines the world we all live in today. If the SAS had been defeated at Marbat, the Russian and Chinese plan for a communist foothold in the Middle East would have succeeded, with catastrophic consequences for the oil-hungry West. Operation Storm is a page-turning account of courage and resilience. Marbat was a battle fought and won by nine SAS soldiers and a similar number of brave local people - some as young as ten years old - outnumbered by at least twenty five to one. Thousands of heavy calibre bullets, rockets, shells, mortars and grenades were fired in a six hour fire-fight of staggering intensity. Operation Storm is a classic story of bravery against impossible odds, minute by minute, bullet by bullet.
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Roger Cole was born in 1944. He joined the Royal Army Ordnance Corps (RAOC) in 1964, his first posting being to Germany. In 1968 he passed his SAS selection course and joined B Squadron, 22 SAS in Hereford. He did various tours in classified areas, including Dhofar, Oman. He returned to the RAOC in 1977 and rose to the rank of Staff Sergeant Major, Warrant Officer Class 1. He has served with the British Army in Germany, Cyprus and the Falkland Islands. He retired from the army in 1986.
Richard Belfield is an award-winning television producer/director, author and playwright. His television programmes have won prizes on both sides of the Atlantic. As well as Terminate With Extreme Prejudice he is the author of Can You Crack the Enigma Code. He is a Director of Fulcrum TV.
General Fields
- :
- : Hodder & Stoughton General Division
- : Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
- : June 2011
- : United Kingdom
- : August 2011
- : books
Special Fields
- : Roger Cole & Richard Belfield
- : Paperback
- : 1
- : 320
