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For the very first time, "The War That Never Was" tells the fascinating story of a secret war fought by British mercenaries in the Yemen in the early 1960s. In a covert operation organised over whisky and sodas in the clubs of Chelsea and Mayfair, a group of former SAS officers - led by the irrepressible Colonel Jim Johnson - arranged for a squadron of British mercenaries to travel to the remote mountain regions of the Yemen, to arm, train and lead Yemeni tribesmen in their fight against a 60,000-strong contingent of Egyptian soldiers. It was one of the most uneven running battles ever waged; the Egyptians fielded a huge, professionally-trained army. The British fought back at the head of a ragtag force of tribal warriors and, ultimately, won. Egypt's President Nasser described the battle in the Yemen as 'my Vietnam'. It's a fascinating, forgotten, and rip-roaringly entertaining pocket of British military history, much in the spirit of Ben MvIntyre's bestselling "Agent Zigzag and Operation Mincemeat".

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Kategoria Książki po angielsku Humanities History Regional & national history

• Pełny tytuł: War That Never Was
• Autor: Duff Hart-Davis
• Język: Angielski
• Oprawa: Miękka
• Liczba stron: 416
• EAN: 9780099553298
• ISBN: 0099553295
• ID: 04452355
• Wydawca: Cornerstone
• Waga: 296 g
• Wymiary: 132 × 196 × 26 mm
• Data wydania: 24. May 2012

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