Sniper One: The Blistering True Story of a British Battle Group Under Siege |
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Dan Mills
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Pages: 384 (Paperback)
ISBN: 0141029013
Pub: Penguin
Pub date: 2008-05-15
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 209
Reader Reviews:
cracking book (0/0 people found this helpful)
really enjoyed the book. Just makes you think how we take our armed forces personal for granted. Truly remarkable story.
Sniper One "Best of British". (0/0 people found this helpful)
This is the best book I have ever read full stop.
I find it amazing that they tried to ban this book when you read how decorated this company was for their bravery!
My God these guys should be on the news as hero's who in the face of being nearly overrun fought with tenacity and bravery, and they weren't even given the right tools for the job!
As the book says "The Seige of CIMIC House proved to be not only the longest continuous action fought by the British Army anywhere since the Korean War, but also the lengthiest defensive stand since World War Two".
I wonder if the lessons have been learnt by the top brass? I doubt it!
It's reading books like this that make you realise how much these guys risk fighting for Great Britain, not the Sky News snippets that only tell us part of the story.
This makes you proud of our armed forces and we need to show our thanks by asking what can we do for them as they risk so much for us.
I for one will be finding out how I can help in any way.
A gripping read... (0/0 people found this helpful)
An interesting soldier's story that also gives parts of the bigger picture in Iraq. Unlike some current military books it is well written, making for an absorbing read.
excellant book (0/0 people found this helpful)
one of the best books i have ever read, its frank and straight to the point and tells the true story of our hero's
Amazing real life account (0/0 people found this helpful)
A truly amazing book. Never have I read such a page turner and its fact not fiction. This book will blow your hair back, if you have even the vaguest interest in the Iraq war you should definitely read this.
The British Army hold a small compound in Al Amarah while the reconstruction teams being their work. Unfortunately they don't get very far before the local insurgency decide to declare all out war. The first major attack is repelled, but constant insurgency eventually force the army to hold up in their compound where over a 23-day period they took 595 mortar rounds from the insurgents, 57 RPG's, 5 107mm rockets and were attacked by many hundreds of OMS fighters. A single company, massively outnumbered managed (just) to hold out, and the story as told by Dan Mills, the lead sniper is breathtaking.
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