3PARA
Genre: Non-Fiction > War
Large Print Edition
978 1 40741 956 5
LP1891
Published: Jul 2008
Page Extent: 432pp
List Price: £18.95
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Synopsis
In April 2006, the elite 3 Para battle group was despatched to Helmand Province in southern Afghanistan. They were tasked with providing security to reconstruction efforts, a deployment it was hoped would pass off without a shot being fired.
In fact, over the six months they were there, the 3 Para battle group saw near continuous combat - one gruelling battle after another - in what would become one of the most extraordinary campaigns ever fought by British troops.
At the end of the tour, the Taliban offensive aimed at driving the British and Afghan Government troops out of Helmand had been tactically defeated. But 3 Para paid a high price: fourteen soldiers and one interpreter were killed, and forty-six wounded...
Reviews & Press Quotes
Daily Telegraph
“3 PARA is as fine a book as you'll ever read on modern warfare.”
Mail on Sunday
“This book is a tribute to the sheer bravery and determination of 3 Para Battle Group.”
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