Author: Patrick Bishop Published: 2007 Pages: 289 A true story ! In April 2006, the elite 3 Para Battle Group was despatched to helmand Province in southern Afghanistan. Over the six months they were there, the soldiers saw near continuous combat - one gruelling battle after another - in what would become one of the most extraordinary campaigns ever fought by British troops. Also read eyewitness accounts on the Danish forces ! ! "There were two Danes from the advance party on the roof at the time. It seemed to Wight - Boycott that they must be dead. But when the smoke cleared, one of them could be seen doggedly trading fire. The other Lieutenant Thomas Rydahl, had fallen two storeys into a pile of rubble below the sangar where they lay, armed only with a pistol, in direct line of sight of the attackers...."
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