Zero Six Bravo: 60 Special Forces. 100,000 Enemy. The Explosive True Story

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Falconer, Duncan (1998). First into Action: A dramatic personal account of life in the SBS. London: Little, Brown. ISBN 978-0316645683. Hunter, Robin (1998). True stories of the SBS: A history of canoe raiding and underwater warfare. London: Virgin. ISBN 978-0753502679. Richards, Brooks (2004). Secret Flotillas: Clandestine Sea Operations in the Mediterranean, North Africa and the Adriatic, 1940–1944. Routledge. ISBN 0-7146-5314-4. Thompson, Leroy (2005). Secret techniques of the elite forces: how to train and fight like the elite and special operations forces of the world. London: Greenhill [u.a.] p.106. ISBN 9781853676529.

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Feuerherm, Maj P. N. (2008). Joint special and conventional force integration: a model for all nations (PDF) (Master's thesis). Canadian Forces College. pp.11, 15, 29–30 . Retrieved 24 August 2022. They later operated among the Dodecanese and Cyclades groups of islands in the Dodecanese Campaign and took part in the Battle of Leros and the Battle of Kos. They, with the Greek Sacred Band, took part in the successful Raid on Symi in July 1944 in which the entire German garrison was either killed or captured. In August 1944 they joined with the Long Range Desert Group in operations in the Adriatic, on the Peloponnese, in Albania, and, finally, in Istria. So effective were they that, by 1944, the 200–300 men of the SBS were holding down six German divisions. [22]So, a review. First, I feel kind of sad for the British SF. They always operate on thin margins, and never that awesome and expensive array of cool stuff that the Americans have. They also never fail to mention that. But then, it makes sense. War is expensive. In September 1999, about 20 SBS members contributed to the Australian-led International Force for East Timor (INTERFET) in East Timor. [37] Together with the Australian Special Air Service Regiment and the New Zealand Special Air Service they formed INTERFET's special forces element, named Response Force. [38] [39] Response Force departed from Darwin by C-130 Hercules transport aircraft and flew into Dili tasked with securing the airport, a seaport and a heli-port to enable regular forces to land and deploy. The SBS were filmed driving a Land Rover Defender out of a Hercules. [38] [39] [40] Response Force was then used to perform a variety of tasks including direct action and special reconnaissance throughout East Timor. The British forces, including the SBS, withdrew in December 1999. [38] [39] Sergeant Mark Andrew Cox was awarded the Military Cross after his patrol came under fire from pro-Indonesian militia. [41] [42] 21st century [ edit ] Sierra Leone [ edit ] In 1987, when renamed the Special Boat Service, the SBS was also reformed along SAS lines, with 16-person troops (each equivalent to a platoon) instead of the traditional sections. [94] According to military sources in 2020, the SBS numbers about a couple of hundred personnel. Members are on standby at all times. While women have been eligible to join since 2018, there is no official information on women serving on the frontline. [92] Damien Lewis has also written about the SBS involvement at the battle of Qala-I-Janghi ( Bloody Heroes )

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One last thing - there's also a factual error - they refer to the F-16's cannon as 21mm 7-barrel Gatling-type weapon, but it is in fact a 20mm 6-barrel gun. There.David, Saul (2021). SBS – silent warriors: the authorised wartime history of the Special Boat Service from the secret SBS archives. London: William Collins. ISBN 978-0008394523.

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The Queen's Regulations and Admiralty Instructions for the Government of Her Majesty's Naval Service. H.M. Stationery Office. 1953. p.20 . Retrieved 25 May 2023. The events of the raid were portrayed in the movie They Who Dare in 1954 starring Dirk Bogarde [17]You may know Asher from various tv documentaries, including Channel 4's ' The Real Bravo Two Zero' in which he demythologized the infamous Gulf War SAS foot patrol's mission. Unlike many other SAS authors, Asher pays a great deal of attention to the human story. Ever since Operation Nimrod in 1980, the British press have fostered a mythological image of the SAS as some super warrior elite with almost superhuman abilities. Asher's history of the SAS is a refreshing change from the norm. By focusing on the SAS men's humanity, by grounding the stories in reality, Asher shows their achievements to be even more remarkable. The section on World War 2 is especially interesting and well told and highlights the sheer determination and inventiveness of the SAS's founding fathers.