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  • Bush War Operator

    Memoirs of the Rhodesian Light Infantry, Selous Scouts and beyond

    by A. J. Balaam ...
    "The finest account I've read on the Selous Scouts . . . Andy Balaam tells it like it was—the fear, the terror, the adrenaline highs of combat in the bush." —Chris Cocks, bestselling author of FireforceFrom the searing heat of the Zambezi Valley to the freezing cold of the Chimanimani Mountains in Rhodesia, from the bars in Port St Johns in the Transkei to the Drakensberg Mountains in South Africa ... Read more

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    Bush War Operator

    Memoirs of the Rhodesian Light Infantry, Selous Scouts and beyond

    by A.J. Balaam ...
    Narrated by Dennis Kleinman ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 1 min

    Anyone living in Rhodesia during the 1960s and 1970s would have had a father, husband, brother or son called up in the defense of the war-torn, landlocked little country. A few of these brave men would have been members of the elite and secretive unit that struck terror into the hearts of the ZANLA and ZIPRA guerrillas infiltrating the country at that time—the Selous Scouts.Twice decorated—with ... Read more

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  • We Dared to Win

    The SAS in Rhodesia

    A memoir from a Special Forces fighter about his experiences in the Rhodesian War and how combat has shaped his life.Andre Scheepers grew up on a farm in Rhodesia, learning about the bush from his African childhood friends, before joining the army. A quiet, introspective thinker, Andre started out as a trooper in the SAS before being commissioned into the Rhodesian Light Infantry Commandos, where ... Read more

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  • Three Sips of Gin

    Dominating the Battlespace with Rhodesia's Elite Selous Scouts

    by Timothy Bax ...
    The memoir of a special forces veteran of the Rhodesian War, with over a hundred photos included.Nothing terrorized Russian and Chinese-backed guerillas fighting Rhodesia's bush war in the 1970s more than the famed Selous Scouts. The name of the unit struck fear in the hearts of even the most battle-hardened—rather than speak it, they referred to its soldiers simply as Skuzapu, or pickpockets. ... Read more

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  • Zulu Foxtrot Reloaded

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    by Arn Durand ...
    Series Book 1 - Zulu Zulu Golf, Zulu Zulu Foxtrot and Zulu Foxtrot Reloaded.
    Zulu Foxtrot Reloaded covers Durand's last two of six years with the unit. Once again patrols, ambushes and contacts, situations of certain death, dealings with the enemy and relationships with Ovambo colleagues. Except now, what it was also like to be a killing machine in the heat of battle while becoming a loving husband and father and having to alternate mindset between surviving the murder and ... Read more

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  • A Walk Against The Stream

    A Rhodesian National Service Officer's Story of the Bush War

    The experiences of a young soldier on the frontlines of the Rhodesian Bush War are vividly recounted in this personal memoir.In A Walk Against the Stream, Tony Ballinger tells of his eighteen months of compulsory service as a young national service officer in the Rhodesian army. Stationed in Victoria Falls, Rhodesia, he faced down enemy territory just across the Zambezi river in Zambia.Initially ... Read more

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  • Going Commando

    by Mark Time ...
    'TOUGH, TOUCHING… IT'S A RIGHT GOOD READ' - DAILY TELEGRAPHAt 16, Mark Time wants to become either a geologist or a Royal Marines Commando. So which does he choose? Despite his love of basalt, he chooses the career that teaches him how to kill... and sh*t in plastic bags.Knowing his weak body will have to shape up to complete thirty weeks of commando training, Mark prepares for the Royal Marines ... Read more

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  • On the Devil's Tail

    In Combat with the Waffen-SS on the Eastern Front 1945, and with the French in Indochina 1951–54

    A collaborationist who fought for Germany during WWII and later for the French in Vietnam tells his eventful life story in this military memoir.This is the riveting true story of Paul Martelli who fought on the Eastern Front in 1945 as a fifteen-year-old member of the 33rd Waffen-Grenadier-Division of the SS Charlemagne, and later, as a soldier with French forces in the Tonkin area of Vietnam.Paul ... Read more

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  • Force Recon Diary, 1969

    The Riveting, True-to-Life Account of Survival and Death in One of the Most Highly Skilled Units in Vietnam

    Elite and highly trained, the 3d Force Recon's eight-man teams were assigned to obtain vital information about NVA operations. Alone, the men of these small teams were sent behind enemy lines, where they all knew that a single mistake could cost everyone their lives.United States Navy Hospital Corpsman Bruce Norton was the only navy corpsman to act as a Marine Force Recon Team Leader. In Force ... Read more

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  • Bush War Rhodesia

    1966-1980

    by Peter Baxter ...
    Series Book 17 - Africa@War
    It has been over three decades since the Union Jack was lowered on the colony of Rhodesia, but the bitter and divisive civil war that preceded it has continued to endure as a textbook counterinsurgency campaign fought between a mobile, motivated and highly trained Rhodesian security establishment and two constituted liberations movements motivated, resourced and inspired by the ideals of communist ... Read more

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  • Delta Force: Tango Uniform

    by Steve Stone ...
    Carson had the targets painted, whilst I scanned the horizon with NVGs, spotting a couple of Iraqi soldiers standing close to the Scud. Activity around the Scuds suddenly intensified as Iraqi vehicles begin to scatter in all directions. A single dual 30mm anti-aircraft gun, elevated its guns and began to pump 30mm green tracer shells into the sky. More anti-aircraft guns begin to spew out shells ... Read more

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  • Special Branch War

    Slaughter in the Rhodesian Bush. Southern Matabeleland, 1976-1980

    by Ed Bird ...
    This searing account primarily covers Ed Bird's Special Branch (SB) service in the Beitbridge area of southern Matabeleland, 1976-1980, encompassing Operations Repulse and Tangent of the bitter Rhodesian 'bush war'.Joining the British South Africa Police (BSAP) in 1964, Bird cut his teeth on Selous Scouts 'pseudo' operations during Operation Hurricane in 1974-1976, so was well equipped to deal ... Read more

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