Certain Death in Sierra Leone: The SAS and Operation Barras 2000

by Will Fowler and Mariusz Kozik

In September 2000, eleven British soldiers were captured by a notorious militia gang in Sierra Leone. Originally deployed to fulfill peace-keeping duties in a country ravaged by civil war, the soldiers had been kidnapped by the so-called 'West Side Boys' who had already subjected the region to a reign of terror, murder and mutilation.

When negotiations stalled, the British government decided to launch Operation Barras as a joint rescue operation...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1846038502
• ISBN13: 9781846038501
• Release Date: April 2010
• Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK)
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 7.3" x 9.8"