Who Dares Wins: The SAS and the Iranian Embassy Siege 1980

by Gregory Fremont-Barnes

For 5 days in May 1980, thousands watched around the world as the shadowy figures of the SAS performed a daring and dramatic raid on the Iranian Embassy in London, catapulting a little-known specialist unit into the full glare of the world's media. Hailed by Margaret Thatcher as "a brilliant operation, carried out with courage and confidence," the raid was a huge success for the SAS, who managed to rescue nineteen hostages with near-perfect military...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1846033950
• ISBN13: 9781846033957
• Release Date: October 2009
• Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK)
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.43 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 7.3" x 9.8"