Killing Zone : The Grenadier Guards Pushed to the Limit on Helmand's Front Line

by Unknown

• ISBN13: 9780091948863
• ISBN10: 009194886X
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2012-08-01
• Publisher: Ebury Press

Summary

In 2007 the Grenadier Guards were sent to the Helmand River Valley, where they faced the toughest challenge of their lives. Based in isolated forward operating bases, they faced daily combat with a determined and ruthless enemy - more frequent and intense than anyone expected. Carrying out patrols over the most fiercely contested ground in Afghanistan they had to be ready for an enemy ambush at any time. In this harsh and brutal environment they were tasked with clearing Taliban from a large area, often with limited resources and far from reinforcement. The Killing Zone is an action-packed insight into an Operation that tested all of those involved to the very limit of their capabilities. From deliberately drawing fire on your own position so your mates can escape an ambush, to the adrenaline of being the first in to clear a compound of Taliban, this is what it's like to rely on skill, loyalty and quick thinking to survive in one of the most dangerous places on earth.

Author Biography

Richard Dorney joined the Grenadier Guards aged 16. He has served in Northern Ireland (6 tours), the first Gulf War, Bosnia, Iraq, and Afghanistan, as well as NW Europe, Africa, and the Far East.