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  • 1 Recce

    The night belongs to us

    1 Recce. One of the sharpest, most versatile and deadliest specialist units in the South African Defence Force. These men - superfit and unbelievably tough - were dauntless. Time and again they put their lives on the line in covert operations that were mostly conducted under the cover of night, far behind enemy lines. For decades, the participants have kept silent about these secret missions. Now, ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • 1 Recce, volume 3

    Through Stealth our Strength

    The Battle of Cuito Cuanavale has been a source of fierce contestation and emotion for decades, but up to now little was known about the Recces’ presence and impact during this controversial battle. In the last book of the nail-biting trilogy about 1 Recce, the award-winning author Alexander Strachan, himself an ex-Recce, reveals more on the Recces’ involvement there. Packed with suspense, ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • 1 Recce, volume 2

    Behind Enemy Lines

    1 Recce: Behind Enemy Lines takes the reader into the 'inner sanctum' of one of the sharpest, most versatile and deadliest specialist units in the former South African Defence Force. In their own words, Recce operators recount some of the life-threatening operations they conducted under great secrecy in Angola, Rhodesia and Mozambique during the late 1970s. Operators sweat in aircraft or in ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

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    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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  • Sabre Squadron

    With the outbreak of Gulf War hostilities a unit from 22 SAS slipped quietly over the border and into the enemy's backyard. It would be six weeks before any of the patrol again reached safety.Sabre Squadron recounts in graphic detail their scud-busting operations deep inside Iraq. They were operating alone and out of reach of reinforcements, with the threat of detection and its fatal consequences ... Read more

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  • Bloody Heroes

    by Damien Lewis ...
    "A must read for all Damien Lewis fans" Compass---------------------------------------------------------The most explosive true war story of the 21st CenturyIt is the winter of 2001. A terror ship is bound for Britain carrying a horrifying weapon. The British military sends a crack unit of SAS and SBS to assault the vessel before she reaches London.So begins a true story of explosive action as ... Read more

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  • Recce (E)

    Small Team Missions Behind Enemy Lines

    by Koos Stadler ...
    Shrouded in secrecy due to the covert nature of their work, the legendary Recces have fascinated South Africans for years. Now one of these elite soldiers has written a tell-all book about the extraordinary missions he embarked on and the nail-biting action he experienced in the Border War. Shortly after passing the infamously gruelling Special Forces selection course in the early 1980s, Koos ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • Secret SAS Missions in Africa

    C Squadron's Counter-Terrorist Operations, 1968–1980

    The untold story of Rhodesian special forces and their defense of British Colonies in Africa during the Cold War, told by a soldier who was there.In Secret SAS Missions in Africa, a former senior member of the little-known C (Rhodesia) Squadron of Britain's Special Air Service recounts their military operations in Africa during the Cold War. The Squadron was involved in almost continuous anti ... 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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  • Total Onslaught

    Apartheid’s dirty tricks exposed

    For much of its time in power, the National Party government was shored up by the direct involvement of its security forces. Ordinary citizens had no idea that their taxes were being used to fund unorthodox and even illegal operations, ranging from international propaganda campaigns to local death squads. From the dreaded Security Branch, the sinister Civil Cooperation Bureau, the aptly named BOSS ... 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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  • 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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