12 strong : the declassified true story of the horse soldiers by Stanton, Doug, author, Reprint of (manifestation) Stanton, Doug. Horse soldiers instant download

12 strong : the declassified true story of the horse soldiers by Stanton, Doug, author, Reprint of (manifestation) Stanton, Doug. Horse soldiers instant download

xx, 395 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : 20 cm, 12 Strong is the dramatic account of a small band of Special Forces soldiers who secretly entered Afghanistan following 9/11 and rode to war on horses against the Taliban. Outnumbered forty to one, they pursued the enemy army across the mountainous Afghanistan terrain and, after a series of intense battles, captured the city of Mazar-i-Sharif. The bone-weary American soldiers were welcomed as liberators as they rode into the city. Then the action took a wholly unexpected turn. During a surrender of six hundred Taliban troops, the Horse Soldiers were ambushed by the would-be POWs. Dangerously overpowered, they fought for their lives in the city's immense fortress, Qala-i-Janghi, or the House of War. At risk were the military gains of the entire campaign: if the soldiers perished or were captured, the entire effort to outmaneuver the Taliban was likely doomed, \"Previously published as Horse Soldiers: The Extraordinary Story of a Band of U.S. Soldiers Who Rode to Victory in Afghanistan. The story that inspired the movie.\", Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-395)