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We dared to win
- Title
- We dared to win / Hannes Wessels with Andre Scheepers.
- Author
- Scheepers, Andre
- Publication
- Philadelphia : Casemate, 2018.
- ©2018
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Wessels, Hannes, 1956-
- Description
- 193 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), map, portraits; 24 cm
- Summary
- "In his own words Andre Scheepers describes his childhood on a farm, learning about the bush from his African friends, and becoming a soldier. The family had to leave the farm after being ambushed by terrorists. A quiet, introspective deep thinker, Andre started out as a trooper in the Rhodesian Light Infantry commandos and was hectically engaged in Fire-Force combat operations before leaving for the SAS. Wounded 13 times, his operational record is exceptional even by the high standards that existed at the time and he really emerges as the quintessential SAS officer displaying extraordinary calmness and audacious cunning in the course of a host of extremely dangerous operations. Loved by his men, Andre writes very eruditely about his mental and emotional condition during the war and reflects very candidly on what he learned and how war has shaped his life since. Offered a commission in the British SAS after the conflict, he decided to stop soldiering and entered the seminary whereupon he became a minister. In addition to Andre's personal story the book also reveals more about the other men who were distinguished operators in other celebrated SAS operations. This is the story of soldiers, the hardships, the battles they fought and the challenges they faced."--Publisher's description.
- Alternative Title
- We dared to win : the SAS in Rhodesia.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Biography.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Contents
- Schoolboy to soldier -- Into the SAS -- Cecil Rhodes would have been proud -- Officers course -- The 'Russian Front" -- "Hot extraction" -- Eliminate the leadership -- Hitting the cities -- Running and raiding -- Taking on the Russians -- Mozambique mayhem -- Zambia attacked -- A soldier's dilemma -- Scheepers reflects.
- Call Number
- Sc E 18-843
- ISBN
- 9781612005874
- 161200587X
- OCLC
- 1055142591
- Author
- Scheepers, Andre, contributor.
- Title
- We dared to win / Hannes Wessels with Andre Scheepers.
- Publisher
- Philadelphia : Casemate, 2018.
- Copyright Date
- ©2018
- Type of Content
- textstill image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Added Author
- Wessels, Hannes, 1956- interviewer.
- Cover Title
- We dared to win : the SAS in Rhodesia.
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 18-843