You have a free hand! When Lieutenant-Colonel Bigeard, commander of the 3rd Colonial Parachute Regiment, received the urgent telegram from General Salan, Commander-in-Chief of the Algerian Armed Forces, he knew he had to play for all or nothing. In recent weeks, Saharans and the air force had been unable to track down the deserters of a Meharist company who, after eliminating eight of their European comrades, struck again by laying a deadly ambush on oil tankers escorted by legionnaires. It is a risky undertaking, because they have to operate in the dunes of the Grand Erg Occidental, a vast, traditionally off-limits world, covering nearly 15% of metropolitan France. This book recounts the events from the mutiny to the chase. You will learn how Bigeard, a pragmatic and media-savvy officer with undeniable charisma, managed to track down the dissidents and their accomplices. With the help of the air force, he orchestrated airborne operations in which his men were flown directly by helicopter and dropped by parachute over these dreaded desert warriors, who fought to the last bullet.
Author
Renaud,Patrick-Charles
Title
La Bataille de Timimoun
Details
French text, paperback, bw- and colour photos, maps. 221 pages.
State
new
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