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Osprey Raid #45
Killing Bin Laden: Operation Neptune Spear 2011
On May 2, 2011 a ten-year manhunt drew to a deadly end as the men of the US Naval Special Warfare Development Group (a.k.a. SEAL Team Six) closed in on their prey, Osama Bin Laden, the fanatical mastermind of the terrible attack on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. Flown from Afghanistan by Army Special Operations Command’s 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne) and evading detection by the Pakistani military, two US helicopters flew towards the compound where they believed Bin Laden to be.
Forty minutes later one helicopter had crashed and five men were dead, including the al-Qaeda leader, whose body was taken away and quietly buried at sea. In this book the story of the raid is told, from start to finish, using specially commissioned full-colour artwork, photographs and maps. The operation, codenamed Neptune Spear, is expertly analysed and the events are told in a concise and clear account of its build-up, execution and aftermath, demonstrating the skill and courage of the men who carried it out.
Forty minutes later one helicopter had crashed and five men were dead, including the al-Qaeda leader, whose body was taken away and quietly buried at sea. In this book the story of the raid is told, from start to finish, using specially commissioned full-colour artwork, photographs and maps. The operation, codenamed Neptune Spear, is expertly analysed and the events are told in a concise and clear account of its build-up, execution and aftermath, demonstrating the skill and courage of the men who carried it out.
80 pages, Paperback
First published November 19, 2013
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May 7, 2019
Fast read with good presentation of the entire operation.
Must read. The things that happened behind the curtain. Amazing the kind of planning that goes in. Excellent book recommended.
Must read. The things that happened behind the curtain. Amazing the kind of planning that goes in. Excellent book recommended.
February 1, 2023
Honestly, the book is a little disappointing. The story itself is very interesting, but the way they word it is very weird.
January 11, 2015
simple explanation of operation Neptune spear.
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