Operation Mayhem av MC Steve Heaney, Damien Lewis

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<p><b>''Captures the confusion, black humour, raw courage and sheer exhilaration of combat brilliantly'' THE TIMES</b><br><b><br>''Read this account of his stint with the 26-man strong X Platoon in the sweltering jungle, living on grubs, outnumbered 80 to one, battling heavily armed rebels with bamboo sticks and home-made grenades, and you''ll be asking the question... Why wasn''t he given TWO MCs?'' SUNDAY SPORT</b><br><br>2,000 blood-crazed rebels. 26 elite British soldiers. One man''s explosive true story.<br><br>Airlifted into the heart of the Sierra Leone jungle in the midst of the bloody civil war in 2000, 26 elite operators from the secret British elite unit X Platoon were sent into combat against thousands of Sierra Leonean rebels.<br><br>Notorious for their brutality, the rebels were manned with captured UN armour, machine-guns and grenade-launchers, while the men of X Platoon were kitted with pitiful supplies of ammunition, malfunctioning rifles, and no body armour, grenades