Killing Bin Laden

Operation Neptune Spear 2011

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Killing Bin Laden

Operation Neptune Spear 2011

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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.

Product details

Published Sep 23 2014
Format Paperback
Edition 1st
Extent 80
ISBN 9781472804082
Imprint Osprey Publishing
Illustrations 56 col
Dimensions 10 x 7 inches
Series Raid
Short code RAID 45
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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Peter Panzeri

Peter Panzeri is a serving officer in the US Army…

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Johnny Shumate

Johnny Shumate works as a freelance illustrator li…

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