Operation Eagle Claw 1980 : the disastrous bid to end the Iran hostage crisis
Following months of negotiations after the seizure of the US Embassy in Tehran on November 4 1979, President Jimmy Carter ordered the newly formed Delta Force to conduct a raid into Iran to free the hostages. The raid, Operation Eagle Claw, was risky to say the least. US forces would have to fly int...
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| Format: | BOOK |
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Osprey Publishing
2020
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| Series: | Raid 52 |
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