Israel's Lightning Strike: The Raid on Entebbe 1976

by Simon Dunstan

Book Overview

The Israeli Special Forces' operation at Entebbe goes down in history as one of the most audacious counter-terrorist assaults ever conducted. On June 27, 1976, four terrorists (two of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and two of the German Baader-Meinhof terrorist group) highjacked a passenger jet and forced a landing in Entebbe, Uganda. Here they were met by reinforcements, and transferred all the Jewish and Israeli prisoners to the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1846033977
• ISBN13: 9781846033971
• Release Date: September 2009
• Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK)
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 7.4" x 9.5"