Helmand Mission: With the Royal Irish Battlegroup in Afghanistan, 2008

by Richard Doherty

After celebrating St. Patrick's Day 2008, 1st Royal Irish Battlegroup deployed to Afghanistan's Helmand province as part of 16 Air Assault Brigade. For six months the Royal Irish fought the Taliban in Helmand in some of the most difficult country on earth. At the same time the Battlegroup was training the nascent Afghan National Army (ANA) and many of its engagements were alongside Afghan soldiers. Well trained and with an operational maturity gained...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1848841485
• ISBN13: 9781848841482
• Release Date: March 2010
• Publisher: Pen & Sword Military
• Length: 175 Pages
• Weight: 1.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.8" x 9.4"