Operation Eagle Claw 1980: The Disastrous Bid to End the Iran Hostage Crisis

by Justin Williamson

A fully illustrated history of the disastrous 1980 attempt to rescue the 53 US Embassy hostages in Tehran, which involved the new Delta Force and a complex series of airlifts, hides and refueling stops in the Iranian desert.

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1472837835
• ISBN13: 9781472837837
• Release Date: March 2020
• Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK)
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 7.1" x 9.6"