After stopping at athens, the airliner was hijacked on june 27 by members of the popular front for the liberation of palestine and the red army. The definitive account of one of the greatest special forces missions ever, the raid of entebbe, by acclaimed military historian saul david. Download the book saul david operation thunderbolt for free in a convenient format epub, pdf, fb2, mobi. He is the author of the indian mutiny, which was shortlisted for the duke of westminsters medal for military literature, military blunders, zulu.
Saul david is a military historian and broadcaster. We live in a world where fears of flying have increased, but it is not a unique feeling as is evidenced by saul davids new book operation thunderbolt. Yoni netanyahu, who died in the raid on entebbe airport, july 1976. Click on below buttons to start download 90 minutes at entebbe by william stevenson pdf epub without registration. Operation entebbe simple english wikipedia, the free. With yehoram gaon, gila almagor, assi dayan, klaus kinski. The lead hercules carried the sayeret matkal rescue force, led by lt. Introduction operation entebbe was a counterterrorist hostagerescue mission carried out by commandos of the israel defense forces idf at entebbe airport in uganda on 4 july 1976. Pdf download operation thunderbolt flight 9 and the raid on. A week earlier, on 27 june, an air france plane with 248 passengers was hijacked, by members of the popular front for the liberation of palestine.
By 2230 the aircraft had reached lake victoria, just a short distance from entebbe by air. Click download or read online button to get operation thunderbolt book now. The jewish passengers were separated and held hostage in demand to release many terrorists held in israeli prisons. Mossad took photos, entebbe operation was on its way. The entebbe raid the most audacious hostage rescue mission in history pdf reading online is now so easy. Hijacking of air france airbus by followers of popular. Operation entebbe was initiated by an air france highjacking at the hands of german revolutionaries, the popular front for the liberation of palestine, and ugandan forces. The aircraft made a brief stop at sharmasheikh to top off their fuel tanks and feed the troops before the four aircraft formation headed south on their 7. Read entebbe a defining moment in the war on terrorism the jonathan netanyahu story online, read in mobile or kindle. The entebbe raid the most audacious hostage rescue mission in history book. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want.
Flight 9 and the raid on entebbe airport, the most audacious hostage rescue mission in history david, saul on. Operation entebbe was a counterterrorist hostagerescue mission carried out by commandos of the israel defense forces idf at entebbe airport in uganda on 4 july 1976. Pdf on jan 1, 2015, tobias ebbrechthartmann and others published the missing. Raid on entebbe irvin kershner, usa 1976 and mivtsa yonatan operation. Chock full of true heroes, this book is a good read, and highly desirable for lovers of history.
The israeli special forces operation at entebbe goes down in history as one of the most audacious counterterrorist assaults ever conducted. Israels raid on entebbe as an act of aggression against uganda. The entebbe rescue operation jewish virtual library. On july 4th, 1976, idf commandos managed to rescue 102 israeli and jewish hostages from uganda after their plane was hijacked by terrorists. The yoni netanyahu story 2011, a book recounting the life of the raids commander yonatan netanyahu. Word had just come that the operation had been an astonishing success and the hostages were free. An air france airplane was hijacked on 27 june 1976. While perhaps not a literary work of art, 90 minutes at entebbe reveals a small but important piece of history that is often forgotten, and shows the reader a startlingly intense moment in the history and triumph of the israeli defense forces. Entebbe a defining moment in the war on terrorism the jonathan netanyahu story also available in format docx and mobi. Entebbe a defining moment in the war on terrorism the. Operation entebbe, or operation thunderbolt, was a successful counterterrorist hostagerescue mission carried out by commandos of the israel defense forces idf at entebbe airport in uganda on 4 july 1976 a week earlier, on 27 june, an air france plane with 248 passengers had been hijacked by two members of the popular front for the liberation of palestine external operations pflpeo. Only then was the plan revealed to the israeli cabinet, which decided to let the operation continue. Three israeli units landed at the ugandan capitals airport and proceeded to blow up 10 sovietsupplied migs, shoot their way through the 60 to 100 ugandan soldiers guarding the terminal where the hostages were being held, release 106 hostages, load them aboard waiting c.
A week earlier, on 27 june, an air france plane with 248 passengers was hijacked, by members of the popular front for the. In july 1976, an air france flight from telaviv to paris via athens was hijacked and forced to land in entebbe, uganda. Operation entebbe was a rescue mission performed by several idf units in uganda 4,000 kilometers from israel on july 4 th 1976, for the liberation of 98 jewish and israeli hostages. Flight 9 and the raid on entebbe airport the most audacious hostage rescue mission in history pdf for free, pr. The israeli forces operation at entebbe was one of the most daring counterterrorist assaults of all time.
Entebbe raid, july 34, 1976, rescue by an israeli commando squad of 103 hostages from a french jet airliner hijacked en route from israel to france. It has been called one of the most daring rescue missions of all time. On a lake victoria peninsula, approximately 37 kilometres 23 mi southwest of the ugandan capital, kampala, it was once the seat of government for the protectorate of uganda prior to independence, in 1962. Sidebars and maps round out the learning experience. Flight 9 and the raid on entebbe airport, the most audacious hostage rescue mission in history. Implications of the war on terror for human rights in kenya pdf.
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