Full Description
Grenadier Guards, An Account of Operations 1996-2015, covers Northern Ireland, Kosovo, Bosnia, Iraq and Afghanistan. It provides a detailed narrative at Battle Group, Company, Operating and Mentoring Liaison Teams and specialist Platoon levels of the role played by the Grenadier Guards in these challenging security environments.
Each theatre of operation is introduced by a detailed political analysis to underscore the complexities of the situations commanders at all levels found themselves in.
Illustrated through with 55 photos, 43 detailed maps and 15 charts.
Contents
Foreword - HRH Prince Andrew, Duke of York.
Preface.
Chapter One - Political and military environment.
Chapter Two - Northern Ireland: Op BANNER;
Section 1 - Ballykinler;
Section 2 - East Tyrone;
Section 3 - Belfast;
Section 4 - Summary of Op BANNER 1969-2006.
Chapter Three - Western Balkans;
Section 1 - Kosovo;
Section 2 - Bosnia: Op OCULUS and Op ALTHEA.
Chapter Four - Iraq: Op ENDURING FREEDOM;
Section 1 - Overview;
Section 2 - Op TELIC.
Chapter Five - Afghanistan: Op HERRICK;
Section 1 - Introduction;
Section 2 - The ISAF deployment;
Section 3 - Helmand Province;
Section 4 - Taliban and ISAF arsenals;
Section 5 - Op HERRICK VI;
Section 6 - Op HERRICK XI;
Section 7 - Op HERRICK XVI.
Chapter Six - The Colonel's Fund.
Annexe A - Stabilising Actions.
Annexe B - Nijmegen Company; 15th Company (RHQ).
Bibliography and Sources.
Abbreviations.
