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Title: The War that Never Was
Subtitle: The True Story of the Men who Fought Britain's Most Secret Battle
Author: Duff Hart-Davis
Narrator: Cameron Stewart
Format: Unabridged
Length: 9 hrs and 53 mins
Language: English
Release date: 08-26-11
Publisher: Audible Studios
Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 1 votes
Genres: History, European
Publisher's Summary:
For the very first time, The War That Never Was tells the fascinating story of a secret war fought by British mercenaries in the Yemen in the early 1960s.
In a covert operation organised over whisky and sodas in the clubs of Chelsea and Mayfair, a group of former SAS officers - led by the irrepressible Colonel Jim Johnson - arranged for a squadron of British mercenaries to travel to the remote mountain regions of the Yemen, to arm, train and lead Yemeni tribesmen in their fight against a 60,000-strong contingent of Egyptian soldiers.
It was one of the most uneven running battles ever waged; the Egyptians fielded a huge, professionally-trained army. The British fought back at the head of a ragtag force of tribal warriors and, ultimately, won. Egypt's President Nasser described the battle in the Yemen as my Vietnam.
Its a fascinating, forgotten, and rip-roaringly entertaining pocket of British military history.
