Head to Waterstones, Cambridge on Remembrance Day, from 18:00-19:30 

For the first time, Cambridgeshire SAS veteran, and second in command of Bravo Three Zero, Des Powell reveals their story.

This year is the 80th anniversary year of the SAS and 30 years since the first Gulf War and deployment of Bravo Three Zero behind enemy lines in the Iraq desert.

There were three SAS patrols that fateful January 1991 morning: Bravos One, Two (Andy McNab) and Three Zero. It was the opening hours of the Gulf War and the SAS were flown deep behind enemy lines to hunt down Saddam’s Scud missiles.

Cambridgeshire SAS veteran, and second in command of Bravo Three Zero, Des Powell reveals their story in gritty, blow-by-blow detail, and explains how their actions as well as an element of luck, led to their achievements becoming the stuff of elite forces legend. Co-written with Sunday Times no 1 bestseller Damien Lewis, Des Powell takes readers into the dessert and behind enemy lines.

In conversation with ex-spook Paul Hughes, Des Powell provides us with an intimate look into the life of the SAS on this timely, commemorative evening.

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There were three SAS patrols that fateful January 1991 morning: Bravo One Zero, Bravo Two Zero (Andy McNab) and Bravo Three Zero. It was the opening hours of the Gulf War and the SAS were flown deep behind enemy lines to hunt down Saddam’s Scud missiles.

Cambridgeshire SAS veteran, and second in command of, Des Powell reveals their story in gritty, blow-by-blow detail, and explains how their actions as well as an element of luck, led to their achievements becoming the stuff of elite forces legend. Co-written with Sunday Times no 1 bestseller Damien Lewis, Des Powell takes readers into the dessert and behind enemy lines.