Title:
Israel's lightning strike : the raid on Entebbe, 1976
Author:
Dunstan, Simon.
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Publication Information:
Oxford ; New York : Osprey Pub., [2009]
©2009
Physical Description:
64 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 25 cm.
Language:
English
Contents:
Introduction: The origins of aerial hijacking ; Black September ; The Hijacking of Air France Flight 139: Day 1. Sunday 27 June 1976 - 'We have a hijacking' ; Day 2. Monday 28 June 1976 ; Day 3. Tuesday 29 June 1976 ; Day 4. Wednesday 30 June 1976 ; Day 5. Thursday 1 July 1976 -- The Israeli Plans: Operation Stanley ; Day 6. Friday 2 July 1976 ; Operation Thunderbolt - The plan ; Day 7. Saturday 3 July 1976 -- Operation Thunderbolt - Kadur Ha-Ra'Am: Rhinos to Africa ; 'We've come to take you home' ; 99 minutes at Entebbe ; Return to Israel ; Triumph and tragedy -- Aftermath.
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ISBN:
9781846033971
9781849081030
Format :
Book