Australian SASR  - Battle of Long Tan Support, 1966 "108 Australians faced 2,000 Viet Cong. SASR scouts saw them coming. Nobody believed the numbers until it was too late."   STORY: August 1966. SASR reconnaissance patrols detected unusual Viet Cong movements near Long Tan, Vietnam. They reported regiment-sized forces massing, but headquarters dismissed it as exaggeration. Then 108 Australian soldiers walked into an ambush by 2,000 Viet Cong and NVA troops during a monsoon. T

Charlie Aston, Military Thriller Author - SAS - Bitesize, did you know? 1. SAS (Special Air Service) - Operation Nimrod, 1980 "Six days. Six terrorists. One embassy. The world watched live as black-clad ghosts ended a siege in 17 minutes."   STORY: May 5, 1980. Iranian terrorists seized the Iranian Embassy in London, holding 26 hostages. For six days, negotiations failed. Then one hostage was executed. Prime Minister Thatcher gave the order: "Go in." At 7:23 PM, millions watc