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We Dared to Win

By: Hannes Wessels, Andre Scheepers - with
Narrated by: Roger Clark
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Andre Scheepers grew up on a farm in Rhodesia, learning about the bush from his African childhood friends, before joining the army. A quiet, introspective thinker, Andre started out as a trooper in the SAS before being commissioned into the Rhodesian Light Infantry Commandos, where he was engaged in fireforce combat operations. He then rejoined the SAS. 

Wounded 13 times, his operational record is exceptional even by the tough standards that existed at the time. He emerged as the SAS officer par excellence; beloved by his men, displaying extraordinary calmness, courage, and audacious cunning during a host of extremely dangerous operations. Andre writes vividly about his experiences, his emotions, and his state of mind during the war, and reflects candidly on what he learned and how war has shaped his life since.

In addition to Andre's personal story, this book reveals more about some of the other men who were distinguished operators in SAS operations during the Rhodesian War.

©2018 Hannes Wessels and Andre Scheepers (P)2020 Tantor

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Oh no, not again

As with A HANDFUL OF HARD MEN, the story is an important one that needs to be told, but WHY do they persist in using truely awful (in my option) narrators?
Once again, it is a real struggle to listen to and my advice is to play the Sample, before buying the audiobook, even on 1.1x speed it’s dreadful.

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Wonderfully captured memoir

Wonderfully captured memoirs. so well scripted, weaving in the first hand accounts of Andre and the other operatives.
As with other Rhodesian books the narrator can't get the pronunciations right.
An Emotional read. will buy the hard cover for the bookshelf.

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Good story told Badly.

A good Story told by a narrator who had no idea about the Rhodesian Military.

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Roger Clark lived in Ireland an the UK, yet he reads the book like an American. Sal is bury, mom, lootenant , torn a ket, etc, such a shame. Why would they let him do that.

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An enjoyable listen

A riveting account of the SAS and the Rhodesian bush war. Unfortunately, at times butchered by incorrect pronunciation of military terminology and the local Rhodesian vernacular

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Strong, exciting and informative

This book was a nonstop addictive listener
Everly chapter was action packed and informative about a mostly unknown war.

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We Dared to Win

Very interesting book, with in depth details of operations and conditions.
Most of the descriptions of the operations left me shaking my head thinking they were mad.
But they were brave men doing their job. Some great points made in the post-scrip.
The only let down was the poor annunciation by the reader whe repeatedly butchers the names of African and Afrikaans names and places.

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These boys are an inspiration to all soldiers.

This story follows the hectic final years of Rhodesia and highlights just how much winning every battle can still mean defeat. Particularly when the British Government are involved. The Elite Forces of Rhodesia were the best at their game and this book goes into detail of the intricate link between Special Forces Operations and the politics and deceit behind it.

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Remarkable stories of bravery and History.

Really enjoyed this book,these soldiers were remarkable best in the world second to none,men and women who fought for a country that they loved

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Excellent personal recounts of the war

Captivating recount. pity the pronunciation of so many words, even common English words was so poor

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