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The Top 10 Special Forces Units in the World
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Eric Linden
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John Winters
About this listen
Special forces are defined as military units which are stringently chosen and intensively trained to conduct special missions for a particular country's military, economic, and political objectives.
Not much is known about these units. They mostly operate in the shadows and often get confused with conventional forces.
One of the common mistakes is to confuse Elite Special-Purpose Infantry Units like the French Foreign Legion's 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment or the British Royal Marines Commandos as Special Forces Units.
In this book, I will discuss the 10 best special forces units in the world.
Here is a preview of what you'll learn....
- The 10 best special forces units in the world
- Selection and training of special forces
- The elite units that most special forces soldiers gets selected from
- The most secretive unit in the world
- Recent operations
- Unit history
- Structure and specialization of the different units
- Specialization training details
- Much, much more!
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- Mr Frank
- 08-18-19
All of secret informations
It's cool to know the infos about worlds top special forces and their training and their recruitment. It's also pleasure to listen.
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- M Stark
- 08-31-19
Special forces and their activities
It's detailed guide with list of special forces and their training and specialists. Elaborate guide with proper content.
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- Thunder
- 08-16-19
Good to know
Very factual. And great research about special forces. Described everything and it was good reading about the special units.
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- 08-16-19
Lot of information's about special forces
Here i get to know the difference and motivation of different special forces units and their missions.
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- Mahfuz
- 08-31-19
Wow
I highly recommend this book for anyone who are interested to know more about the Special Forces and their powers.
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