An eight man SAS team inserts behind Iraqi lines during the Gulf War in January 1991. Their mission's codename: "Bravo Two Zero". Its goal: to take out the scud missiles which Saddam Hussein used to terrorize his enemies, as well as to sever strategic communication lines between Baghdad and North West Iraq.
Dropped into "scud alley" carrying 210-pound packs, commander McNab and his men soon find themselves surrounded by Saddam's army. Because of cold weather they lose radio contact to base. And finally they are spotted. Their only chance of survival was to fight their way to the Syrian border 110 miles away across the Euphrates river to freedom. The story of Bravo Two Zero includes the no-holds-barred detail of McNab's capture by the Iraqis, and the harrowing torture they inflicted on him and two of his patrol.