Contact Charlie: The Canadian Army, the Taliban, and the Battle for Afghanistan

In the summer of 2006, a Canadian army patrol travelling through Afghanistan's Panjwayi region surprised an unexpectedly...
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Contact Charlie: The Canadian Army, the Taliban, and the Battle for Afghanistan by Wattie, Chris

Contact Charlie: The Canadian Army, the Taliban, and the Battle for Afghanistan

€34,07

Contact Charlie: The Canadian Army, the Taliban, and the Battle for Afghanistan

€34,07
Author: Chris Wattie
Format: Paperback
Language: English

In the summer of 2006, a Canadian army patrol travelling through Afghanistan's Panjwayi region surprised an unexpectedly large force of Taliban fighters. The soldiers of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry had stumbled into a hornet's nest; the largest buildup of Taliban forces in the region since their regime had fallen in 2001. As their commanders threw more and more soldiers into what became a gruelling, drawn-out struggle, the battalion's Charlie Company found itself at the forefront of every firefight and ambush in a desperate, two-month pitched battle. The 150 soldiers of Charlie suffered more casualties and earned more decorations for bravery than any other Canadian unit since the Korean War. They came into contact with the enemy so many times they became known simply as "Contact Charlie."

In Contact Charlie, reporter and embedded journalist Chris Wattie offers an intimate and harrowing look at a series of battles that would eventually take the lives of seven soldiers. Based on Wattie's own experience in Afghanistan, as well as hundreds of post-tour interviews, Contact Charlie is a rare piece of military writing, providing a behind-the-scenes look at the stories that made headlines that summer--and continue to do so today.



Author: Chris Wattie
Publisher: Iguana Books
Published: 02/05/2019
Pages: 306
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.86lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.69d
ISBN: 9781771803038

About the Author
Wattie, Chris: - Chris Wattie was a senior national reporter with the National Post, and one of the first Canadian reporters embedded with the army when he accompanied Canadian troops on the International Security Assistance Force mission in Kabul in 2003. Wattie lives in Toronto, Ontario.

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