Israel's Lightning Strike - The Raid on Entebbe 1976

TheIsraeliSpecialForces'operationatEntebbegoesdowninhistoryasoneofthemostaudaciouscounter-terroristassaultseverconducted.OnJune27,1976,fourterrorists(twoofthePopularFrontfortheLiberationofPalestineandtwooftheGermanBaader-Meinhofterroristgroup)highjackedapassengerjetandforcedalandinginEntebbe,Uganda.Heretheyweremetbyreinforcements,andtransferredalltheJewishandIsraeliprisonerstotheterminalbuilding,withtheexceptionofafewhostagereleases.AsIdiAmin'sassistancetotheterroristsbecameincreasinglyclear,theIsraeligovernmentbeganpreparationsforamilitaryassault.Theelementofsurprisewascrucial;neverbeforehadsuchalarge-scaleraidatsuchalongdistancebeensuccessfullyundertaken.ThisistheincrediblestoryofhowtheIsraeliSpecialForcesdefiedradarforover2,000miles,masqueradedasatyrantinaMercedesandcaptureduniforms,anddefeatedanarmyinbrutalcombat,culminatinginatriumphofsheeraudacityandnerve.Acompellingbookchroniclinganincrediblemomentinhistory.