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Today is the 75th Anniversary of the first military expedition to relieve the siege of Tobruk, Operation Brevity. In the aftermath of the 2011 revolution, I laid a wreath at the 2 Commonwealth War Cemetries in Tobruk remembering those who died in the siege and at the battle of Knightsbridge. We were welcomed by the Libyan Air Force at the General Nasser Air Base at El Adam and by the town council, who wished to re-establish the strong relationship forged between the United Kingdom and Libya, which was interuppted by Colonel Gadhafi in 1969 – see pages 268 to 270 of Belfast to Benghazi.

An enjoyable and engaging evening at the Prince Consort Library in Aldershot.  We discussed how the security risks and key areas of interest have changed since the revolution in 2011 when Islamic black flags were not flown by the Guardians of the Revolution.  See Chapter 6 in Belfast to Benghazi  available at http://www.mereobooks.com/books/genre/biography-memoirs/belfast-to-benghazi or at http://www.waterstones.com

Book Reviews – Belfast to Benghazi ****

“What I found refreshing about this title is the way Wieloch gives his troops credit for the work they carried out rather than glorifying his own role…he tells his stories with brutal honesty mixed with military humour. A thought-provoking and thoroughly readable account of our nation’s recent military history.”

At a book launch and signing event in The White Horse Bookshop, Marlborough

 

Interviewed by Mishal Husain following the Foreign Secretary’s visit to Tripoli on Monday to support the GNA. Twenty eight days remaining to listen to the discussion (after the Michael Gove heated EU debate with Nick Robinson) at the link below: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b077gd50

The security risks and key areas of strategic interest in Libya are all described in my book, Belfast to Benghazi – available from Waterstones and many other well-known bookshops or at http://www.mereobooks.com/books/genre/biography-memoirs/belfast-to-benghazi

 

 

 

Very grateful to P&G Wells for hosting a book launch and signing event – also looking forward to West Sussex and Wiltshire this week

 

 

And the Daily Telegraph article is also available:

• Internal Security in Northern Ireland
• Peacekeeping in Cyprus
• Liberation of Kuwait
• Peace support in Bosnia
• Response to 9/11
• The Iraq War
• Libya Aftermath

  

   

Very grateful to Peter Allen for allowing me to discuss my book, Belfast to Benghazi on Five Live Daily this morning.  Its available at £12.99 from Foyles, Waterstones and some independent booksellers including P&G Wells in Winchester, The White Horse Bookshop in Marlborough, John Sandoe and Belgravia Books in Chelsea and Daunt Bookstores.

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