{"product_id":"9781928248187","title":"Blood Brothers","description":"\u003cp\u003eOn 10 June 1980, during a seemingly endless day of bloody fighting, 13 men of the South African Defence Force died and several more were wounded after 61 Mechanised Infantry Battalion Group attacked a vast complex of Swapo military bases in Angola.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDuring Operation Smokeshell second lieutenant Paul Louw led his platoon in four Ratel infantry fighting vehicles. In the ensuing chaos of that day 12 national servicemen of his platoon of 44 were killed and he himself was wounded. In a separate incident during the fighting his company second-in-command was also slain. One of his troops, 18-year-old HP Ferreira, was shot through the pelvis by a 14,5 mm anti-aircraft round and also hit by AK-47 bullets.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLouw spent the night drenched in the blood and guts of his men, hunkered down with a handful of other survivors in a Ratel destroyed by an RPG 7 rocket, isolated from the rest of the South African attack force.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBlood Brothers records the dramatic events that took place during Operation Smokeshell, as told by the survivors of the battle. It investigates the human cost of war after the last shots have been fired and follows the veterans as they return to the battle site four decades later in search of peace.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-contributors\"\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Deon+Lamprecht\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eDeon Lamprecht\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Deon Lamprecht","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47378872598691,"sku":"9781928248187","price":295.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7836\/3555\/files\/img_9781928248187_10a2dc11-32f5-4cb5-b89c-e696efc7108c.jpg?v=1776615925","url":"https:\/\/graffitibooks.co.za\/products\/9781928248187","provider":"Graffiti Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}