Miracle escape of the new Rorke's Drift Paras: Cut-off, surrounded and outnumbered - the incredible untold story of the 88 British soldiers who spent 56 days holding off 500 Taliban fighters... and survived
The 88 men of Easy Company held out against Taliban for two months
They defended Helmand outpost Musa Qala against 500 enemy troops
Ministry of Defence previously banned details of conflict being revealed
Channel 4 documentary will shed new light using the soldiers' stories
By Nigel Blundell For The Daily Mail
Published: 16:15 EST, 6 August 2016 | Updated: 05:40 EST, 7 August 2016
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Outgunned, outmanoeuvred, hopelessly outnumbered and besieged in the Afghan desert, a small band of British soldiers chose to save a final bullet for themselves rather than fall into Taliban hands.
For nearly two months, the 88 men of Easy Company – a mix of Paratroopers and the Royal Irish – had faced the overwhelming force and firepower of up to 500 Taliban determined to over-run the remote Helmand outpost of Musa Qala.
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