Operation Medusa

The Furious Battle That Saved Afghanistan from the Taliban

Author Major General David Fraser and Brian Hanington

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From the Canadian in charge of the joint military command in Kandahar Province in Afghanistan, this is the real on-the-ground story of one of NATO's bloodiest, most decisive and misunderstood operations: The battle of Panjwayi, the defining moment of "Operation Medusa."

In the summer of 2006, David Fraser was the Canadian general in charge of NATO's Regional Command South, a territory spanning six Afghan provinces surrounding the Arghandab Valley. Birthplace of the Taliban decades earlier, this fertile region had since become Afghanistan's most deadly turf. It would soon turn deadlier still. Advised in the night by his intelligence officers that the Taliban had secretly amassed for a full-scale military assault, Fraser knew it would fall to him, his Canadians and their…

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May 8, 2018

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One of Canada's most decorated generals since World War II, DAVID FRASER was the commander of Operation Medusa in Afghanistan, the largest combat engagement of Canadian armed forces in more than fifty years. His honours and awards include Commander of Military Merit, Canadian Meritorious Service Cross, Meritorious Service Medal, United States Legion of Honor and Bronze Star(for service in Afghanistan) and awards from the Netherlands, Poland and NATO.

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