Damien Lewis

Churchill's Secret Warriors: The Explosive True Story of the Special Forces Desperadoes of WWII

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ISBN 13:
9781848668553
author:
Damien Lewis
format:
Paperback
publisher:
Quercus
language:
English
Publication Year:
2015
Pages:
416
Dimensions:
14 x 2.7 x 19.8 cm
Genre:
History, Military History, Armed Forces
Condition:
New
Availability:
Item usually sent within 10 working days
£11.83

Description

Churchill's Secret Warriors is a gripping true story of the top-secret military units tasked with stopping the German war machine during WWII. In 1940, Prime Minister Winston Churchill authorized the creation of a special kind of military unit that would operate on its own initiative deep behind enemy lines. These "butcher-and-bolt" units were licensed to kill and fully deniable by the British government, and their brutal tactics would define a military unit the world had never seen. The first of these units, the Maid Honour Force, was led by a wild British eccentric and a Danish warrior, and undertook a top-secret mission to seize Nazi shipping in West Africa. Though few of these early operatives survived WWII, they took part in a series of daring missions that changed the course of the war. This book tells the fascinating story of these men and their role in shaping the modern special-ops team. Damien Lewis, award-winning historian and war reporter, brings to life the incredible true story of these "desperadoes" who played a crucial part in the Allied victory.

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