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The ministry of ungentlemanly warfare : how Churchill's secret warriors set Europe ablaze and gave birth to modern black ops / Damien Lewis.

by Lewis, Damien.

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940.548641 L673m

Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965.

Great Britain. Special Operations Executive.

Special forces (Military science) -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.

World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service -- Great Britain.

9781623659172 (hc.)

1623659175 (hc.)

Alternate title:

Ungentlemanly warfare : how Churchill's secret warriors set Europe ablaze and gave birth to modern black ops

Churchill's secret warriors.

x, 402 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm.

Previosly published in Great Britain in 2014 with title: Churchill's secret warriors.

Includes bibliographical references (page 378) and index.

"When France fell to the Nazis in 1939, Churchill declared that Britain would resist the advance of the German army -- alone if necessary. Churchill commanded the Special Operations Executive to secretly develop of a very special kind of military unit that would operate on their own initiative deep behind enemy lines. The units would be licensed to kill, fully deniable by the British government, and a ruthless force to meet the advancing Germans. The very first of these units was led by Gus March-Phillipps, a wild British eccentric of high birth, and an aristocratic, handsome, and bloodthirsty young Danish warrior, Anders Lassen. Amped up on amphetamines, these assorted renegades and sociopaths undertook the very first of Churchill's special operations -- a top-secret, high-stakes mission to seize Nazi shipping in the far-distant port of Fernando Po, in West Africa. Though few of these early desperadoes survived WWII, they took part in a series of fascinating, daring missions that changed the course of the war. It was the first stirrings of the modern special-ops team, and all of the men involved would be declared war heroes when it was all over. This book focuses on a dozen of these extraordinary men, weaving their stories of brotherhood, comradely, and elite soldiering into a gripping narrative yarn, from the earliest missions to Anders Larssen's tragic death, just weeks before the end of the war."--Provided by publisher.

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