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Lewis, Damien.
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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.
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Lewis, Damien.
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.
MARC Display
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.
Quercus, 2015.
Call #:
940.548641 L673m
Subjects
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.
ISBN:
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
.
Description:
x, 402 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Previosly published in Great Britain in 2014 with title:
Churchill
's
secret
warriors
.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (page 378) and index.
Summary:
"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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