Commando: Winning World War II Behind Enemy Lines - Hardcover

Owen, James

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1408703025 ISBN 13: 9781408703021

Verlag: Little, Brown, 2013

Inhaltsangabe

The first authoritative book on the most formidable fighting forces of WWII

June 1940: As Britain's soldiers limped home from Dunkirk, a maverick Army officer was already devising a bold plan to hit back at the enemy. His idea was to revolutionise military thinking and change the face of warfare for ever. Relying as much on stealth and guile as on courage and stamina, the Commandos brought to the battlefield the skills of the guerrilla. Trained by an unconventional band of experts, and led by a big-game hunter, a film star, a Highland chief and an eccentric wielding a bow and arrow, they became the spearhead of the Allied drive for victory. Weaving together official documents, new research and veterans' own accounts,Commando reveals for the first time the exhilarating full story of WWII's most formidable fighting force.

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James Owen is a historian and the author of Nuremberg: Evil on Trial,The Voice of War (with Guy Walters) and A Serpent in Eden and Danger UXB.He writes frequently for newspapers and contributes to television and radio programmes. He lives in London.

James Owen is a historian and the author of Nuremberg: Evil on Trial, The Voice of War (with Guy Walters), A Serpent in Eden and Danger UXB. He writes frequently for newspapers and contributes to television and radio programmes. He lives in London.

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• Verlag: Little, Brown
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2013
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1408703025
• ISBN 13: 9781408703021
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 413
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