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The SAS in World War II

Autor Gavin Mortimer
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 19 iun 2015
A gripping history of the SAS in World War II, supported by a collection of rare images from the SAS Regimental Association.The SAS are among the best-trained and most effective Special Forces units in existence. This book is the incredible story of their origins, told in their own words. During the summer of 1941, a young Scots Guard officer called David Stirling persuaded MEHQ to give its backing to a small band of 60 men christened 'L Detachment'. With a wealth of stunning photographs, many from the SAS Regimental Association, the book captures the danger and excitement of the initial SAS raids against Axis airfields during the Desert War, the battles in Italy and those following the D-Day landings, as well as the dramatic final push into Germany itself and the discovery of such Nazi horrors as Belsen. An exhaustive account of an elite organization's formative years, The SAS in World War II is the fruit of Gavin Mortimer's expertise and his unprecedented access to the archives of the SAS Regimental Association. Incorporating interviews with the surviving veterans, it is the definitive account of the regiment's glorious achievements in the years from 1941 to 1945.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781472808752
ISBN-10: 1472808754
Pagini: 304
Ilustrații: 120 black and white photoraphs
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.34 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Osprey Publishing
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Notă biografică

Gavin Mortimer is the author of Stirling's Men (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2004), a ground-breaking history of the early operations of the SAS, The Longest Night: Voices from the London Blitz (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2005) and The Blitz: An Illustrated History (Osprey, 2010). An award-winning writer whose books have been published on both sides of the Atlantic, Gavin has previously written for The Telegraph, The Sunday Telegraph, The Observer and Esquire magazine. He continues to contribute to a wide range of newspapers and magazines from BBC History to the American Military History Quarterly. In addition he has lectured on the SAS in World War Two at the National Army Museum.

Cuprins

DedicationAcknowledgements IntroductionChapter 1: Stirling's leap of faithChapter 2: L Detachment takes wingsChapter 3: Stirling's captureChapter 4: The SRS in Sicily and ItalyChapter 5: Bill Stirling and the boys of 2SASChapter 6: Roy Farran: from Toronoto to TermoliChapter 7: Back to BlightyChapter 8: D-Day for 1SASChapter 9: 2SAS earn their wingsChapter 10: 2SAS return to ItalyChapter 11: Operation Archway: the drive into GermanyChapter 12: Operation Howard: Paddy Mayne's last hurrahChapter 13: Delighted then demobbedGlossaryNotesBibliographyIndex