The ministry of ungentlemanly warfare

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

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Damien Lewis: The ministry of ungentlemanly warfare (2015)

402 pages

English language

Published Dec. 7, 2015

ISBN:
978-1-62365-917-2
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OCLC Number:
902659884

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"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 "butcher-and-bolt" units-the innocuously named Maid Honour Force-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 …

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Subjects

  • Secret service
  • Special forces (Military science)
  • Great Britain. Special Operations Executive
  • Great Britain
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • History

Places

  • Great Britain