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SAS Italian job / Damien Lewis.
Van Pelt Library D794.5 .L49525 2018
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lewis, Damien, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Great Britain. Army. Special Air Service.
- History.
- Great Britain.
- Italy.
- Great Britain. Army. Special Air Service--History--World War, 1939-1945.
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- World War, 1939-1945--Commando operations--Great Britain.
- Commando troops.
- Military campaigns.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 398 pages, 16 pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Other Title:
- SAS Italian job : the secret mission to storm a forbidden Nazi fortress
- Place of Publication:
- London : Quercus Editions Ltd, 2018.
- Summary:
- An impossible mission in wartime Italy: the next explosive bestseller from Damien Lewis.In the hard-fought winter of 1944 the Allied advanced northwards through Italy, but stalled on the fearsome mountainous defences of the Gothic Line. Two men were parachuted in, in an effort to break the deadlock. Their mission: to penetrate deep into enemy territory and lay waste to the Germans' impregnable headquarters.At the eleventh hour mission commanders radioed for David 'The Mad Piper' Kilpatrick to be flown in, resplendent in his tartan kilt. They wanted this fearless war hero to lead the assault, piping Highland Laddie as he went - so leaving an indelible British signature to deter Nazi reprisals.As the column of raiders formed up, there was shocking news. High command radioed through an order to stand down, having assessed the chances of success at little more than zero. But in defiance of orders, and come hell or high-water, they were going in.Damien Lewis's new bestseller tells the incredible story.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-384) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.
- Other Format:
- ebook version :
- ISBN:
- 9781787475137
- 1787475131
- 9781787475120
- 1787475123
- OCLC:
- 1029888292
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