Tobruk commando : the raid to destroy Rommel's base / Gordon Landsborough.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Landsborough, Gordon, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Africa, North.

World War, 1939-1945.

World War, 1939-1945--Commando operations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (176 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

[Havertown, Pennsylvania] : Frontline Books, 2015.

Summary:

"'Gentlemen, we are going to capture Tobruk and destroy it.' 'Operation Agreement' started as a fairly simple plan to destroy Rommel's bomb-proof oil-storage tanks at Tobruk on the eve of Alamein. But, catching the imagination of GHQ, the plan snowballed alarmingly. As well as a commando unit led by the plan's originator, Colonel Haselden, it came to include the RAF, the Royal Navy, the Marines and two of the largest destroyers in the Mediterranean.It was a daring attempt to rob Rommel at one stroke of the three essentials to success in North Africa - oil, a supply port and shipping. But the calculated risks began to out balance the chances of success when it seemed that every dockyard worker in Alexandria and every cocktail-party-goer in Cairo knew about the raid before the officers and men set out. The operation went on, and became a tragedy of slaughtered men and sunken ships.Tobruk Commando is a classic adventure story of the Second World War. The fast-moving action centres on the small commando of men which set out secretly through the deserts towards Tobruk. After a long journey across the desert sand, they arrived disguised as a group of POWs and their German captors. Expertly written, this is a wonderful tale of heroic bluff and a venture to test the courage and nerves of the toughest men."-- Amazon.com

Contents:

Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgement and Note; New Introduction; Chapter I; Chapter II; Chapter III; Chapter IV; Chapter V; Chapter VI; Chapter VII; Chapter VIII; Chapter IX; Chapter X; Chapter XI; Chapter XII; Chapter XIII; Chapter XIV; Chapter XV; Chapter XVI; Photo Gallery; Chapter XVII; Chapter XVIII; Chapter XIX; Chapter XX; Chapter XXI; Chapter XXII; Chapter XXIII; Chapter XXIV

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed March 31, 2016).

ISBN:

9781848322455

1848322453