SAS Brothers in Arms: Churchill's Desperadoes: Blood-and-Guts Defiance at Britain's Darkest Hour.

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And off we go to the deserts of North Africa with invaluable operational assistance from the LRDG, with setbacks, disasters, treachery, and the terrible and tragic losses of friends and comrades between and during the butchering and bolting. When the fuses for their explosives failed, they adapted their tactics using ‘gangster style’ drive by shootings to attack enemy aircraft.

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This is a narrative of wall-to-wall do-or-die action and daring, chronicling the exploits of some of the most highly-decorated soldiers of the twentieth-century.Beyond top secret, deniable in the extreme (and of course enjoying Churchill’s enthusiastic blessing), this is one of the most remarkable stories of wartime lawlessness, eccentricity and raw courage in the face of impossible odds – a thoroughly British undertaking. Trading Address (Warehouse) Unit E, Vulcan Business Complex, Vulcan Road, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE5 3EB.

Damien Lewis became an author largely by accident, when a British publisher asked him if he'd be willing to turn a TV documentary he was working on into a book. He is currently a fellow of the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust and the Royal Geographical Society. He's the man who gets the most focus here and after reading more about him as I was listening to this book, I appreciate that this book shows him in a light that truly exhibits his personality and values over past works that were quick to label him a mere thug.She was a close companion to men who became like a family to her, sharing in both the tragedies and joys they faced.

The regiment has its origins in the Second World War, when small bands of soldiers were dropped behind enemy lines in North Africa and Europe.amien Lewis's new bestseller tells the action-packed, riveting story of the band of mavericks and visionaries who made the SAS. Lewis follows the development of the SAS from a parachute unit to its adoption of vehicles to take them to their targets. internationally bestselling author, war reporter, and award-winning WWII historian Damien Lewis chronicles the birth of the legendary SAS, Winston Churchill’s singular band of brothers, and how their extraordinary do-or-die exploits truly turned the tide of war. While I do owe several of Damien Lewis WW2 books, 'Brothers In Arms', was my first read from the author, it won't be my last, really like his writing a lot and this one is one of my favorite reads of the 2023 books I've read. Damien’s previous books on the SAS are all excellent books, but I think that he has surpassed himself this time around and this book is the best one yet!