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Ian Fleming´s Commandos: The Story of 30 Assault Unit in WWII
Nicholas Rankin
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Description for Ian Fleming´s Commandos: The Story of 30 Assault Unit in WWII
Paperback. In 1942, Lieutenant-Commander Ian Fleming had a brilliant idea: why not set up a unit of authorised looters, men who would go in hard with the front-line troops and steal enemy intelligence? Known as '30 Assault Unit', they took part in the major campaigns of the Second World War. This book tells 30 Assault Unit's story. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBWQ; JWH; JWKF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 328.
In 1942, Lieutenant-Commander Ian Fleming was personal assistant to the Director of Naval Intelligence - the dynamic figure behind James Bond's fictional chief, 'M'. Here, Fleming had a brilliant idea: why not set up a unit of authorised looters, men who would go in hard with the front-line troops and steal enemy intelligence?
Known as '30 Assault Unit', they took part in the major campaigns of the Second World War, landing on the Normandy beaches and helping to liberate Paris. 30AU's final amazing coup was to seize the entire archives of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
432
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780571250639
SKU
V9780571250639
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-99
About Nicholas Rankin
Nicholas Rankin spent twenty years broadcasting for BBC World Service where he was Chief Producer and won two UN awards. He is the author of Dead Man's Chest, Telegram from Guernica and the bestselling Churchill's Wizards, the story of British intelligence in the two World Wars.
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