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

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Stirling was an aristocratic adventurer and dreamer, with a fertile mind that regularly produced “flashes of brilliance. Lewis’s prose is straightforward and compelling, and the chronological organization of the book makes the events (situated in the larger context of World War II) easy to follow. I have read extensively on the formation of the SAS and so thought that there would be little more to discover but I was wrong. SAS BAND OF BROTHERS is replete with action, peppered with great characters, and features two of the most daring escapes of WWII. Plenty of military and historical facts but also key insights into the people and personalities that drove the inception and formation of the SAS as it became to be.

Viewed largely as human by those who shared her extraordinary life, Judy’s uncanny ability to sense danger, matched with her quick-thinking and impossible daring saved countless lives. Most purchases from business sellers are protected by the Consumer Contract Regulations 2013 which give you the right to cancel the purchase within 14 days after the day you receive the item. By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions. Among his other acclaimed works is Slave, an international bestseller that was adapted into a film and play.Military historian Lewis delivers an action-packed account of special operations missions against Nazi forces in Northern Italy during WWII. His military books include the number one bestseller Zero Six Bravo, and his man-and-dog at war stories, including the phenomenally successful War Dog/The Dog Who Could Fly and Judy – A Dog In A Million, both of which are being developed as films. His co-authored war-victim memoirs Slave and Tears of the Desert, have won a string of awards and were top international bestsellers.

He is the patron of various charities connected to his work and has raised tens of thousands of pounds for causes related to his writing. 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. Armed with knowledge earned first-hand in the torture chambers of the Gestapo, the race was on to bring to justice the Nazi war criminals who had murdered their brothers in arms. Both strong headed men were willing to put themselves in the line of fire, more often leading from the front than from behind, and Mayne especially would do anything to not leave a man behind.

amien Lewis is a number one bestselling author whose books have been translated into over forty languages worldwide.

He is currently a fellow of the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust and the Royal Geographical Society. Lewis states that Mayne had an unconventional mind set, that was truly engendered to think the unthinkable.The example normally given to illustrate this was a raid on Tamet airfield, when Mayne shot a number of German pilots in their mess. Hunted by thousands of crack German troops, at mission's end thirty-one SAS were listed as "missing - fate unknown". The conflict was fundamentally a technological race for better military intelligence and improved weaponry. It's not exceptionally well written and doesn't always flow, but the raids these men pulled off were incredibly daring and bonkers. Anyone who wants to learn more about the origins of the British Special Forces should read this book.