SAS Daggers Drawn
in for the kill: the mavericks who made the sas
$33.19
- Paperback
416 pages
- Release Date
29 October 2024
Summary
SAS: Daggers Drawn - The Mavericks of D-Day
Summer 1944: the SAS were charged with the most crucial D-Day missions, taking on the might of the Nazi Reich deep behind enemy lines.
Facing Hitler’s fearsome Panzer divisions with little more than raw courage and their nimble Willys jeeps, it would take maverick thinking and unconventional warfare to survive and overcome. Hunted at every turn, Blair ‘Paddy’ Mayne’s SAS would face a bitter and bloody struggle to topple the enemy.<…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781529413892 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1529413893 |
| Author: | Damien Lewis |
| Publisher: | Quercus Publishing |
| Imprint: | Quercus Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 416 |
| Release Date: | 29 October 2024 |
| Weight: | 540g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 153mm |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
A coherent picture of the larger campaign from a series of individual actions by the SAS, a worms-eye view of the war that combines carnage with humour, brutality with honour.
* Neill Denney *Based upon family papers and diaries left by Mayne, recounting the many raids the SAS led against Nazi encampments, arms depots and railway links in occupied France during the summer of 1944. * Magnus Linklater, The Times *A new book from a war reporter turned historian details the final year of the Second World War and the wartime exploits of 1 SAS, led by Newtownards’ Blair ‘Paddy’ Mayne. * Áine Toner, Belfast Telegraph *Historian Damien Lewis examines the exploits of the world-famous special forces during the battle to free Europe from Nazi tyranny … and questions why their inspirational leader Paddy Mayne never received the Victoria Cross for his bravery. * Martin Phillips, The Express *About The Author
Damien Lewis
Damien Lewis is a number one bestselling author whose books have been translated into over forty languages worldwide. For decades he worked as a war and conflict reporter for the world’s major broadcasters, reporting from across Africa, South America, the Middle and Far East and winning numerous awards. His books include the World War Two classics The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, SAS Nazi Hunters, SAS Ghost Patrol, SAS Band of Brothers and SAS Forged in Hell. A dozen of his books have been made, or are being made, into movies or TV drama series and several have been adapted as plays for the stage. The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare has recently been released as a Guy Ritchie movie of the same name. He has raised tens of thousands of pounds for charitable concerns connected with his writings.
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