Churchill's band of brothers : WWII's most daring D-Day mission and the hunt to take down Hitler's fugitive war criminals

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"On the night of June 13th, 1944, a twelve-man SAS unit parachuted into occupied France. The SAS patrol was ultimately betrayed, captured, and tortured by the Gestapo before facing execution in a dark French woodland on Hitler's personal orders. Miraculously, two of the condemned men managed to escape, triggering one of the most secretive Nazi-hunting operations ever, as the SAS vowed to track down every one of the war criminals who had murdered...

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Fugitives from justice Germany History

Great Britain. Army. Special Air Service History World War, 1939-1945

Nazi hunters

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Special operations (Military science) Great Britain History 20th century

War criminals Germany History

World War, 1939-1945 Atrocities

World War, 1939-1945 Commando operations France

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ISBN:

9780806541365
0806541369

Description:

xviii, 410 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Other Title:

SAS band of brothers

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 395-399) and index

LCCN:

bl2021010600

Control Number:

3077858

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