Churchill s ministry of ungentlemanly warfare the mavericks who plotted hitler s defeat
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Six Gentlemen, One Goal: the Destruction of Hitlers War Machine
In the spring of 1939, a top-secret organization was founded in London: its purpose was to plot the destruction of Hitlers war machine, through spectacular acts of sabotage.
The guerrilla campaign that followed was every bit as extraordinary as the six men who directed it. One of them, Cecil Clarke, was a maverick engineer who had spent the 1930s inventing futuristic caravans. Now, his talents were put to more devious use: he built the dirty bomb used to assassinate Hitlers favorite, Reinhard Heydrich. Another, William Fairbairn, was a portly pensioner with an unusual passion: he was the worlds leading expert in silent killing, hired to train the guerrillas being parachuted behind enemy lines. Led by dapper Scotsman Colin Gubbins, these men---along with three others---formed a secret inner circle that, aided by a group of formidable ladies, single-handedly changed the course of the Second World War: a cohort hand-picked by Winston Churchill, whom he called his Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare.
Giles Milton's Churchills Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare is a gripping and vivid narrative of adventure and derring-do that is also, perhaps, the last great untold story of the Second World War.
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Taal: en
Bindwijze: Paperback
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 06 februari 2018
Aantal pagina's: 384
Illustraties: Nee
Hoofdauteur: Giles Milton
Hoofduitgeverij: Picador USA
Extra groot lettertype: Nee
Product breedte: 140 mm
Product hoogte: 25 mm
Product lengte: 208 mm
Studieboek: Nee
Verpakking breedte: 140 mm
Verpakking hoogte: 27 mm
Verpakking lengte: 209 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht: 657 g
EAN: 9781250119032