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SBS - Silent Warriors (1941)
~EN PB NW
ISBN: 9780008394561 bzw. 0008394563, vermutlich in Englisch, HarperCollins Publishers, Taschenbuch, neu.
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'A terrific book ... It really is one of the most enjoyable histories I've read in many a year' JAMES HOLLAND 'An absolute must-read if you are a fan of derring-do and Andy McNab. I am going to be telling everyone to buy it' ROB RINDER, TALK RADIO THE FIRST AUTHORISED HISTORY OF THE SBS. Britain's SBS - or Special Boat Service - was the world's first maritime special operations unit. Founded in the dark days of 1940, it started as a small and inexperienced outfit that leaned heavily on volunteers' raw courage and boyish enthusiasm. It went on to change the course of the Second World War - and has served as a model for special forces ever since. The fledgling unit's first mission was a daring beach reconnaissance of Rhodes in the spring of 1941. Over the next four years, the SBS and its affiliates would carry out many more spectacular operations in the Mediterranean, the Atlantic, the Channel and the Far East. These missions - including Operation Frankton, the daredevil attempt by the 'Cockleshell Heroes' to paddle up the Garonne river and sink Axis ships in Bordeaux harbour - were some of the most audacious and legendary of the war. Paddling flimsy canoes, and armed only with knives, pistols and a few sub-machine guns, this handful of brave and determined men operated deep behind enemy lines in the full knowledge that if caught they might be executed. Many were. Yet their many improbable achievements - destroying enemy ships and infrastructure, landing secret agents, tying up enemy forces, spreading fear and uncertainty, and, most importantly, preparing the ground for D-Day - helped to make an Allied victory possible. Written with the full cooperation of the modern SBS - the first time this ultra-secretive unit has given its seal of approval to any book - and exclusive access to its archives, SBS: Silent Warriors allows Britain's original special forces to emerge from the shadows and take their proper and deserved place in our island story.
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SBS - Silent Warriors: The Authorised Wartime History (1941)
EN NW EB DL
ISBN: 9780008394547 bzw. 0008394547, in Englisch, HarperCollins Publishers, neu, E-Book, elektronischer Download.
Lieferung aus: Vereinigtes Königreich Großbritannien und Nordirland, Despatched same working day before 3pm.
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'A terrific book ... It really is one of the most enjoyable histories I've read in many a year' JAMES HOLLAND'Riveting ...A brilliant account' DAILY MAILTHE FIRST AUTHORISED HISTORY OF THE SBS.Britain's SBS - or Special Boat Service - was the world's first maritime special operations unit.Founded in the dark days of 1940, it started as a small and inexperienced outfit that leaned heavily on volunteers' raw courage and boyish enthusiasm.It went on to change the course of the Second World War - and has served as a model for special forces ever since.The fledgling unit's first mission was a daring beach reconnaissance of Rhodes in the spring of 1941.Over the next four years, the SBS and its affiliates would carry out many more spectacular operations in the Mediterranean, the Atlantic, the Channel and the Far East.These missions - including Operation Frankton, the daredevil attempt by the 'Cockleshell Heroes' to paddle up the Garonne river and sink Axis ships in Bordeaux harbour - were some of the most audacious and legendary of the war.Paddling flimsy canoes, and armed only with knives, pistols and a few sub-machine guns, this handful of brave and determined men operated deep behind enemy lines in the full knowledge that if caught they might be executed.Many were.Yet their many improbable achievements - destroying enemy ships and infrastructure, landing secret agents, tying up enemy forces, spreading fear and uncertainty, and, most importantly, preparing the ground for D-Day - helped to make an Allied victory possible.Written with the full cooperation of the modern SBS - the first time this ultra-secretive unit has given its seal of approval to any book - and exclusive access to its archives, SBS: Silent Warriors allows Britain's original special forces to emerge from the shadows and take their proper and deserved place in our island story.
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'A terrific book ... It really is one of the most enjoyable histories I've read in many a year' JAMES HOLLAND'Riveting ...A brilliant account' DAILY MAILTHE FIRST AUTHORISED HISTORY OF THE SBS.Britain's SBS - or Special Boat Service - was the world's first maritime special operations unit.Founded in the dark days of 1940, it started as a small and inexperienced outfit that leaned heavily on volunteers' raw courage and boyish enthusiasm.It went on to change the course of the Second World War - and has served as a model for special forces ever since.The fledgling unit's first mission was a daring beach reconnaissance of Rhodes in the spring of 1941.Over the next four years, the SBS and its affiliates would carry out many more spectacular operations in the Mediterranean, the Atlantic, the Channel and the Far East.These missions - including Operation Frankton, the daredevil attempt by the 'Cockleshell Heroes' to paddle up the Garonne river and sink Axis ships in Bordeaux harbour - were some of the most audacious and legendary of the war.Paddling flimsy canoes, and armed only with knives, pistols and a few sub-machine guns, this handful of brave and determined men operated deep behind enemy lines in the full knowledge that if caught they might be executed.Many were.Yet their many improbable achievements - destroying enemy ships and infrastructure, landing secret agents, tying up enemy forces, spreading fear and uncertainty, and, most importantly, preparing the ground for D-Day - helped to make an Allied victory possible.Written with the full cooperation of the modern SBS - the first time this ultra-secretive unit has given its seal of approval to any book - and exclusive access to its archives, SBS: Silent Warriors allows Britain's original special forces to emerge from the shadows and take their proper and deserved place in our island story.
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SBS - Silent Warriors (1940)
~EN NW
ISBN: 9780008513368 bzw. 0008513368, vermutlich in Englisch, HarperCollins Publishers, neu.
Lieferung aus: Deutschland, plus shipping.
From award-winning historian Saul David, the first authorised history of the SBS.Britain's SBS - or Special Boat Service - was the world's first maritime special operations unit. Founded in the dark days of 1940, it started as a small and inexperienced outfit that leaned heavily on volunteers' raw courage and boyish enthusiasm.
From award-winning historian Saul David, the first authorised history of the SBS.Britain's SBS - or Special Boat Service - was the world's first maritime special operations unit. Founded in the dark days of 1940, it started as a small and inexperienced outfit that leaned heavily on volunteers' raw courage and boyish enthusiasm.
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SBS - Silent Warriors (1940)
~EN PB NW
ISBN: 9780008394530 bzw. 0008394539, vermutlich in Englisch, HarperCollins Publishers, Taschenbuch, neu.
Lieferung aus: Österreich, plus shipping.
From award-winning historian Saul David, the first authorised history of the SBS.Britain's SBS - or Special Boat Service - was the world's first maritime special operations unit. Founded in the dark days of 1940, it started as a small and inexperienced outfit that leaned heavily on volunteers' raw courage and boyish enthusiasm.
From award-winning historian Saul David, the first authorised history of the SBS.Britain's SBS - or Special Boat Service - was the world's first maritime special operations unit. Founded in the dark days of 1940, it started as a small and inexperienced outfit that leaned heavily on volunteers' raw courage and boyish enthusiasm.
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SBS - Silent Warriors (1941)
~EN HC NW SI
ISBN: 9780008513368 bzw. 0008513368, vermutlich in Englisch, HarperCollins Publishers, gebundenes Buch, neu, signiert.
Signed Edition
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From award-winning historian Saul David, the first authorised history of the SBS.
Britain's SBS - or Special Boat Service - was the world's first maritime special operations unit. Founded in the dark days of 1940, it started as a small and inexperienced outfit that leaned heavily on volunteers' raw courage and boyish enthusiasm.
It went on to change the course of the Second World War - and has served as a model for special forces ever since.
The fledgling unit's first mission was a daring beach reconnaissance of Rhodes in the spring of 1941. Over the next four years, the SBS and its affiliates would carry out many more spectacular operations in the Mediterranean, the Atlantic, the Channel and the Far East. These missions - including Operation Frankton, the daredevil attempt by the 'Cockleshell Heroes' to paddle up the Garonne river and sink Axis ships in Bordeaux harbour - were some of the most audacious and legendary of the war.
Paddling flimsy canoes, and armed only with knives, pistols and a few sub-machine guns, this handful of brave and determined men operated deep behind enemy lines in the full knowledge that if caught they might be executed. Many were.
Yet their many improbable achievements - destroying enemy ships and infrastructure, landing secret agents, tying up enemy forces, spreading fear and uncertainty, and, most importantly, preparing the ground for D-Day - helped to make an Allied victory possible.
Written with the full cooperation of the modern SBS - the first time this ultra-secretive unit has given its seal of approval to any book - and exclusive access to its archives, SBS: Silent Warriors allows Britain's original special forces to emerge from the shadows and take their proper and deserved place in our island story.
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SBS - Silent Warriors (1941)
~EN HC NW
ISBN: 9780008394523 bzw. 0008394520, vermutlich in Englisch, HarperCollins Publishers, gebundenes Buch, neu.
From award-winning historian Saul David, the first authorised history of the SBS. Britain's SBS - or Special Boat Service - was the world's first maritime special operations unit. Founded in the dark days of 1940, it started as a small and inexperienced outfit that leaned heavily on volunteers' raw courage and boyish enthusiasm. It would become one of the most effective fighting forces of the Second World War - and has served as a model for Special Forces ever since. Its first mission was a daring beach reconnaissance of Rhodes in the spring of 1941. Over the next four years, the SBS and its affiliates would carry out many more spectacular operations in the Mediterranean, the Atlantic, the Channel and the Far East: they included the destruction of enemy ships, railways and bridges; the rescue of fugitive Allied soldiers; the support of Commando operations; the survey of coastal landing zones in North Africa, Italy and France; and the use of midget submarines to signpost the Normandy beaches on D-Day. Using new material from multiple archives (including the secret SBS archives in Poole), this book is the first authoritative history of Britain's maritime special operations. Very much a human tale, it concentrates on the key personalities and the daredevil missions they undertook. It is an authorized history - the first time the SBS Regimental Association has given its seal of approval to any book about the Unit's past activities - but not an official one. What the SBS and its affiliated units were able to achieve in four years of warfare is nothing less than extraordinary. At no time did these units individually number more than a hundred officers and men. Yet these small 'Bands of Brothers' were able to take part in scores of planned operations from submarines, surface craft and other means of transport, as well as carry out numerous minor reconnaissance trips and fighting patrols behind enemy lines. Their missions - accomplished by a handful of brave and determined men, paddling flimsy canoes, and armed only with knives, pistols and a few sub machine guns - were some of the most audacious and legendary of the war.
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SBS - Silent Warriors: The Authorised Wartime History (eBook, ePUB)
~EN NW
ISBN: 9780008394547 bzw. 0008394547, vermutlich in Englisch, HarperCollins Publishers, neu.
Lieferung aus: Österreich, plus shipping.
'It is incredibly refreshing to read of these fabulously daring missions ... This is a terrific book, written with all the gusto, thrills and heady excitement these SBS operations richly deserve. It really is one of the most enjoyable histories I've read in many a year' James Holland, Daily Telegraph, five stars.
'It is incredibly refreshing to read of these fabulously daring missions ... This is a terrific book, written with all the gusto, thrills and heady excitement these SBS operations richly deserve. It really is one of the most enjoyable histories I've read in many a year' James Holland, Daily Telegraph, five stars.
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