X Troop: The Secret Jewish Commandos Who Helped Defeat the Nazis - Couverture rigide

Garrett, Leah

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ISBN 10 : 1784743119 ISBN 13 : 9781784743116

Editeur : Chatto & Windus, 2021

Synopsis

'A thrilling, stirring story, well told' Daily Telegraph

'Gripping... Garrett's chief strength is her ability to relight the lamps of the past so that they glow anew' The Times

'Extraordinary' Jewish Chronicle

THE THRILLING TRUE STORY OF THE SECRET JEWISH COMMANDOS WHO HELPED DEFEAT THE NAZIS DURING WW2

June 1942. The shadow of the Third Reich has fallen across the entire European continent. In desperation, Winston Churchill and his chief of staff form an unusual plan: a new commando unit made up of Jewish refugees from Germany and Austria who escaped to Britain just before the War. Many have lost their families, their homes - their whole worlds. And now, in the crucial final battles against the Nazis, they will stop at nothing to defeat them. Trained in counterintelligence and advanced combat, this top secret unit becomes known as X Troop. Some simply call them a suicide squad.

Drawing on extensive original research, including interviews with the last surviving members, Leah Garrett follows this unique band of brothers from Europe to England and back again, with stops at British internment camps, the beaches of Normandy, the battlefields of Italy and Holland, and the hellscape of Terezin concentration camp - the scene of one of the most dramatic, untold rescues of the war. For the first time, X Troop tells the astonishing story of these secret shock troops and their devastating blows against the Nazis.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

LEAH GARRETT is a professor at Hunter College. Her last book, Young Lions: How Jewish Authors Reinvented the American War Novel, won and was shortlisted for several major literary awards. She lives in New York City with her husband, the thriller writer Adrian McKinty, and their two daughters.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Chatto & Windus
• Date d'édition: 2021
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1784743119
• ISBN 13: 9781784743116
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 368
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible