Get Rommel. The Secret British Mission to Kill Hitler's Greatest General.

Asher, Michael

Edité par Weidenfeld & Nicholson London 1st edition 2004 ISBN 029784685X

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Hard cover dust wrapper 303pp b&w plates. Spine slack, a little wear on dw edges, light marking on pag edges else very good. On the eve of Operation Crusader, a specially trained commando team marched deep into the desert and attacked Rommel's headquarters. At the same time, the SAS parachuted sabotage teams close to the German airfields to knock out the enemy air forces on the ground. Asher reveals how poor planning and incompetence in high places was matched by fantastic bravery and brilliant improvisation that enabled a handful of survivors to escape back to British lines and tell their story. From Bob "Lucky" Laycock, the model for Evelyn Waugh's Lt Col Tommy Blackhouse, to the tragic Geoffrey Keyes, awarded a posthumous VC for leading the operation, Asher investigates the true story of Operation Flipper: the plot to kill Rommel.

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• Titre: Get Rommel. The Secret British Mission to Kill Hitler's Greatest General.
• Éditeur: Weidenfeld & Nicholson London 1st edition 2004 ISBN 029784685X
• Reliure: Couverture rigide
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