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Ian Fleming's commandos : the story of the legendary 30 Assault Unit /
In 1941, the United Kingdom faced its darkest hour: it stood alone against the Germans, who had chased British forces out of France, Norway, and Greece. All it had left were desperate measures--commando raids, intelligence coups, feats of derring-do. Any such "novel enterprise," wrote Admi...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford, UK ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2011.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | In 1941, the United Kingdom faced its darkest hour: it stood alone against the Germans, who had chased British forces out of France, Norway, and Greece. All it had left were desperate measures--commando raids, intelligence coups, feats of derring-do. Any such "novel enterprise," wrote Admiral John Godfrey, Director of Naval Intelligence, required "an officer with drive and imagination of the highest order." He found one in Commander Ian Fleming. In Ian Fleming's Commandos, Nicholas Rankin tells the exciting story of a secret intelligence outfit conceived and organized by Fl. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xvi, 397 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780199782826 0199782822 9780199782901 0199782903 1283296985 9781283296984 9786613296986 6613296988 |