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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Rankin, Nicholas, 1950-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford, UK ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.
Temas:
Fleming, Ian, > 1908-1964 > Career in the military.
Fleming, Ian, > 1908-1964
Great Britain. > Royal Marines. > Assault Unit, 30 > History.
Great Britain. > Royal Marines. > Assault Unit, 30
1900-1999
World War, 1939-1945 > Secret service > Great Britain.
World War, 1939-1945 > Commando operations > Great Britain.
World War, 1939-1945 > Regimental histories > Great Britain.
World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Europe.
Intelligence officers > Great Britain > Biography.
Military intelligence > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Western Front.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Service secret > Grande-Bretagne.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Opérations de commandos > Grande-Bretagne.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Histoire des unités > Grande-Bretagne.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Campagnes et batailles > Front occidental.
Officiers de renseignements > Grande-Bretagne > Biographies.
Service des renseignements militaires > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 20e siècle.
HISTORY > Military > World War II.
Commando troops
Intelligence officers
Military campaigns
Military intelligence
Regimental histories
Secret service
Europe
Great Britain
Biography
Biographies
History
Biographies.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Maps; Abbreviations and Acronyms; Prologue; 1 Day Trip to Dieppe, 1942; 2 The Godfather; 3 Technology and War; 4 The Philosophy of the Pinch; 5 Doing Deals; 6 The Commandos Get Cracking; 7 Mapping the Future; 8 Mayhem in the Maghreb; 9 Testing the Waters; 10 Invasion of the Islands; 11 Freeing the French; 12 Breakthrough; 13 Operation Plunder; 14 Getting the Goods; 15 Aftermath; Acknowledgments; Source Notes; Index.

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