X troop : the secret Jewish commandos of World War Two
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Published
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2021.
Format
Book
Status
Port Angeles - Nonfiction (Adult)
940.5486 GARRETT
1 available
940.5486 GARRETT
1 available
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Port Angeles - Nonfiction (Adult) | 940.5486 GARRETT | Available |
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Anson, Colin Edward, -- 1922-2016
Gans, Manfred
Great Britain. -- Combined Operations Command. -- Commando, 10th. -- No. 3 Troop.
Masters, Peter, -- 1922-2005
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Europe.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Commando operations -- Great Britain.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service -- Great Britain -- Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service -- Great Britain.
Gans, Manfred
Great Britain. -- Combined Operations Command. -- Commando, 10th. -- No. 3 Troop.
Masters, Peter, -- 1922-2005
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Europe.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Commando operations -- Great Britain.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service -- Great Britain -- Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service -- Great Britain.
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Published
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2021.
Physical Desc
xiv, 351 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Language
English
UPC
40030618996
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
June 1942. Winston Churchill and his chief of staff form an unusual plan: a new commando unit made up of Jewish refugees who have escaped to Britain. The resulting volunteers are a motley group of intellectuals, artists, and athletes, most from Germany and Austria. Many have been interned as enemy aliens, and have lost their families, their homes; they will stop at nothing to defeat the Nazis. Known as X Troop, some simply call them a suicide squad. Garrett follows this unique band of brothers from Germany to England and back again, to tell the astonishing story of these secret shock troops and their devastating blows against the Nazis. -- adapted from jacket