The Phantom Major [electronic resource] : The Story of David Stirling and the SAS Regiment
Cowles, Virginia2010
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In the dark and uncertain days of 1941 and 1942, when Rommel's tanks were sweeping towards Suez, a handful of daring raiders were making history for the Allies. They operated deep behind the German lines, often driving hundreds of miles through the deserts of North Africa. They hid by day and struck by night, destroying aircraft, blowing up ammunition dumps, derailing trains, and killing many times their own number. These were the SAS—Stirling's desert raiders, the brainchild of a deceptively mild-mannered man with a brilliant idea. Small teams of resourceful, highly trained men would penetrate beyond the front lines of the opposing armies and wreak havoc where the Germans least expected it. The Phantom Major is the classic account of these desert raids, an amazing tale of courage, impudence, and daring, packed with action and high adventure. An intimate record based on eyewitness accounts, this book still stands as the definitive history of the early years of the SAS.
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Author:
Cowles, Virginia, AuthorVance, Simon, Narrator
Edition:
Unabridged
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Blackstone Publishing, 2010
Collation:
1 online resource (1 audio file)
Audience:
Reading grade level: 7-12
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Mode of access: Internet
Biography/History:
Virginia Cowles is a journalist and a biographer. In the 1930s, she moved to London, where she became a correspondent for the Hearst papers. Her work took her to Spain during their Civil War, to Prague to see the fall of Czechoslovakia, to Moscow, Italy and Paris just before the Nazis took the city, and to London during the Battle of Britain. Her bestselling book, Looking for Trouble, gives a human interest and first-hand account of events in Europe during those tumultuous years.
ISBN:
9781481579292
Language:
English
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BRN:
2785478
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