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Ian Fleming's Commandos

By: Oxford University Press

Type: Hardcover

Product Line: Historical Books (Oxford University Press)

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Product Info

Title
Ian Fleming's Commandos
Category
Author
Nicholas Rankin
Publish Year
2011
Pages
398
Dimensions
6.5x9.75x1.5"
NKG Part #
2147919565
Type
Hardcover

Description

In Ian Fleming's Commandos, Nicholas Rankin tells the exciting story of a secret intelligence outfit conceived and organized by Fleming. Named 30 Assault Unit, the group was expected to seize enemy codebooks, cipher machines, and documents in high-stakes operations. Assault unit commandos fought in the North African campaign and the invasions of Sicily and Italy, poked over the bones of bombed Pantelleria, and liberated Capri. Rebranded '30 Assault Unit', they went ashore on D-Day, heading for rocket-sites and radar-stations. They helped liberate Paris (including the Ritz Bar and the Rothschild mansion) and then set out to steal scientific and industrial secrets from the heart of Germany. Their final amazing coup was to seize the entire archives of the German Navy's three hundred tons of documents. Ian Fleming flew out in person to accompany the loot back to Britain, where it was combed for evidence to use in the Nuremburg trials.