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AUDACIOUS MISSIONS OF WORLD WAR II : DARING ACTS OF BRAVERY REVEALED THROUGH LETTERS AND DOCUMENTS FROM THE TIME

By: N/A

Price: £20.00

Publisher: Osprey / the National Archives: 2020

Seller ID: 65037

ISBN: 1472829956

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New

New hardback copies at a reduced price. ; Based on hundreds of rare documents and images from The National Archives. Combined Operations, SOE missions, Royal Navy missions and Royal Air Force missions. 20 operations, including Claymore, 1941; Anthropoid, 1942; Market Garden and Totalise, 1944. Illustrated. ; 216 pages
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GENTLEMAN JIM : THE WARTIME STORY OF A FOUNDER OF THE SAS AND SPECIAL FORCES

By: Almonds-Windmill, Lorna.

Price: £6.99

Publisher: Pen & Sword: 2011

Seller ID: 50435

ISBN: 1848844247

Binding: Paperback

Condition: New

New paperback copies at a reduced price; published 14.99.; Illustrated. ; 263 pages
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HITLER'S RAID TO SAVE MUSSOLINI : THE MOST FAMOUS COMMANDO OPERATION OF WORLD WAR II

By: Annussek, Greg.

Price: £8.00

Publisher: Da Capo Press: 2005

Seller ID: 67058

ISBN: 0306813963

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Good dust jacket

Hardback; very good in creased dustjacket. ; Illustrated. ; 325 pages
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GET ROMMEL: THE SECRET MISSION TO KILL HITLER'S GREATEST GENERAL

By: Asher, M.

Price: £4.00

Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicholson: 2004

Seller ID: 55984

ISBN: 029784685x

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Very Good dust jacket

Hardback; very good in very good dustjacket. ; The true story of Operation Flipper, the secret British plot to kill Rommel in 1941. The raids by the volunteer commandos and the newly created SAS. Illustrated. ; 303 pages
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SECTION D FOR DESTRUCTION - FORERUNNER OF SOE (SIGNED COPY)

By: Atkin, M.

Price: £19.99

Publisher: Pen & Sword: 2017

Seller ID: 58726

ISBN: 1473892600

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New in New dust jacket

New hardback copies at a reduced price. Signed by the Author. ; The first comprehensive history of Section D of the Intelligence Service since the release of secret documents on its operations into the public domain. Illustrated. ; 258 pages
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JUNGLE CAVALRY : AUSTRALIAN INDEPENDENT COMPANIES AND COMMANDOS 1941-1945

By: Blake, Gregory.

Price: £10.00

Publisher: Helion & Company Ltd.: 2019

Seller ID: 62901

ISBN: 1911628828

Binding: Paperback

Condition: New in New dust jacket

New paperback copies at a reduced price; published 19.95.; The wartime experience of the specialist unconventional forces which formed part of the Australian Army. Illustrations & maps. ; 312 pages
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COMMANDO TACTICS : THE SECOND WORLD WAR

By: Bull, Stephen.

Price: £8.00

Publisher: Pen & Sword: 2010

Seller ID: 67012

ISBN: 1848840748

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New in New dust jacket

New hardback copies at a reduced price; published £19.99.; British commando tactics, training and examples of raids and small-unit combat during WW2; Norway, St. Nazaire, Dieppe and D-Day. Illustrated. ; 214 pages
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THE HISTORY OF 30 ASSAULT UNIT : IAN FLEMING'S RED INDIANS

By: Cabell, C.

Price: £8.00

Publisher: Pen & Sword: 2009

Seller ID: 38867

ISBN: 1844159507

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New in New dust jacket

New hardback copies at a reduced price; published £19.99. ; Illustrated. ; 170 pages
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IAN FLEMING'S SECRET WAR

By: Cabell, Craig.

Price: £5.00

Publisher: Pen & Sword: 2016

Seller ID: 62124

ISBN: 1473853494

Binding: Paperback

Condition: New

New paperback copies at a reduced price; published £12.99.; Ian Fleming's wartime service in Naval Intelligence. Illustrated. ; 182 pages
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FIGHTING MAD : ONE MAN'S GUERRILLA WAR

By: Calvert, Michael.

Price: £12.99

Publisher: Pen & Sword: 2004

Seller ID: 67008

ISBN: 1844152243

Binding: Paperback

Condition: New

New paperback copies. ; Michael 'Mad Mike' Calvert's account of his experiences; Chindit leader to commander of the SAS Brigade in Europe. Illustrated. ; 208 pages
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STRIKING BACK : BRITAIN'S AIRBORNE AND COMMANDO RAIDS 1940-42

By: Cherry, Niall.

Price: £19.99

Publisher: Helion & Company Ltd.: 2010

Seller ID: 67830

ISBN: 1906033412

Binding: Paperback

Condition: New

New paperback copies at a reduced price. Reprint. ; The formation, development and training of Britain's WW2 special forces. The raids on St Nazaire, Dieppe, Lofoten, Glomfjord, Tragino and Bruneval, the Channel Islands, the coast of northern France, Vaagso, North Africa and Vermork. Illustrations & maps. ; 422 pages
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OPERATION CHARIOT: THE RAID ON ST NAZAIRE

By: Cooksey, Jon.

Price: £6.99

Publisher: Pen & Sword: 2012

Seller ID: 52852

ISBN: 1844151166

Binding: Paperback

Condition: New

New paperback copies at a reduced price, published £12.99. Reprint. ; Illustrated. ; 128 pages
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DARBY'S RANGERS: WE LED THE WAY

By: Darby, W. O. & Baumer, W. H.

Price: £4.00

Publisher: Presidio: 1993

Seller ID: 61192

ISBN: 0891414924

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Paperback; very good in card covers. ; William O. Darby's first-hand account of his famous Rangers. With additional background by W. H. Baumer. Illustrated. ; 198 pages
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TEN COMMANDO 1942-1945

By: Dear, Ian.

Price: £6.99

Publisher: Pen & Sword: 2010

Seller ID: 43369

ISBN: 184884400X

Binding: Paperback

Condition: New

New paperback copies at a reduced price; published 12.99.; Account of 10 (Inter-Allied) Commando; composed entirely of men who came from countries under Nazi occupation including Nazi Germany itself. Illustrated & maps. (First published 1987). ; 208 pages
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WHEN SHALL THEIR GLORY FADE? THE STORIES OF THE THIRTY-EIGHT BATTLE HONOURS OF THE ARMY COMMANDOS

By: Dunning, J.

Price: £8.00

Publisher: Frontline: 2011

Seller ID: 44615

ISBN: 1848325975

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New in New dust jacket

New hardback copies at a reduced price; published £19.99. ; The Commandos in World War Two. Norway, Middle East, St Nazaire, Dieppe, North Africa, Sicily, Italy, Greece, North-West Europe, and Burma. Maps & illustrations. ; 286 pages
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COMMANDO : MEMOIRS OF A FIGHTING COMMANDO IN WORLD WAR TWO

By: Durnford-Slater, J. Brigadier.

Price: £19.99

Publisher: Greenhill Books: 2002

Seller ID: 67016

ISBN: 1853674796

Binding: Paperback

Condition: New

New paperback copies. ; The story of No.3 Commando, written by the man who formed it. From formation in 1940, through the operations at Vaagso and Dieppe, through Sicily, Italy, D-Day and on to Germany. Illustrations & maps. First published 1953; with additional notes, RoH, and Awards. ; 234 pages
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COMMANDO

By: Durnford-Slater, John. Brigadier.

Price: £8.00

Publisher: George Mann: 1973

Seller ID: 67148

ISBN: 0704100134

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good in Good dust jacket

Hardback; heavy foxing to edge of pages and endpapers, otherwise good in foxed and yellowed dustjacket. ; The story of No.3 Commando, written by the man who formed it. From formation in 1940, through the operations at Vaagso and Dieppe, through Sicily, Italy, D-Day and on to Germany. Illustrations & maps. ; 222 pages
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SPEARHEAD 11: COMMANDOS: CHURCHILL'S 'HAND OF STEEL'

By: Ellis, C. Dunstan, S.

Price: £4.99

Publisher: Ian Allan: 2003

Seller ID: 31387

ISBN: 0711029776

Binding: Paperback

Condition: New

New paperback copies at a reduced price, published £12.99.; Illustrated. ; 96 pages
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WINGED DAGGER : ADVENTURES ON SPECIAL SERVICE

By: Farran, Roy.

Price: £8.00

Publisher: Arms & Armour Press: 1986

Seller ID: 65104

ISBN: 085368734X

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Good dust jacket

Special Forces Library. Hardback; very good in price-clipped and foxed dustjacket. ; Memoir of the Second World War. The author served in the Western Desert 1940-1943, and with the SAS in North Africa, Sicily, Greece, Italy and France 1943-1945. Maps. First published 1948. ; 340 pages
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COMMANDO EXTRAORDINARY

By: Foley, Charles.

Price: £5.00

Publisher: Arms & Armour Press: 1986

Seller ID: 40574

ISBN: 0853688249

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Good dust jacket

Special Forces Library 7. Hardback; very good in price-clipped dustjacket. ; Otto Skorzeny, Chief of Germany's Special Troops. Account based on interviews with the author. Reprint of the 1954 edition. ; 251 pages
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COMMANDO EXTRAORDINARY

By: Foley, Charles.

Price: £5.00

Publisher: Longmans, Green and Co Ltd.: 1954

Seller ID: 57992

ISBN: 0853688249

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good with no dust jacket

Hardback without dustjacket; foxing to edge of pages otherwise good in faded, dented and discoloured boards. ; Otto Skorzeny, Chief of Germany's Special Troops. Account based on interviews with the author. Foreword by Major-General Sir Robert Laycock. Illustrated; +xiipp. ; 232 pages
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FIRE FROM THE FOREST : THE SAS BRIGADE IN FRANCE 1944

By: Ford, Roger.

Price: £6.99

Publisher: Cassell: 2004

Seller ID: 63751

ISBN: 0304363367

Binding: Paperback

Condition: New

New paperback copies, but pages yellowing (paper quality). ; Maps & illustrations. ; 308 pages
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STEEL FROM THE SKY : THE JEDBURGH RAIDERS, FRANCE 1944

By: Ford, Roger.

Price: £8.00

Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicholson: 2004

Seller ID: 67084

ISBN: 0297846809

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Good dust jacket

Hardback; very good in lightly creased dustjacket. ; The story of the three-man Jedburgh teams - the combat unit made up of American, British and French soldiers - who parachuted into France to link-up with the Maquis, encourage active resistance and provide a link with allied forces in the days immediately after D-Day. They fought in uniform, behind German lines, and played a key role in the Allied victory in 1944. Illustrations & maps. ; 292 pages
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THE BEACHHEAD COMMANDOS

By: Hampshire, A. Cecil.

Price: £15.00

Publisher: William Kimber: 1983

Seller ID: 67161

ISBN: 0718303199

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good in Good dust jacket

Hardback; lean to spine, foxing to edge of yellowed pages, otherwise good in creased dustjacket. ; The story of the Royal Navy Commandos in World War Two. Illustrations & maps. ; 208 pages
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THE DRUMS OF MEMORY: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY

By: Hastings, S.

Price: £4.00

Publisher: Pen & Sword: 2001

Seller ID: 39150

ISBN: 0850528089

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Fair

Paperback; pages heavily yellowed, some creasing and marks to pages in creased card covers. A good reference copy. ; The memoirs of Sir Stephen Hastings, MC. Wartime service in the Western Desert with the Scots Guards; with the SAS; and SOE; and post-war political service in the Foreign Office. Illustrated. ; 275 pages
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DUTCH COURAGE : SPECIAL FORCES IN THE NETHERLANDS 1944-45

By: Hooiveld, J.

Price: £10.00

Publisher: Amberley Books: 2016

Seller ID: 58781

ISBN: 1445657414

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New in New dust jacket

New hardback copies at a reduced price; published £20.00.; Jedburgh teams in the Netherlands. First published in Dutch as 'Operatie Jedburgh: Geheime Geallieerde Missies in Nederland 1944-1945'. Illustrated. ; 277 pages
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THE JEDBURGHS : THE SECRET HISTORY OF THE ALLIED SPECIAL FORCES, FRANCE 1944

By: Irwin, Will. Lt. -Col.

Price: £4.00

Publisher: Publicaffairs, New York: 2005

Seller ID: 66653

ISBN: 1586484621

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Fair

Paperback; blemish to edge of pages, corners of a few pages creased, otherwise good in creased and scratched card covers. ; Account of the Special Forces units dropped behind German lines into France to assist with the D-Day landings. Illustrated. ; 323 pages
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DARING RAIDS OF WORLD WAR TWO : HEROIC LAND, SEA & AIR ATTACKS

By: Jacobs, Peter.

Price: £5.00

Publisher: Pen & Sword: 2015

Seller ID: 60014

ISBN: 1783463333

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New in New dust jacket

New hardback copies at a reduced price; published 19.99. ; Thirty of the most daring and strategic raids of the Second World War. Includes Taranto, Bruneval, St Nazaire, Dieppe, Amiens Prison, and Pegasus Bridge. Illustrated. ; 237 pages
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BRITAIN'S BAND OF BROTHERS

By: Keene, Tom.

Price: £5.00

Publisher: The History Press: 2014

Seller ID: 53326

ISBN: 0752489909

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New in New dust jacket

New hardback copies at a reduced price; published £18.99.; The story of fifty handpicked, cross-Channel raiders who carried the fight to the enemy shore long before D-Day. Illustrated. ; 256 pages
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LEAVENWORTH PAPERS NO.11: RANGERS: SELECTED COMBAT OPERATIONS IN WORLD WAR II

By: King, M. J. Dr.

Price: £7.00

Publisher: Combat Studies Institute, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.: 1985

Seller ID: 39876

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

Paperback; good in yellowed, creased and marked card covers. ; A critical reconstruction of the Ranger operations at Djebel el Ank, Tunisia; Porto Empedocle, Sicily; Cisterna, Italy; Zerf, Germany; and Cabanatuan in the Philippines. Fold-out maps. ; 90 pages
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BEACHHEAD ASSAULT : THE STORY OF THE ROYAL NAVAL COMMANDOS IN WORLD WAR II

By: Lee, D.

Price: £6.99

Publisher: Greenhill: 2017

Seller ID: 60890

ISBN: 1473894298

Binding: Paperback

Condition: New

New paperback copies at a reduced price; pubished £14.99.; First published 2004. Illustrations & maps. ; 272 pages
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THE SMALL SCALE RAIDING FORCE

By: Lett, B.

Price: £8.00

Publisher: Pen & Sword: 2013

Seller ID: 53569

ISBN: 1781593949

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New in New dust jacket

New hardback copies at a reduced price; published £19.99.; The Small Scale Raiding Force (SSRF). Second in a two-part study of Major Gus March-Phillipps DSO, MBE. , and the seaborne commandos and secret agents he led during World War Two. Illustrated. ; 216 pages
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IAN FLEMING AND SOE'S OPERATION POSTMASTER : THE UNTOLD TOP SECRET STORY

By: Lett, B.

Price: £8.00

Publisher: Pen & Sword: 2013

Seller ID: 63091

ISBN: 1781590001

Binding: Paperback

Condition: New in New dust jacket

New hardback copies at a reduced price; published £19.99. Reprint. ; The previously untold story of a daring and successful SOE operation. Illustrated. ; 255 pages
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SAS IN TUSCANY 1943-1945

By: Lett, Brian.

Price: £8.00

Publisher: Pen & Sword: 2010

Seller ID: 60605

ISBN: 1848844468

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New in New dust jacket

New hardback copies at a reduced price; published £19.99.; Three SAS operations in enemy-occupied Italy: Speedwell 2 (september 1943) ; Galia (winter 1944/1945) ; and Blimey (April 1945). Illustrations & maps. ; 246 pages
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OPERATION SUICIDE : THE REMARKABLE STORY OF THE COCKLESHELL RAID

By: Lyman, Robert.

Price: £5.00

Publisher: Quercus: 2012

Seller ID: 50644

ISBN: 1780872518

Binding: Paperback

Condition: New

New paperback copies at a reduced price; published £12.99. ; Illustrated. ; 346 pages
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SAS : THE HISTORY OF THE SPECIAL RAIDING SQUADRON 'PADDY'S MEN'

By: McClean, Stewart.

Price: £19.99

Publisher: Spellmount: 2006

Seller ID: 67060

ISBN: 1862272875

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New in New dust jacket

New hardback copies. ; A history of the Special Raiding Squadron; the unit, men and their operations during the Sicilian and Italian campaigns; and the extraordinary man who commanded the squadron, Robert Blair Mayne or 'Paddy' as he became known. Maps & illustrations. ; 159 pages
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THE COMMANDOS 1940-1946

By: Messenger, Charles.

Price: £10.00

Publisher: William Kimber: 1985

Seller ID: 55870

ISBN: 0718305531

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair in Fair dust jacket

Hardback; pages heavily yellowed (low quality paper) otherwise good in creased dustjacket. ; Detailed study of the Commandos during World War Two. Includes the Middle East Commandos of 1940-41; Layforce; the Small Scale Raiding Force; No.30 Commando; and 'X' Troop of No.10 (Inter-Allied) Commando. Illustrations & maps. ; 447 pages
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COMMANDO TO CAPTAIN-GENERALL: THE LIFE OF BRIGADIER PETER YOUNG

By: Michelli, A.

Price: £5.00

Publisher: Pen & Sword: 2007

Seller ID: 53989

ISBN: 1844156516

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New in New dust jacket

New hardback copies at a reduced price; published £19.99. ; Biography of the military historian, wargamer and founder of the Sealed Knot Society. Founding member of 3 Commando, he saw action in Norway, Dieppe, Sicily, Italy, Normandy and Burma; later in Palestine commanding 9th Regiment, Arab Legion; and founder of the War Studies Department at RMA Sandhurst. Illustrated. ; 258 pages
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COMMANDO DESPATCH RIDER : FROM D-DAY TO DEUTSCHLAND 1944-45

By: Mitchell, Raymond.

Price: £6.99

Publisher: Pen & Sword: 2014

Seller ID: 51190

ISBN: 1473822920

Binding: Paperback

Condition: New

New paperback copies at a reduced price; published 14.99. ; The author served as a Despatch Rider (DR) with 41 Royal Marine Commando throughout the North-West Europe campaign. Account based on his wartime diary and the Unit's War Diary. Illustrations & maps. ; 234 pages
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DAGGERS DRAWN: SECOND WORLD WAR HEROES OF THE SAS AND SBS

By: Morgan, M.

Price: £4.00

Publisher: Sutton: 2001

Seller ID: 34375

ISBN: 0750925094

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good in Very Good dust jacket

Hardback; pages yellowed (low quality paper) otherwise good in very good dustjacket. ; Illustrated. ; 236 pages
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STING OF THE SCORPION: THE INSIDE STORY OF THE LONG RANGE DESERT GROUP

By: Morgan, M.

Price: £4.99

Publisher: Sutton: 2003

Seller ID: 44631

ISBN: 0750937041

Binding: Paperback

Condition: New

New paperback copies at a reduced price; published 6.99.; Illustrations & maps. ; 202 pages
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THE SAS IN WORLD WAR II : AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY

By: Mortimer, G.

Price: £8.00

Publisher: Osprey Publishing: 2011

Seller ID: 59473

ISBN: 184908646X

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Very Good dust jacket

Hardback; very good in very good dustjacket. ; Illustrated. ; 256 pages
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KILL ROMMEL : OPERATION FLIPPER 1941

By: Mortimer, G.

Price: £5.00

Publisher: Osprey: 2014

Seller ID: 61995

ISBN: 1472801091

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

Raid 43. Paperback; very good in lightly scuffed card covers. ; Illustrated. ; 64 pages
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THE RAIDERS: THE ARMY COMMANDOS 1940-46

By: Neillands, R.

Price: £8.00

Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicholson: 1989

Seller ID: 31846

ISBN: 0297794264

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good in Good dust jacket

Hardback; pages yellowed otherwise very good in very good dustjacket. ; Maps & illustrations. ; 242 pages
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WITH THE BLACK DEVILS: A SOLDIER'S WORLD WAR II ACCOUNT WITH THE FIRST SPECIAL SERVICE FORCE AND THE 82ND AIRBORNE

By: Nelson, M. J.

Price: £20.00

Publisher: Schiffer: 2004

Seller ID: 66877

ISBN: 0764320548

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New in New dust jacket

New hardback copies at a reduced price. ; Illustrated. ; 144 pages
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THE LONG RANGE DESERT GROUP : HISTORY & LEGACY

By: Noren, Karl-Gunnar & Gyllenhaal, Lars.

Price: £10.00

Publisher: Helion & Company Ltd.: 2019

Seller ID: 62900

ISBN: 1911628887

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New in New dust jacket

New hardback copies at a reduced price; published £19.95.; LRDG methods and missions; and a modern eighteen-day journey in original WW2 jeeps across the Egyptian desert. Illustrated. ; 136 pages
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IMAGES OF WAR SPECIAL: THE LONG RANGE DESERT GROUP IN ACTION 1940-1943

By: O'Carroll, Brendan.

Price: £15.99

Publisher: Pen & Sword: 2020

Seller ID: 68437

ISBN: 152677741X

Binding: Paperback

Condition: New

New paperback copies. ; Illustrated with wartime b/w photographs; with captions. ; 215 pages
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THE MARAUDERS

By: Ogburn, Charlton.

Price: £5.00

Publisher: Hodder and Stoughton: 1960

Seller ID: 39920

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair in Fair dust jacket

Hardback; ink marks and inscription to title pages; heavy foxing to edge of pages otherwise good in yellowed, chipped and creased dustjacket. ; Merrill’s Marauders (named after Frank Merrill) officially named the 5307th Composite Unit (Provisional) , was a United States Army long range penetration special operations jungle warfare unit, which fought in the South-East Asian theatre of World War II, or China-Burma-India Theater (CBI). The unit became famous for its deep-penetration missions behind Japanese lines, often engaging Japanese forces superior in number. The author served with the Mar...
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COCKLESHELL RAID

By: Oldfield, Paul.

Price: £8.99

Publisher: Pen & Sword: 2012

Seller ID: 67822

ISBN: 1781592551

Binding: Paperback

Condition: New

Battleground Europe. New paperback copies at a reduced price. ; Operation Frankton. The famous 'Cocklshell Heroes' Commando Raid. Account of the operation with Battlefield Tour. Illustrations & maps. ; 237 pages
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PRIVATE ARMY

By: Peniakoff, Vladimir. Lieutenant-Colonel. (Popski)

Price: £10.00

Publisher: Jonathan Cape: 1950

Seller ID: 67717

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good in Fair dust jacket

Hardback; boards discoloured; foxing to edge of pages, otherwise good in yellowed, creased, torn and part-missing dustjacket. Fourth impression. ; The story of Popski's Private Army, officially No. 1 Demolition Squadron, PPA, a unit of British Special Forces set up in Cairo in October 1942 by Major Vladimir Peniakoff. Fold-out maps. ; 512 pages
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