X troop : the secret Jewish commandos of World War Two /

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 al...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Garrett, Leah, 1966- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2021]
Subjects:	Great Britain. > Combined Operations Command. > Commando, 10th. > No. 3 Troop > Biography. Masters, Peter, > 1922-2005. Gans, Manfred. Anson, Colin Edward, > 1922-2016. World War, 1939-1945 > Commando operations > Great Britain. World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Europe. World War, 1939-1945 > Secret service > Great Britain > Biography. HISTORY / Military / World War II. HISTORY / World.

Table of Contents:

Exile
Behind the Wire
The Pioneer Corps
Joining the Fight
Disaster at Dieppe
The Elite of the Elite
Italy
The Field Marshal, The Water Polo Star & The Codebreaker
Southampton, June 4, 1944
Sword Beach, June 6, 1944
Pegasus Bridge, June 6, 1944
Varaville and Beyond, June 7-15, 1944
Normandy Breakout
The Adriatic
Walcheren
Crossing the Rhine
The Final Push
Into the Abyss
Denazification
Afterword: The legacy of X Troop.