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Lewis, Damien,

SAS Italian job / SAS Italian job : [the secret mission to storm a forbidden Nazi fortress] Damien Lewis. - xvi, 398 pages, 16 pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-384) and index.

An impossible mission in wartime Italy: the next explosive bestseller from Damien Lewis.In the hard-fought winter of 1944 the Allied advanced northwards through Italy, but stalled on the fearsome mountainous defences of the Gothic Line. Two men were parachuted in, in an effort to break the deadlock. Their mission: to penetrate deep into enemy territory and lay waste to the Germans' impregnable headquarters.At the eleventh hour mission commanders radioed for David 'The Mad Piper' Kilpatrick to be flown in, resplendent in his tartan kilt. They wanted this fearless war hero to lead the assault, piping Highland Laddie as he went - so leaving an indelible British signature to deter Nazi reprisals.As the column of raiders formed up, there was shocking news. High command radioed through an order to stand down, having assessed the chances of success at little more than zero. But in defiance of orders, and come hell or high-water, they were going in.Damien Lewis's new bestseller tells the incredible story.

ISBN: 9781787475137 1787475131 9781787475120 1787475123

Publisher. No.: Arrupe

LCCN: 2018487327

Nat. Bib. No.: GBB8E7692 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 019009735 Uk

Subjects--Corporate Names:
Great Britain. Army. Special Air Service --History--World War, 1939-1945.
Great Britain. Army. Special Air Service.

Subjects--Meeting Names:
World War (1939-1945)

Subjects--Chronological Terms:
1939-1945

Subjects--Topical Terms:
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
World War, 1939-1945--Commando operations--Great Britain.
Commando troops.
Military campaigns.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Great Britain.
Italy.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
History.

LC Class. No.: D794.5 / .L49525 2018

Dewey Class. No.: 940.54215