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100 1 $aLewis, Damien,$eauthor.
245 14$aThe ministry of ungentlemanly warfare :$bhow Churchill's secret warriors set Europe ablaze and gave birth to modern black ops /$cDamien Lewis.
250 $aFirst paperback.
260 $aNew York :$bQuercus,$c2016.
300 $ax, 402 p., 8 unnumbered p. :$billustrations, maps ;$c21 cm.
500 $aFirst published in the United States by Quercus in 2015- -Title page verso.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (page 378) and index.
520 $aWhen France fell to the Nazis in 1940, Churchill declared that Britain would resist the advance of the German army - - alone if necessary. Churchill commanded the Special Operations Executive to secretly develop of a very special kind of military unit that would operate on their own initiative deep behind enemy lines. The units would be licensed to kill, fully deniable by the British government, and a ruthless force to meet the advancing Germans. The very first of these butcher-and-bolt units -- the innocuously named Maid Honour Force -- was led by Gus March-Phillipps, a wild British eccentric of high birth, and an aristocratic, handsome, and bloodthirsty young Danish warrior, Anders Lassen. Amped up onamphetamines, these assorted renegades and sociopaths undertook the very first of Churchill's special operations -- a top-secret, high-stakes mission to seize Nazi shipping in the far- distant port of Fernando Po, in West Africa. Though few of these early desperadoes survived WWII, they took part in a series of fascinating, daring missions that changed the course of the war. It was the first stirrings of the modern special-ops team, and all of the men involved would be declared war heroes when it was all over.
600 10$aChurchill, Winston,$d1874-1965.
600 10$aMarch-Phillipps, Gustavus Henry,$d1908-1942.
600 10$aLassen, Anders,$d1920-1945.
650 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xSecret service$zGreat Britain.
650 0$aSpecial forces (Military science)$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y20th century.