SAS Ghost Patrol, Damien Lewis
SAS Ghost Patrol, Damien Lewis
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SAS Ghost Patrol
The Ultra-Secret Unit That Posed as Nazi Stormtroopers

Author: Damien Lewis

Narrator: Leighton Pugh

Unabridged: 9 hr 51 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 04/20/2021

Synopsis

An "amazing" account of Britain's most audacious act of subterfuge in WWII: an undercover raid of Rommel's stronghold in Tobruk (The Daily Mirror).

On a scorching September day in 1942, the Special Air Service (SAS), a special forces unit of the British Army, pulled off one of the most daring, top-secret ruses of the Second World War. The plan (sanctioned by Churchill): cover a grueling two thousand miles of the Sahara desert to attack German general Erwin Rommel's seemingly impregnable port fortress in North Africa from the rear to break free and arm more than thirty thousand Allied POWs. Led by Captain Herbert Buck and posing as Afrika Korps soldiers, complete with German uniforms and weaponry, the crew broke into the enemy stronghold Trojan Horse-style as part of the coordinated attack on Tobruk.

"Intensively researched . . . powerfully written," and culled from the private diaries of the do-or-die maverick heroes, this extraordinary story of the sneak attack on the notorious Desert Fox is more thrilling than any fiction. A bold, outrageous, and rule-shattering mission impossible, SAS Ghost Patrol is "one of the great untold stories of WWII" (Bear Grylls).

About Damien Lewis

Damien Lewis is an award-winning historian, war reporter, and bestselling author. He spent over two decades reporting from war, disaster, and conflict zones around the world, winning numerous awards. He has written more than twenty books, including The Ministry for Ungentlemanly Warfare, Agent Josephine, Churchill's Band of Brothers, SAS Ghost Patrol, and The Nazi Hunters. His work has been published in over forty languages, and many of his books have been made, or are being developed as feature films, TV series, or as plays for the stage. Lewis is a Fellow of the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust and a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Alex on September 09, 2018

Published in 2017, 75 years after the events in North Africa, Damien Lewis' SAS Ghost Patrol follows the actions of Special Forces in the attempt to retake Tobruk from Axis forces. But the story opens in September 1941 with British POW Capt. Henry Cecil Buck, who speaks German, escaping his captors......more

Goodreads review by Matt on January 30, 2018

I'll start of by saying that the book's title is a bit misleading. The unit in question is the SIG (Special Interrogation Group), a collection of, mostly, German Jews recruited in the middle east, volunteering to fight against the Nazi regime. The author does go into detail about how that unit was f......more

Goodreads review by David on July 15, 2022

Damien Lewis had me hooked by the end of the first chapter. If the remainder of the book fulfilled the promise of action, heroism, and manhood presented within the first few paragraphs, I knew I was in for a great story, and a good read. Lewis did not disappoint. The title is somewhat misleading, in......more

Goodreads review by Neil Lacey on February 15, 2022

A story I have never come across before. The actions and conditions faced were interesting and inspiring. Easy to follow and well researched.......more

Goodreads review by David on November 04, 2023

I enjoyed this book. These kind of historical non fiction can be a difficult read but Damien Lewis brings the narrative alive with his writing style. Not too many adjectives as that would be unfitting of the men of sas, sign, lrdg and the commandos. Yet again another exploit of the war highlights th......more

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