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The Phantom Major: The Story of David Stirling and the SAS Regiment (Paperback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 24 hours | |Short Description for The Phantom MajorIn the dark and uncertain days of 1941 and 1942, when Rommel's Afrika Korps was sweeping towards Egypt and the Suez Canal, a small group of daring raiders made history for the Allies. They operated deep behind the German lines, driving hundreds of miles through the deserts of North Africa. They hid by day and struck by night, destroying aircraft, blowing up ammunition dumps, derailing trains and k...
Full description- Publisher: Pen & Sword Military
- Published: 15 May 2011
- Format: Paperback 320 pages
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- Categories: Special & Elite Forces | European History | British & Irish History | African History | 20th Century History: C 1900 To C 2000 | Military History | Second World War
- ISBN 13: 9781848843868 ISBN 10: 1848843860
- Sales rank: 173,809
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The Phantom Major
Well written book from the memoirs of David Stirling the legendary british commander who set up the SAS, full on details on how he planned the first raids, dealing with high command and their lack of support, the fowl ups enroute to operations, Rommel's or German High Commands counter operations and even the betrayls by germans spies. by Andrew Crisp
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