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In Action With the Sas : a Soldiers Odyssey from Dunkirk to Berlin PDF

207 Pages·2005·1.28 MB·English
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by the same author The Cruellest of Tests (The Book Guild Ltd) First published in Great Britain in 2005 by Pen & Sword Military an imprint of Pen & Sword Books Ltd 47 Church Street Barnsley South Yorkshire S70 2AS Copyright © Roy Close, 2005 9781783460687 The right of Roy Close to be identified as Author of this Work has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical including photocopying, recording or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission from the Publisher in writing. Typeset in 11/13 Sabon by Phoenix Typesetting, Auldgirth, Dumfriesshire Printed and bound in England by CPI UK Pen & Sword Books Ltd incorporates the imprints of Pen & Sword Aviation, Pen & Sword Maritime, Pen & Sword Military, Wharncliffe Local History, Pen & Sword Select, Pen & Sword Military Classics and Leo Cooper. For a complete list of Pen & Sword titles please contact PEN & SWORD BOOKS LIMITED 47 Church Street, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, S70 2AS, England E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.pen-and-sword.co.uk Table of Contents Also by Title Page Copyright Page Introduction 1 - Mobilizing the Unready 2 - Dunkirk: Chaos to ‘Miracle’ 3 - Regrouping: ‘The Few’ Win Time 4 - Frustration in North Africa 5 - Battle School with the Paras 6 - Feet and Knees Together 7 - Training with the SAS 8 - Into Enemy – Occupied Territory 9 - Action in Maquis Country 10 - Winter Along the Maas 11 - Advance into Germany 12 - Norwegian Round-up: Parisian Summer 13 - Berlin : Governing the Defeated Epilogue Appendix 1 - The SAS Regimental Collect Appendix 2 Appendix 3 Appendix 4 - Lili Marlene Index

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Roy Close's wartime experiences make breathtaking reading. Mobilized in 1939 he became part of the BEF and was fortunate to avoid death or captivity during the German blitzkrieg and escape through Dunkirk. Sent to North Africa, he joined the Paras and, from there, to the SAS. In 1944 he operated beh
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