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Titolo: Kill Rommel! Condizione: Nuovo EAN: 9781472801098 ISBN: 9781472801098 Publisher: Osprey Publishing Formato: Tascabile Data di pubblicazione: 20/02/2014 Lingua: inglese Altezza: 248mm Lunghezza: 184mm Peso: 250g Autore: Gavin Mortimer Ilustración: Alan Gilliland, Peter Dennis, Johnny Shumate Contribuyente: Alan Gilliland (Illustrated by), Peter Dennis (Illustrated by), Johnny Shumate (Illustrated by) Subtítulos: Operation Flipper 1941 ISBN-10: 1472801091 Description: A detailed, illustrated analysis of the British Commandos’ audacious attempt to assassinate Rommel in 1941.In November 1941, a small party of British Commandos landed by submarine in Libya, tasked with the assassination of General Erwin Rommel, commander of the German forces in North Africa, who was believed to be staying in a villa near the coast. Three men – Lt-Col Geoffrey Keyes, Capt Robin Campbell and Sgt Jack Terry – stormed the villa, but the German general was nowhere to be found. In the confused fighting Keyes was killed and Campbell wounded; only two raiders would escape, one of whom was Terry. The raid made headlines round the free world, and Keyes was awarded a posthumous Victoria Cross. Yet in truth the raid had been a glorious failure, a mission bedevilled by bad planning and poor intelligence. Even so, crucial lessons were learned, particularly by the Special Air Service – who carried out their first mission on the same night as the raid on Rommel’s HQ. Paese di origine: GB Serie: Raid Genere: History Soggetto: Military History, Law & Politics Title Format: Paperback Anno di pubblicazione: 2014
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