01745ojm 2200253z- 450 991014892340332120230912161814.00-00-815526-7(CKB)3710000000923517(BIP)052173028(EXLCZ)99371000000092351720231107c2016uuuu -u- -engNight Fighters in France : SAS OperationHarperCollins UKUltimate soldier. Ultimate mission. But can the SAS distract the Nazis to allow airborne landings to go ahead?September 1944: in the wake of the successful 'Anvil' landings, the Allies plan airborne landings in the Orléans Gap. To 'soften' the enemy beforehand, they decide to drop a squadron of men and jeeps in Central France, to hit enemy positions to distract attention from the landings taking place elsewhereOperation Kipling begins when 46 jeeps and 107 well-armed SAS men from C Squadron are parachuted in with orders to establish a base and contact the Maquis - Frenchmen living in makeshift forest camps, conducting sabotage missions behind enemy lines.Even as they are setting up camp, the airborne landings are cancelled and the SAS ordered to conduct 'aggressive' patrolling. Over the coming weeks, C Squadron must carry out a succession of high risk night raids against the Germans, racing into occupied towns in jeeps, firing on the move, and racing out again: to continually harass the enemy and inflict heavy casualties. Or die trying.Night Fighters in France 823.914Clarke Shaun1449395Barrett SeånothAUDIO9910148923403321Night Fighters in France : SAS Operation3651595UNINA