03322nam 2200661 a 450 991065458990332120210315174158.01-283-29698-597866132969860-19-978290-3(CKB)2550000000049461(EBL)777001(OCoLC)756484261(SSID)ssj0000537765(PQKBManifestationID)12181287(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000537765(PQKBWorkID)10556652(PQKB)11125377(MiAaPQ)EBC777001(EXLCZ)99255000000004946120110510d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrIan Fleming's commandos[electronic resource] the story of the legendary 30 Assault Unit /Nicholas RankinOxford ;New York Oxford University Press20111 online resource (593 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-978282-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations; Maps; Abbreviations and Acronyms; Prologue; 1 Day Trip to Dieppe, 1942; 2 The Godfather; 3 Technology and War; 4 The Philosophy of the Pinch; 5 Doing Deals; 6 The Commandos Get Cracking; 7 Mapping the Future; 8 Mayhem in the Maghreb; 9 Testing the Waters; 10 Invasion of the Islands; 11 Freeing the French; 12 Breakthrough; 13 Operation Plunder; 14 Getting the Goods; 15 Aftermath; Acknowledgments; Source Notes; Index; plates; footnotesIn 1941, the United Kingdom faced its darkest hour: it stood alone against the Germans, who had chased British forces out of France, Norway, and Greece. All it had left were desperate measures--commando raids, intelligence coups, feats of derring-do. Any such ""novel enterprise,"" wrote Admiral John Godfrey, Director of Naval Intelligence, required ""an officer with drive and imagination of the highest order."" He found one in Commander Ian Fleming. In Ian Fleming's Commandos, Nicholas Rankin tells the exciting story of a secret intelligence outfit conceived and organized by Fleming. Named 30World War, 1939-1945Secret serviceGreat BritainWorld War, 1939-1945Commando operationsGreat BritainWorld War, 1939-1945Regimental historiesGreat BritainWorld War, 1939-1945CampaignsEuropeIntelligence officersGreat BritainBiographyMilitary intelligenceGreat BritainHistory20th centuryElectronic books.World War, 1939-1945Secret serviceWorld War, 1939-1945Commando operationsWorld War, 1939-1945Regimental historiesWorld War, 1939-1945CampaignsIntelligence officersMilitary intelligenceHistory940.54940.54/8641940.548641Rankin Nicholas1950-1252738MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910654589903321Ian Fleming's commandos2904386UNINA