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Six Gentlemen, One Goal: the Destruction of Hitler's War Machine
In the spring of 1939, a top-secret organization was founded in London: its purpose was to plot the destruction of Hitler's war machine, through spectacular acts of sabotage.
The guerrilla campaign that followed was every bit as extraordinary as the six men who directed it. One of them, Cecil Clarke, was a maverick engineer who had spent the 1930s inventing futuristic caravans. Now, his talents were put to more devious use: he built the dirty bomb used to assassinate Hitler's favorite, Reinhard Heydrich. Another, William Fairbairn, was a portly pensioner with an unusual passion: he was the world's leading expert in silent killing, hired to train the guerrillas being parachuted behind enemy lines. Led by dapper Scotsman Colin Gubbins, these men---along with three others---formed a secret inner circle that, aided by a group of formidable ladies, single-handedly changed the course of the Second World War: a cohort hand-picked by Winston Churchill, whom he called his Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare.
Giles Milton's Churchill's Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare is a gripping and vivid narrative of adventure and derring-do that is also, perhaps, the last great untold story of the Second World War.
Six Gentlemen, One Goal: the Destruction of Hitler's War Machine
In the spring of 1939, a top-secret organization was founded in London: its purpose was to plot the destruction of Hitler's war machine, through spectacular acts of sabotage.
The guerrilla campaign that followed was every bit as extraordinary as the six men who directed it. One of them, Cecil Clarke, was a maverick engineer who had spent the 1930s inventing futuristic caravans. Now, his talents were put to more devious use: he built the dirty bomb used to assassinate Hitler's favorite, Reinhard Heydrich. Another, William Fairbairn, was a portly pensioner with an unusual passion: he was the world's leading expert in silent killing, hired to train the guerrillas being parachuted behind enemy lines. Led by dapper Scotsman Colin Gubbins, these men---along with three others---formed a secret inner circle that, aided by a group of formidable ladies, single-handedly changed the course of the Second World War: a cohort hand-picked by Winston Churchill, whom he called his Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare.
Giles Milton's Churchill's Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare is a gripping and vivid narrative of adventure and derring-do that is also, perhaps, the last great untold story of the Second World War.
CONTENTS
Prologue 1
1. The Third Man 5
2. Thinking Dirty 20
3. Making Bangs for Churchill 34
4. Sweet Fanny Adams 49
5. The Wild Guerrillas of Kent 64
6. The Enemy Within 80
7. The First Big Bang 96
8. Killing School 111
9. Gubbins's Pirates 128
10. A Deadly Bang 146
11. Masters of Sabotage 163
12. Czech-Mate 176
13. Sabotage in the Mountains 193
14. Man of Steel 211
15. In the Bleak Midwinter 227
16. Enter Uncle Sam 245
17. Gubbins's Trojan War 256
18. Fighting with Hedgehogs 269
19. Operation Gubbins 276
Epilogue 295
Acknowledgements 307
Illustration Credits 311
Notes and Sources 313
Bibliography 335
Index 341
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2018 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Geschichte |
| Jahrhundert: | 20. Jahrhundert |
| Rubrik: | Geisteswissenschaften |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Seiten: | 384 |
| Inhalt: | 384 S. |
| ISBN-13: | 9781250119032 |
| ISBN-10: | 1250119030 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Milton, Giles |
| Hersteller: | Picador USA |
| Maße: | 211 x 136 x 30 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Giles Milton |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 06.02.2018 |
| Gewicht: | 0,328 kg |
CONTENTS
Prologue 1
1. The Third Man 5
2. Thinking Dirty 20
3. Making Bangs for Churchill 34
4. Sweet Fanny Adams 49
5. The Wild Guerrillas of Kent 64
6. The Enemy Within 80
7. The First Big Bang 96
8. Killing School 111
9. Gubbins's Pirates 128
10. A Deadly Bang 146
11. Masters of Sabotage 163
12. Czech-Mate 176
13. Sabotage in the Mountains 193
14. Man of Steel 211
15. In the Bleak Midwinter 227
16. Enter Uncle Sam 245
17. Gubbins's Trojan War 256
18. Fighting with Hedgehogs 269
19. Operation Gubbins 276
Epilogue 295
Acknowledgements 307
Illustration Credits 311
Notes and Sources 313
Bibliography 335
Index 341
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2018 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Geschichte |
| Jahrhundert: | 20. Jahrhundert |
| Rubrik: | Geisteswissenschaften |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Seiten: | 384 |
| Inhalt: | 384 S. |
| ISBN-13: | 9781250119032 |
| ISBN-10: | 1250119030 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Milton, Giles |
| Hersteller: | Picador USA |
| Maße: | 211 x 136 x 30 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Giles Milton |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 06.02.2018 |
| Gewicht: | 0,328 kg |
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