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Stirling's desert triumph: the SAS Egyptian airfield raids 1942

By David , Great Britain. Army. Special Air Service;Mortimer , Gavin;Stirling

Book information

Publisher
Osprey Publishing
Year
2015
ISBN
9781472807632, 9781472807649, 9781472807656, 1472807634
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
16 MB (16666073 bytes)
Series
Raid 49
Pages
80 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 c
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
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Description

The night of July 26, 1942 saw one of the most audacious raids of World War II, just as the outcome of that conflict hung in the balance. In North Africa, a convoy of 18 Allied jeeps carrying Special Air Service personnel appeared out of the early-morning darkness and drove onto the Axis landing strip at Sidi Haneish in the Egyptian desert. Within the space of a few savage minutes 18 Axis aircraft were ablaze; a dozen more were damaged and scores of guards lay dead or wounded. The men responsible for the raid then vanished into the night as swiftly as they had arrived, prompting the Germans to dub the enemy leader, David Stirling, 'The Phantom Major'. Featuring full-color artwork, gripping narrative and incisive analysis, this engaging study recounts the origins, planning, execution and aftermath of the daring raid that made the name of the SAS at the height of World War II. Introduction/ Origins/ Initial Strategy/ The Plan/ The Raid/ Analysis/ Conclusion/ Further Reading

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