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The Secret Army - An Elite Force, A Secret Mission, A Fleet Of Model-T Fords, A Far Flung Corner Of WWI (Paperback, Main)
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The Secret Army - An Elite Force, A Secret Mission, A Fleet Of Model-T Fords, A Far Flung Corner Of WWI (Paperback, Main)
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It was arguably the greatest fighting force in the entirety of the
Great War. They were the very best: hardened, fearless, decorated,
cocky fighting men, all veterans of Gallipoli and the Western
Front. Yet this elite force secretly assembled in London in late
1917 remains an enigma even today. Barry Stone tells the story of
these British, Australian, New Zealand, Canadian and South African
men who were sent to the ethnic powder keg of the Caucasus to
preserve British interests. They matched wits with German spies and
assassins. They fought the Turks. They dined with sheiks, outraged
local mullahs, forged unlikely alliances with Russian Cossacks,
helped Armenians flee genocide, and saved the lives of thousands of
starving Persians. This book is a rarity: a story set against the
backdrop of war, filled not with bloodshed but with acts of
kindness and selflessness; a triumph of the human spirit.
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