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SAS in Italy 1943-1945 - Raiders in Enemy Territory (Hardcover)
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SAS in Italy 1943-1945 - Raiders in Enemy Territory (Hardcover)
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This is the story of Britain's elite special force in Italy during
the Second World War. In the summer of 1943 the SAS came out of
Africa to carry the fight to the Germans and Fascists in Sicily and
the mainland. On the Italian Armistice and Surrender in September
1943 the originator of the SAS, Scots Guards lieutenant David
Stirling, was a prisoner at the high-security prisoner of war camp
five at Gavi in Piedmont, north-western Italy, after being captured
in January in Tunisia. He eventually ended up as a prisoner at
Colditz Castle in Germany, but his work continued. The idea of
small groups of parachute-trained soldiers operating behind enemy
lines to gain intelligence, destroy enemy aircraft, and attack
their supply and reinforcement routes, was realised in the many
daring missions carried out in Italy by the men of 2nd SAS Regiment
and the Special Raiding Squadron. The famous SAS motto of `Who
dares wins,' was swiftly translated into the Italian `Chi osa
vince.' This book reveals how words were turned into deeds.
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