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Ian Fleming's Commandos: The Story of 30 Assault Unit in WWII

Ian Fleming's Commandos: The Story of 30 Assault Unit in WWII

Nicholas Rankin

9780571250622

Faber & Faber


Biography; British & Irish history; Second World War; Special & elite forces; Military intelligence

Hardback

416 pages

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In 1942, Lieutenant-Commander Ian Fleming was personal assistant to the Director of Naval Intelligence - the dynamic figure behind James Bond's fictional chief, 'M'. Here, Fleming had a brilliant idea: why not set up a unit of authorised looters, men who would go in hard with the front-line troops and steal enemy intelligence? Known as '30 Assault Unit', they took part in the major campaigns of the Second World War, landing on the Normandy beaches and helping to liberate Paris. 30AU's final amazing coup was to seize the entire archives of the German Navy - thirty tons of documents. Ian Fleming flew out in person to get the loot back to Britain, where it was combed for evidence to use in the Nuremburg trials. In this gripping and highly enjoyable book, Nicholas Rankin, author of the best-selling Churchill's Wizards, puts 30 Assault Unit's fascinating story in a strategic and intelligence context. He also argues that Ian Fleming's Second World War service was one of the most significant periods of his life - without this, the most popular spy fiction of the twentieth century would not have been written.

By:   Nicholas Rankin
Imprint:   Faber & Faber
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 35mm,  Width: 240mm,  Spine: 161mm
Weight:   683g
ISBN:  

9780571250622


ISBN 10:   0571250629
Pages:   416
Publication Date:   November 2011
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Nicholas Rankin spent twenty years broadcasting for BBC World Service where he was Chief Producer and won two UN awards. He is the author of Dead Man's Chest, Telegram from Guernica and the bestselling Churchill's Wizards, the story of British intelligence in the two World Wars.

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