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Lieferstatus:	Auf Bestellung (Lieferzeit unbekannt)
Veröffentlichung:	April 2015
Genre:	Geschichte / Politik / Kultur
	Air forces & warfare / Egypt / HISTORY / Military / Special Forces / Irregular or guerrilla forces & warfare / Second World War / Special & elite forces / United Kingdom, Great Britain / Warfare & defence
ISBN:	9781472807632
EAN-Code:	9781472807632
Verlag:	Bloomsbury
Einband:	Kartoniert
Sprache:	English
Serie:	#49 - Raid
Dimensionen:	H 248 mm / B 184 mm / D
Gewicht:	261 gr
Seiten:	80
Illustration:	Farb. Abb.
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Inhalt:

Specially commissioned artwork, archive photographs and expert analysis combine to tell the absorbing story of the SAS's legendary raid on Sidi Haneish at the height of World War II. 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-colour 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.