'Of all the war stories I have read, truth or fiction, this is the best' - Ottawa Journal '...a cracking good story' - Globe & Mail 'Green Beach has blown the lid off one of the Second World War's best-kept secrets' Daily Express 'If I had been aware of the orders given to the escort to shoot him rather than let him be captured, I would have cancelled them immediately' Lord Mountbatten 'Green Beach is a vivid, moving and at times nerve-racking reconstruction of an act of outstanding but horrific ...
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'Of all the war stories I have read, truth or fiction, this is the best' - Ottawa Journal '...a cracking good story' - Globe & Mail 'Green Beach has blown the lid off one of the Second World War's best-kept secrets' Daily Express 'If I had been aware of the orders given to the escort to shoot him rather than let him be captured, I would have cancelled them immediately' Lord Mountbatten 'Green Beach is a vivid, moving and at times nerve-racking reconstruction of an act of outstanding but horrific heroism' Sunday Express In 1942 radar expert Jack Nissenthall volunteered for a suicidal mission to join a combat team who were making a surprise landing at Dieppe in occupied France. His assignment was to penetrate a German radar station on a cliff above "Green Beach". Because Nissenthall knew the secrets of British and US radar technology, he was awarded a personal bodyguard of sharpshooters. Their orders were to protect him, but in the event of possible capture lo kill him. .His choice was to succeed or die. The story of what happened to him and his bodyguards in nine hours under fire is one of World War II's most terrifying true stories of personal heroism.
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Very Good Condition. Writing inside front cover. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Military & Warfare; Fiction. ISBN: 0688002951. ISBN/EAN: 9780688002954. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: ABE533644511.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Ex-Libris. 8vo-7¾"-9¾" Tall. Jacket has light edgewear. Boards have minor shelfwear. Pages are clean, text has no markings, binding is sound.
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Good in Good dust jacket. 0688002951. Moderate wear to covers. Chips and tears around all edges of DJ. Closed edge foxing. Binding sound, text clean. A Little Store that's BIG on Service. Free Delivery Confirmation on every package.; 0.8 x 6.9 x 4.1 Inches; 292 pages.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. First edition. 292pp. Illustrated from black and white photographs, maps. Ex-library with usual markings thus very good in a very good dustwrapper with some soiling and edge wear. The true story of one man's courageous mission that changed the course of World War II.
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