The Imperial War Museum Book of War Behind Enemy Lines
1998
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After the fall of France in 1940 during World war II, an array of military units sprang into existence as part of the British special forces. Commandos, such as the Long-Range Desert Group, the Special Boat Section and Squadron, the Chindits,Popski's provate Army, and the legendary Special Air Service, operated in every theater of war and set an axample that militaries around the world have since followed. WAR BEHIND ENEMY LINES is based on the reports, letters, diaries, memoirs, and taped interviews of those who served. As well as the triumphs, the book tells of the frustrations and disasters the befell those who volunteered to fight this lonely and dangerous war behind enemy lines.
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Julian Thompson
Author · 13 books
Major General Julian Harold Atherdean Thompson, CB, OBE is a military historian and former Royal Marines officer who as a brigadier commanded 3 Commando Brigade during the Falklands war. Thompson, who was British commander on the islands during the final phase of the conflict has written extensively on the Falklands conflict and British military history. He is also a visiting professor at the department of War Studies, King's College, University of London.
