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Churchill's Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare: The Mavericks who Plotted Hitler's Defeat by Giles Milton (Paperback, 2017)
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'A magnificent story, brilliantly told. Winston Churchill selected them because they were wildly creative and thoroughly ungentlemanly. One of them, Cecil Clarke, was a maverick engineer who had spent the 1930s inventing futuristic caravans.
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'A magnificent story, brilliantly told. Read it!' Anthony Horowitz Six gentlemen, one goal - the destruction of Hitler's war machine. In the spring of 1939, a top secret organisation was founded in London: its purpose was to plot the destruction of Hitler's war machine through spectacular acts of sabotage. The guerrilla campaign that followed was to prove every bit as extraordinary as the six gentlemen who directed it. Winston Churchill selected them because they were wildly creative and thoroughly ungentlemanly. One of them, Cecil Clarke, was a maverick engineer who had spent the 1930s inventing futuristic caravans. Now, his talents were put to more devious use: he built the dirty bomb used to assassinate Hitler's favourite, Reinhard Heydrich. Another member of the team, William Fairbairn, was a portly pensioner with an unusual passion: he was the world's leading expert in silent killing. He was hired to train the guerrillas being parachuted behind enemy lines. Led by dapper Scotsman Colin Gubbins, these men - along with three others - formed a secret inner circle that planned the most audacious sabotage attacks of the Second World War. Winston Churchill called it his Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare. The six 'ministers', aided by a group of formidable ladies, were so effective that they single-handedly changed the course of the war. Told with Giles Milton's trademark verve and eye for detail, THE MINISTRY OF UNGENTLEMANLY WARFARE is thoroughly researched and based on hitherto unknown archival material. It is a gripping and vivid narrative of adventure and derring-do and is also, perhaps, the last great untold story of the Second World War.Product Identifiers
PublisherJohn Murray Press
ISBN-139781444798982
eBay Product ID (ePID)234032101
Product Key Features
Number of Pages368 Pages
Publication NameChurchill's Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare: the Mavericks Who Plotted Hitler's Defeat
LanguageEnglish
SubjectHistory
Publication Year2017
TypeAcademic History
AuthorGiles Milton
FormatPaperback
Dimensions
Item Height198 mm
Item Weight279 g
Item Width129 mm
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorGiles Milton
Era2010s
RegionWestern Europe
Age LevelAdults
CityLondon
TopicMilitary
SubjectsHistory & Military
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- 22 May, 2019
With oddballs like this, Britain is unbeatable
This is an incredible story, in the best tradition of British amateur warfare. There's something compelling about the mend and make do attitude of the people who just could not see defeat as a possibility. You want a limpet mine ? Right, let's pop down to Woolworths and get the ingredients. Need a time delay fuse ? Easy; aniseed balls. How do we stop the fuse activating ? Hmmm. Pop down the chemists (every chemist in Bedford) and buy up their stock of condoms. You couldn't make it up.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 07 Mar, 2019
Can’t put it down. Brilliant.
Brilliant book that summed up the levels that Churchill would go to win World War 2. A time of nicotine fuelled, woolly jumper wearing, garden shed boffins dreaming up all manner of skullduggery that the Cads and Bounders of the upper crust used to ‘take it to Hitler’. Can’t put it down. Brilliant.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 04 Sep, 2019
Fascinating Read
Fascinating book, well written. Made me realise what sacrifice that generation of men and woman made to win the war against evil tyranny. Thoroughly recommend you read it, if your are at all interested in the history of WWll.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 02 Sep, 2022
Incredible story
A well written account of how specialist groups of people lead by engineering geniuses helped turn the tide of the Second World WarVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 19 Oct, 2017
One of my top ten books ever.
Simply ... a book I found compelling to read. Amazing stories.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 12 Sep, 2018
When Britain was pulled kicking and screaming into the new age of war.
Very well written, tells the story of how Britain went from playing by the rules to discovering that breaking them was much more efficient.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 25 Nov, 2020
Totally descriptive of book contents
Tight prose and excellent reference material.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 26 Jun, 2019
Well worth a read!
Great book well worth reading contains interesting not common factsVerified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 11 Aug, 2021
Very interesting and totally absorbing.
It's a book...Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 31 Dec, 2020
Very interesting
Good qualityVerified purchase: YesCondition: New
