SBS silent warriors : the authorised wartime history of the Special Boat Service from the secret SBS archives /
by David, Saul.
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BookPublisher: London : William Collins, 2021Description: xxxviii, 490 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white, and colour) ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780008394523 (hbk.) :; 0008394520 (hbk.) :.Classification number: 356.1609 DAVSubject(s): Great Britain. Royal Marines. Special Boat Service -- History | World War, 1939-1945 -- Commando operations -- Great Britain | Special forces (Military science) -- Great Britain -- History | Special operations (Military science) -- Great Britain -- History | Warfare and Defence | Warfare and Defence | England | Middle East | English | 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999 | c 2010 to c 2019Summary: From award-winning historian Saul David, an authorised history of the SBS. Britain's SBS - or Special Boat Service - was the world's first maritime special operations unit. Founded in the dark days of 1940, it started as a small and inexperienced outfit that leaned heavily on volunteers' raw courage and boyish enthusiasm.
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| 355.3709 WE We remember the Home Guard | 355.4 SIM War from the ground up: | 356.1609 ASH Special forces heroes: | 356.1609 DAV SBS silent warriors : the authorised wartime history of the Special Boat Service from the secret SBS archives / | 356.1609 FIE The elite : the story of special forces - from ancient Sparta to the Gulf War / | 356.166 ART The Paras : an oral history / | 356.166 KER Sky men: the real story of the Paras |
Maps on lining papers.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
From award-winning historian Saul David, an authorised history of the SBS. Britain's SBS - or Special Boat Service - was the world's first maritime special operations unit. Founded in the dark days of 1940, it started as a small and inexperienced outfit that leaned heavily on volunteers' raw courage and boyish enthusiasm.
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