TY - BOOK AU - Milton,Giles TI - The ministry of ungentlemanly warfare: Churchill's mavericks : plotting Hitler's defeat SN - 9781444798951 (hbk.) : AV - D810.S7 U1 - 940.5486 MIL 23 PY - 2016/// CY - London PB - John Murray KW - Great Britain KW - Special Operations Executive KW - History KW - World War, 1939-1945 KW - Secret service KW - Warfare and Defence KW - eflch KW - ukslc N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - 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. These 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 ER -