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100 1 _aGarrett, Leah,
_d1966-
245 1 0 _aX Troop :
_bthe secret Jewish commandos who helped defeat the Nazis /
_cLeah Garrett.
260 _aLondon :
_bChatto & Windus,
_c2021.
299 0 0 _aHH
300 _axiv, 351 pages :
_billustrations (black and white) ;
_c24 cm.
366 _b20210527
_cIP
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 8 _aJune 1942. The Third Reich is victorious everywhere. In desperation, Winston Churchill and his chief of staff form an unusual plan: a new commando unit made up of Jewish refugees from Germany and Austria who escaped to Britain just before the War. Many have lost their families, their homes - their whole worlds. And now, in the crucial final battles against the Nazis, they will stop at nothing to defeat them. Trained in counterintelligence and advanced combat, this top secret unit becomes known as X Troop. Some simply call them a suicide squad. Drawing on extensive original research, including interviews with the last surviving members, Leah Garrett follows this unique band of brothers from Europe to England and back again, with stops at British internment camps, the beaches of Normandy, the battlefields of Italy and Holland, and the hellscape of Terezin concentration camp.
610 1 4 _aGreat Britain.
_bArmy.
_b'X' Troop, Commando, No 2.
650 0 _aWorld War, 1939-1945
_xRegimental histories
_zGreat Britain.
650 0 _aWorld War, 1939-1945
_xCommando operations
_zEurope.
650 0 _aWorld War, 1939-1945
_xParticipation, Jewish.
650 7 _aWarfare and Defence.
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650 7 _aWarfare and Defence.
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650 7 _aEurope.
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650 7 _aTrue stories of heroism, endurance & survival.
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650 7 _aEuropean history.
_2thema
650 7 _aSecond World War.
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650 7 _aSocial groups: religious groups & communities.
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