In the summer of 1943 a vast Allied invasion fleet sailed for fortress Europe, aiming to bulldoze its way onto Nazi shores. Led by the legendary SAS commander Blair ‘Paddy’ Mayne, these hard-hitting, piratical raiders were tasked to do the impossible - to bludgeon their way through the most heavily defended enemy shoreline, so enabling the Allies to advance.
If they succeeded in their mission it would mark the turning point in the war. If they failed, the consequences were unthinkable. Replete with surprise, shock, action, heroic endeavour and glory, not to mention subterfuge and treachery, Damien Lewis takes you to the heart of the action in thenSAS’s mission to liberate Europe.
Based upon the contents of Blair ‘Paddy’ Mayne’s war chest - a trove of letters, diaries, mission reports, rare photos and film and captured enemy documents - plus interviews with the last surviving members of the wartime SAS and their families, this is a spellbinding classic of combat writing.
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