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Title: KILL ROMMEL!
OPERATION FLIPPER 1941
By: Gavin Mortimer, Peter Dennis (Illus), Johnny Shumate (Illus)
Format: Paperback

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ISBN 10: 1472801091
ISBN 13: 9781472801098
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Publisher: BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC
Pub. date: 6 February, 2014
Series: Raid 43
Pages: 80
Description: In November 1941, a small party of British Commandos landed by submarine in Libya, tasked with the assassination of General Erwin Rommel, commander of the German forces in North Africa, who was believed to be staying in a villa near the coast.
Synopsis: In November 1941, a small party of British Commandos landed by submarine in Libya, tasked with the assassination of General Erwin Rommel, commander of the German forces in North Africa, who was believed to be staying in a villa near the coast. Three men - Lt-Col Geoffrey Keyes, Capt Robin Campbell and Sgt Jack Terry - stormed the villa, but the German general was nowhere to be found. In the confused fighting Keyes was killed and Campbell wounded; only two raiders would escape, one of whom was Terry. The raid made headlines round the free world, and Keyes was awarded a posthumous Victoria Cross. Yet in truth the raid had been a glorious failure, a mission bedevilled by bad planning and poor intelligence. Even so, crucial lessons were learned, particularly by the Special Air Service - who carried out their first mission on the same night as the raid on Rommel's HQ.
Illustrations: 3 col
Publication: UK
Imprint: Osprey Publishing
Returns: Non-returnable
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