{"product_id":"churchills-band-of-brothers-wwiis-most-daring-d-day-mission-and-the-hunt-to-take-down-hitlers-fugitive-war-criminals-paperback","title":"Churchill's Band of Brothers: Wwii's Most Daring D-Day Mission and the Hunt to Take Down Hitler's Fugitive War Criminals - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDamien Lewis\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e#1 internationally bestselling author, war reporter, and award-winning historian Damien Lewis explores one of WWII's most remarkable Special Forces missions during the Normandy landings on D-Day--and the extraordinary hunt that followed to take down a cadre of fugitive SS and Gestapo war criminals.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn the night of June 13th, 1944, a twelve-man SAS unit parachuted into occupied France. In a country crawling with enemy troops, their mission was to prevent Hitler from rushing his Panzer divisions to the D-Day beaches and driving the Allied troops back into the sea. It was a Herculean task, but no risk was deemed too great to stop the Nazi assault. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn daring to win it all, the SAS patrol were ultimately betrayed, captured, and tortured by the Gestapo before facing execution in a dark French woodland on Hitler's personal orders. Miraculously, two of the condemned men managed to escape, triggering one of the most-secretive Nazi-hunting operations ever, as the SAS vowed to track down every one of the war criminals who had murdered their brothers in arms . . . all with Churchill's covert backing. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBreathtaking and exhaustively researched, \u003ci\u003eChurchill's Band of Brothers\u003c\/i\u003e reveals the untold story of one of the most daring missions of WWII.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDamien Lewis\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning historian, war reporter, and bestselling author. He spent over two decades reporting from war, disaster, and conflict zones around the world, winning numerous awards. He has written more than a dozen books about World War II, including \u003ci\u003eThe Ministry for Ungentlemanly Warfare, The Dog Who Could Fly, SAS Ghost Patrol, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Nazi Hunters\u003c\/i\u003e. His work has been published in over forty languages, and many of his books have been made, or are being developed, as feature films, TV series, or as plays for the stage. Lewis is a Fellow of the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust and a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. Visit him online at DamienLewis.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 432\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.16 x 9.02 x 6.12 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 25, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51757631471904,"sku":"9780806541372","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/e98159c8e03892128b8de24478a15e74.webp?v=1780107360","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/churchills-band-of-brothers-wwiis-most-daring-d-day-mission-and-the-hunt-to-take-down-hitlers-fugitive-war-criminals-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}