The SAS are the most feared and respected elite fighting force in the modern military world. But what about the 'Originals', the soldiers who turned an outlaw unit into one of the most effective strike forces of WWII First activated in 1941, Lieutenant David Stirling's 'L' Detachment, Special Air Service, were the forerunners of today's SAS - taking part in more than 100 daring secret operations before being temporarily disbanded in 1945. This book reveals the truth about the early daysof the Special Air Service, how this unique fighting force overcame the disapproval of the military authorities to win glory and fame in North Africa, Italy and Europe.

Sas At War 1941 To 1945

History

Kemp, Anthony

Military

Penguin Uk

The SAS at War: 1941-1945 (Penguin Classic Military History)

Penguin Books, Ltd.

In this strikingly bold and original work, Kemp argues that the Western idea of time reversed itself between the fourteenth and the eighteenth century from a static and syncretic image of a temporal world in which all time is uniform, the past is the arbiter of truth and all inherited knowledge is eternally viable, and no secrets lie hidden in time waiting to be revealed to a future age; to a dynamic and supersessive model of history in which the past dispenses only ignorance and error. Kemp describes these two opposed historical worlds, these "time texts," and traces the transition between them, its mechanism, and its motivation, concluding by drawing out the epistemological consequences of supersessive history for the modern intellect.

The Estrangement of the Past: A Study in the Origins of Modern Historical Consciousness

Historical Study & Educational Resources

Oxford University Press

Eighteen-year-old Johnny Cooper volunteered for the SAS in 1941. He therefore became one of the original soldiers who, by trial and error, built the service up to the effective force it is today. In this book Cooper recalls his experiences in North Africa, and his first glimpse of Belsen.

One of the Originals: The Story of a Founder Member of the SAS

Cooper, Johnny

Pan Books Limited

The Secret Hunters

Engineering & Transportation

Engineering

Hodder & Stoughton General Division

The sixth of June 1944 marked the start of the greatest amphibious operation ever attempted, as Allied forces united in a highly co-ordinated campaign to secure a foothold on European soil, free the occupied countries and eventually to invade Germany. The strategic difficulties of planning and execution are balanced here by eyewitness accounts from ordinary people on both sides of the conflict. In graphic detail the story of that momentous day is related - from the immense initial preparations to the actual landings, through the bitter battle for Normandy, to the final triumphant liberation of Europe.

D-Day: The Normandy Landings and the Liberation of Europe (New Horizons)

Thames&Hudson

Castles are as much a feature of the European landscape as any other form of man-made structure. From the sheer might of an Edwardian castle in North Wales to a lonely tower perched on a mountain crag in Germany, they were the fulfillment of both military and social needs throughout the Middle Ages.As well as being a fortress, a castle was the home of an individual, whether he be a powerful monarch or a humble Knight. Even the bishops were great castle builders.

Castles in color

Arco.

The essential aim of this book is to provide readers with a practical, step-by-step introduction to Pagan ideas and practices, which they can try for themselves without having to "join" anyone else's coven or organization. The authors do not seek to convert, but merely to present ideas for readers to consider.

Practical Paganism

Religion & Spirituality

Sertori, J. M.

New Age & Spirituality

Robert_Hale

Weapons and equipment of the Marlborough wars

Europe

Blandford Press

Kemp deals specifically with the founding of the regiment and its fortunes during the World War II. In the "The SAS at War", Anthony Kemp has used hitherto unpublished documentation in addition to drawing on more than 100 operational files which give details of the regiment's successes and blunders during the war years. He has interviewed members of the SAS during that period. The result is a book that charts the unit's largely secret wartime operations.

The Sas at War: The Special Air Service Regiment 1941-1945

John Murray Pubs Ltd

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