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By Gavin Mortimer,Peter Dennis,Johnny Shumate,Alan Gilliland

The evening of July 26, 1942 observed essentially the most audacious raids of global conflict II, simply because the final result of that clash hung within the stability. In North Africa, a convoy of 18 Allied jeeps sporting particular Air provider body of workers seemed out of the early-morning darkness and drove onto the Axis touchdown strip at Sidi Haneish within the Egyptian desolate tract. in the area of some savage mins 18 Axis airplane have been ablaze; a dozen extra have been broken and rankings of guards lay lifeless or wounded. the lads liable for the raid then vanished into the evening as rapidly as that they had arrived, prompting the Germans to dub the enemy chief, David Stirling, 'The Phantom Major'. that includes full-colour paintings, gripping narrative and incisive research, this attractive learn recounts the origins, making plans, execution and aftermath of the bold raid that made the identify of the SAS on the top of global conflict II.

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