Six Gentlemen, One Goal: the Destruction of Hitlers War Machine
In the spring of 1939, a top-secret organization was founded in London: its purpose was to plot the destruction of Hitlers war machine, through spectacular acts of sabotage.
The guerrilla campaign that followed was every bit as extraordinary as the six men who directed it. One of them, Cecil Clarke, was a maverick engineer who had spent the 1930s inventing futuristic caravans. Now, his talents were put to more devious use: he built the dirty bomb used to assassinate Hitlers favorite, Reinhard Heydrich. Another, William Fairbairn, was a portly pensioner with an unusual passion: he was the worlds leading expert in silent killing, hired to train the guerrillas being parachuted behind enemy lines. Led by dapper Scotsman Colin Gubbins, these men---along with three others---formed a secret inner circle that, aided by a group of formidable ladies, single-handedly changed the course of the Second World War: a cohort hand-picked by Winston Churchill, whom he called his Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare.
Giles Milton'sChurchills Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfareis a gripping and vivid narrative of adventure and derring-do that is also, perhaps, the last great untold story of the Second World War.
Giles Miltonis the internationally bestselling author of a dozen works of narrative history, including
Soldier, Sailor, Frogman, Spy, Airman, Gangster, Kill or Die: How the Allies Won on D-Day. His book,
Churchills Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, is the basis for a major TV series. Miltons other works
published in twenty-five languages
include
Nathaniels Nutmeg, serialized by the BBC. He lives in London and Burgundy.
CONTENTS
Prologue 1
1. The Third Man 5
2. Thinking Dirty 20
3. Making Bangs for Churchill 34
4. Sweet Fanny Adams 49
5. The Wild Guerrillas of Kent 64
6. The Enemy Within 80
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