SAS

Ben Macintyre åbner i "SAS" for første gang op for de hemmelige arkiver fra Storbritanniens unikke specialstyrke i fortællingen om deres historie. I sommeren 1941, da anden verdenskrig var på sit højeste i den nordafrikanske ørken, opfandt den excentriske unge officer, David Stirling, en radikal ny militærenhed. Det skulle være en lille, hemmelig enhed, som kunne gennemtrænge og arbejde bag fjendens linjer. På trods af stor modstand gav Winston Churchill Stirling lov til at rekruttere de mest hårdføre, klogeste og ubarmhjertige soldater han kunne finde. Heraf opstod Special Air Service, som skulle blive en af verdenshistoriens bedste og mest hemmelige specialstyrker. 75 år efter begyndelsen har SAS endelig til denne bog indvilliget i at fortælle om deres forbløffende historie. Til "SAS" har historiker, Ben Macintyre, fået fuld adgang til specialstyrkens hemmelige arkiver og glemte skatte af aldrig offentliggjorte rapporter, memoer, dagbøger, breve, kort og fotografier. Derudover har han interviewet nogle af SAS første soldater og dem, som kendte dem. ”SAS” er en vild fortælling om frygtløshed, heltemod, hensynsløshed, tragedier og ekstraordinære mænd som var villige til at bruge deres liv som indsats i kampen for frihed.

Ben Macintyre åbner i "SAS" for første gang op for de hemmelige arkiver fra Storbritanniens unikke specialstyrke i fortællingen om deres historie. I sommeren 1941, da anden verdenskrig var på sit højeste i den nordafrikanske ørken, opfandt den excentriske unge officer, David Stirling, en radikal ny militærenhed. Det skulle være en lille, hemmelig enhed, som kunne gennemtrænge og arbejde bag fjendens linjer. På trods af stor modstand gav Winston Churchill Stirling lov til at rekruttere de mest hårdføre, klogeste og ubarmhjertige soldater han kunne finde. Heraf opstod Special Air Service, som skulle blive en af verdenshistoriens bedste og mest hemmelige specialstyrker. 75 år efter begyndelsen har SAS endelig til denne bog indvilliget i at fortælle om deres forbløffende historie. Til "SAS" har historiker, Ben Macintyre, fået fuld adgang til specialstyrkens hemmelige arkiver og glemte skatte af aldrig offentliggjorte rapporter, memoer, dagbøger, breve, kort og fotografier. Derudover har han interviewet nogle af SAS første soldater og dem, som kendte dem. ”SAS” er en vild fortælling om frygtløshed, heltemod, hensynsløshed, tragedier og ekstraordinære mænd som var villige til at bruge deres liv som indsats i kampen for frihed.

*BEN MACINTYRE'S NEXT BOOK, REDWOOD , IS AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER NOW* THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER! ANYONE WHO WATCHED THE BBC SERIES WILL LOVE THIS GIFT! THE BOOK BEHIND THE HIT BBC SERIES SAS: ROGUE HEROES, STARRING CONNOR SWINDELLS, JACK O'CONNELL, ALFIE ALLEN AND DOMINIC WEST 'A master at setting the pulse racing ' Daily Mail ________________ In the summer of 1941, at the height of the war in the Western Desert, a bored and eccentric young officer, David Stirling, has a vision for a new kind of war: attacking the enemy where they least expect it - from behind their own lines. Despite the intense opposition of many in British High Command, Winston Churchill personally gives Stirling permission to recruit the toughest, brightest and most ruthless soldiers he can find. And so begins the most celebrated and mysterious military organisation in the world: the SAS. With unprecedented access to the SAS secret files, unseen footage and exclusive interviews with its founder members, SAS: Rogue Heroes tells the remarkable story behind an extraordinary fighting force, and the immense cost of making it a reality. ________________ 'Thorough and highly entertaining. It would be nigh on impossible to praise it too highly' Daily Express 'Impeccably researched, superbly told - by far the best book on the SAS in World War II' Antony Beevor 'Told with deceptive brilliance . . . one the finest books of its kind' Evening Standard Sunday Times bestseller, February 2023

*BEN MACINTYRE'S NEXT BOOK, REDWOOD , IS AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER NOW* THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER! ANYONE WHO WATCHED THE BBC SERIES WILL LOVE THIS GIFT! THE BOOK BEHIND THE HIT BBC SERIES SAS: ROGUE HEROES, STARRING CONNOR SWINDELLS, JACK O'CONNELL, ALFIE ALLEN AND DOMINIC WEST 'A master at setting the pulse racing ' Daily Mail ________________ In the summer of 1941, at the height of the war in the Western Desert, a bored and eccentric young officer, David Stirling, has a vision for a new kind of war: attacking the enemy where they least expect it - from behind their own lines. Despite the intense opposition of many in British High Command, Winston Churchill personally gives Stirling permission to recruit the toughest, brightest and most ruthless soldiers he can find. And so begins the most celebrated and mysterious military organisation in the world: the SAS. With unprecedented access to the SAS secret files, unseen footage and exclusive interviews with its founder members, SAS: Rogue Heroes tells the remarkable story behind an extraordinary fighting force, and the immense cost of making it a reality. ________________ 'Thorough and highly entertaining. It would be nigh on impossible to praise it too highly' Daily Express 'Impeccably researched, superbly told - by far the best book on the SAS in World War II' Antony Beevor 'Told with deceptive brilliance . . . one the finest books of its kind' Evening Standard Sunday Times bestseller, February 2023

The authorised illustrated history of the SAS by the number one bestselling author of Dunkirk , Joshua Levine. With never-before-seen photographs and unheard stories, this is the SAS’s wartime history in vivid and astonishing detail. The SAS began as a lie, a story of a British parachute unit in the North African desert, to convince the Axis they were under imminent threat. The lie was so effective that soon a small band of men were brought together to make it real. These recruits were the toughest and brightest of their cohort, the most resilient, most dynamic and most self-sufficient. Their first commanders, David Stirling and Paddy Mayne, would go down in history as unorthodox visionaries. Yet this book tells much more than the usual origin story of the unit and seeks out less well-known leaders like Bill Fraser, who was essential in helping the SAS achieve fame for their devastating raids. By looking beyond the myth, this book brings back to life a group of men who showed immense bravery and endured unimaginable risks behind enemy lines. Written with the full cooperation of the SAS and with exclusive access to SAS archives, Levine draws on individual stories and personal testimony, including interviews with veterans and family members. On every page, the book gives a visceral sense of what it was like to fight and train in the SAS in both North Africa and Europe during the Second World War, focusing on their failures as well as their successes. This book is vivid with the characters of the men, their eclectic personalities, their strengths, weaknesses and many disagreements. Levine has uncovered a remarkable portrait of this enigmatic unit with photographs and stories long thought lost to history

The authorised illustrated history of the SAS by the number one bestselling author of Dunkirk , Joshua Levine. With never-before-seen photographs and unheard stories, this is the SAS’s wartime history in vivid and astonishing detail. The SAS began as a lie, a story of a British parachute unit in the North African desert, to convince the Axis they were under imminent threat. The lie was so effective that soon a small band of men were brought together to make it real. These recruits were the toughest and brightest of their cohort, the most resilient, most dynamic and most self-sufficient. Their first commanders, David Stirling and Paddy Mayne, would go down in history as unorthodox visionaries. Yet this book tells much more than the usual origin story of the unit and seeks out less well-known leaders like Bill Fraser, who was essential in helping the SAS achieve fame for their devastating raids. By looking beyond the myth, this book brings back to life a group of men who showed immense bravery and endured unimaginable risks behind enemy lines. Written with the full cooperation of the SAS and with exclusive access to SAS archives, Levine draws on individual stories and personal testimony, including interviews with veterans and family members. On every page, the book gives a visceral sense of what it was like to fight and train in the SAS in both North Africa and Europe during the Second World War, focusing on their failures as well as their successes. This book is vivid with the characters of the men, their eclectic personalities, their strengths, weaknesses and many disagreements. Levine has uncovered a remarkable portrait of this enigmatic unit with photographs and stories long thought lost to history

The authorised history of the SAS by the number one bestselling author of Dunkirk, Joshua Levine. With unheard stories, this is the SAS's wartime history in vivid and astonishing detail.The SAS began as a lie, a story of a British parachute unit in the North African desert, to convince the Axis they were under imminent threat. The lie was so effective that soon a small band of men were brought together to make it real. These recruits were the toughest and brightest of their cohort, the most resilient, most dynamic and most self-sufficient. Their first commanders, David Stirling and Paddy Mayne, would go down in history as unorthodox visionaries. Yet this book tells much more than the usual origin story of the unit and seeks out less well-known leaders like Bill Fraser, who was essential in helping the SAS achieve fame for their devastating raids. By looking beyond the myth, this book brings back to life a group of men who showed immense bravery and endured unimaginable risks behind enemy lines.Written with the full cooperation of the SAS and with exclusive access to SAS archives, Levine draws on individual stories and personal testimony, including interviews with veterans and family members. The book gives a visceral sense of what it was like to fight and train in the SAS in both North Africa and Europe during the Second World War, focusing on their failures as well as their successes.This book is vivid with the characters of the men, their eclectic personalities, their strengths, weaknesses and many disagreements. Levine has uncovered a remarkable portrait of this enigmatic unit with stories long thought lost to history