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Boarding Party: Filmed as "The Sea Wolves"

Boarding Party: Filmed as "The Sea Wolves"

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New York Times 'Mr. Leasor's book is truth far more engrossing than fiction... A gem of World War II history.'

Daily Mirror 'One of the most decisive actions in World War II was fought by fourteen out-of-conditions middle-aged men sailing in a steam barge...'

Filmed as The Sea Wolves, this is the story of the undercover exploit of a territorial unit. The Germans had a secret transmitter on one of their ships in the neutral harbour of Goa. Its purpose was to guide the U-boats against Allied shipping in the Indian Ocean. There seemed no way for the British to infringe Goa's Portuguese neutrality by force. But the transmitter had to be silenced. SOE was tasked with dealing with the problem, but how? Then it was remembered that 1,400 miles away in Calcutta was a source of possible help. A group of civilian bankers, merchants and solicitors were the remains of an old territorial unit called The Calcutta Light Horse.

With a foreword by Earl Mountbatten of Burma.

Book information

ISBN: 9781908291028
Publisher: Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp
Imprint: James Leasor Limited
Pub date:
DEWEY: 823.914
Language: English
Number of pages: 236
Weight: 270g
Height: 152mm
Width: 228mm
Spine width: 17mm

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