Publisher's Synopsis
A fascinating account of the role of the Special Air Service during and after the Normandy Landings, which began on D-Day, June 6, 1944
With an introduction covering the establishment of the SAS, this history moves through the operations, such as Titanic, Dingson, Samwest, Houndsworth, Haft, and Dunhill, showing how the SAS helped to spike the Germans' efforts to combat the invasion in France and make strategic attacks that produced important progress in the final push to defeat Hitler's army. Decorated for bravery, the men of the SAS risked life and limb, as well as succumbing to capture and torture, in their efforts to help the Allies win World War II. Renowned as one of the elite forces of the world, the SAS's contribution to the successful outcome of the D-Day invasion is told in thrilling detail with many first-hand accounts and new interviews with those who experienced the events first-hand.
