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Ian Fleming's Commandos

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In 1942, Lieutenant-Commander Ian Fleming was personal assistant to the Director of Naval Intelligence - the dynamic figure behind James Bond's fictional chief, 'M'. Here, Fleming had a brilliant idea: why not set up a unit of authorised looters, men who would go in hard with the front-line troops and steal enemy intelligence? Known as 30 Assault Unit, they took part in the major campaigns of the Second World War, landing on the Normandy beaches and helping to liberate Paris. 30AU's final amazing coup was to seize the entire archives of the German Navy - thirty tons of documents. Ian Fleming flew out in person to get the loot back to Britain, where it was combed for evidence to use in the Nuremburg trials.

Product Overview
ISBN 9780571250639
Categories History, Non-Fiction, Non-Fiction: Humanities
Author(s) Nicholas Rankin
Publisher Faber and Faber
Pages 397
Format Paperback
Dimensions 19.8cm x 2.5cm x 12.6cm
Weight 0.38 kg