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The Phantom Major: The Story of David Stirling and the SAS Regiment

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In the dead of night and uncertain days of 1941 and 1942, when Rommel’s Afrika Korps used to be sweeping towards Egypt and the Suez Canal, a small group of daring raiders made history for the Allies. They operated deep at the back of the German lines, driving hundreds of miles during the deserts of North Africa. They hid by day and struck by night, destroying aircraft, blowing up ammunition dumps, derailing trains and killing again and again their very own number.

The men were the Special Air Service, the SAS, the brainchild of David Stirling, a deceptively mild-mannered man with a brilliant idea. Under his command, small teams of resourceful, highly trained men penetrated beyond the front lines of the opposing armies and wreaked havoc where the Germans least expected it.

Virginia Cowles’s The Phantom Major is a classic account of these raids, an important tale of courage, impudence and daring, packed with action and high adventure. Her narrative, in accordance with the eyewitness testimony of the boys who took part, gives a captivating insight into the early years of the SAS.

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