Special Forces Hero
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Special Forces Hero

Anders Lassen VC MC*

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eBook - ePub

Special Forces Hero

Anders Lassen VC MC*

About this book

Until the German occupation of his native Denmark in April 1940 Anders Lassen had no interest in the War. Yet over the next five years he became a highly decorated Special Forces legend and the only non-Commonwealth recipient of the Victoria Cross. After taking part in a mutiny on board a Danish ship, he made his way to Scotland. He first joined the Special Operations Executive before serving with the Small Scale Raiding Force, Special Air Service and Special Boat Service. He took part in the daring Operation Postmaster, off West Africa, and raided the Channel Islands and the Normandy coast. He saw most action in Eastern Mediterranean, fighting in Crete, the Dodecanese, Yugoslavia, mainland Greece and finally Italy. In April 1945, now a major aged 24, he was killed at Lake Comacchio, where his gallantry earned him his posthumous VC. This superb biography is not just a worthy tribute to an outstanding soldier, but a superb account of the numerous special force operations Anders was involved in.

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Information

Publisher
Pen and Sword Military
Year
2021
eBook ISBN
9781526787521
Topic
History
Subtopic
Military Biographies
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Preface
  6. Foreword
  7. Introduction – 9 April 1940
  8. Chapter 1 Childhood and Family
  9. Chapter 2 M/S Fionia, January–May 1939
  10. Chapter 3 Bækkeskov, May–June 1939
  11. Chapter 4 The Art of Guerrilla Warfare 1 – MI(R)
  12. Chapter 5 M/T Eleonora Mærsk, 1939–40
  13. Chapter 6 The Art of Guerrilla Warfare 2 – The Snowballers, November 1939–March 1940
  14. Chapter 7 ‘Good luck – aim between the eyes’ – February–March 1940
  15. Chapter 8 M/T Eleonora Mærsk, 1 January–9 April 1940
  16. Chapter 9 M/T Eleonora Mærsk, 9 April 1940–October 1940
  17. Chapter 10 The Art of Guerrilla Warfare 3 – Independent Companies and Operation Knife
  18. Chapter 11 M/T Eleonora Mærsk in British Service, 4 May 1940–October 1940
  19. Chapter 12 The Art of Guerrilla Warfare 4 – Commandos
  20. Chapter 13 M/T British Consul, October–December 1940
  21. Chapter 14 Britain, December 1940–January 1941
  22. Chapter 15 The Art of Guerrilla Warfare 5 – SOE – “Set Europe Ablaze”
  23. Chapter 16 In the SOE
  24. Chapter 17 The Art of Guerrilla Warfare 6 – The SOE Schools
  25. Chapter 18 ‘Good with an out-and-out independent nature’
  26. Chapter 19 The Art of Guerrilla Warfare 7 – Commandos
  27. Chapter 20 Special Training School 21, Arisaig House
  28. Chapter 21 Gumley Hall
  29. Chapter 22 The Art of Guerrilla Warfare 8 – Maid Honor
  30. Chapter 23 Operation Postmaster
  31. Chapter 24 Small Scale Raiding Force
  32. Chapter 25 SAS/SBS – Jellicoe
  33. Chapter 26 The SSRF – The End
  34. Chapter 27 Special Boat Squadron
  35. Chapter 28 Operation Albumen, Crete, 23 June–11 July
  36. Chapter 29 The Battle for the Aegean Sea – 1
  37. Chapter 30 The Battle for the Aegean Sea – 2
  38. Chapter 31 Raiders in the Aegean, 1944
  39. Chapter 32 Fatigue and Addiction
  40. Chapter 33 The Adriatic, July–August 1944
  41. Chapter 34 Back to Greece, September–October 1944
  42. Chapter 35 Thessaloniki, October–November 1944
  43. Chapter 36 Senforce, Crete, December 1944–February 1945
  44. Chapter 37 Italy
  45. Chapter 38 Legacy
  46. Anders Lassen’s Service in the British Army
  47. Acknowledgments
  48. Glossary
  49. Notes
  50. Bibliography and Sources