Born of the Desert
eBook - ePub

Born of the Desert

With the SAS in North Africa

  1. 336 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
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eBook - ePub

Born of the Desert

With the SAS in North Africa

About this book

An SAS medical officer's gripping memoir of his WWII service in North Africa.
Born of the Desert is a classic account of the early years of the SAS. The Special Air Service was formed in 1941 and quickly earned a reputation for stealth, daring, and audacity in the Western Desert Campaign. This elite force utilized the endless expanse of the desert to carry out surprise attacks and hit and run raids behind the Afrika Korps' lines, sowing confusion, fear, and consternation.
Malcolm James served as Medical Officer with the SAS throughout 1942 and 1943, and Born of the Desert is his atmospheric account of his life in the North African desert, the bitter fighting against Italian and German targets, and the forging of a remarkable elite unit. James captures the excitement of this dramatic mode of warfare and brings to life the deadly beauty of the desert, the harsh environment, and the strong bonds of comradeship and interdependence that grew out of this experience.

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Information

Publisher
Frontline Books
Year
2015
eBook ISBN
9781473896901
Print ISBN
9781848327825
Subtopic
Military Biographies

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Foreword
  5. Contents
  6. Illustrations
  7. Maps
  8. Introduction—Birth of a Unit
  9. Chapter 1: First Impressions
  10. Chapter 2: Early Training
  11. Chapter 3: On Parachuting
  12. Chapter 4: Behind Rommel’s Lines
  13. Chapter 5: Journey to the Rendezvous
  14. Chapter 6: We Attack Fuka Aerodrome
  15. Chapter 7: German Prisoners and a Rum party
  16. Chapter 8: Life at the Rendezvous
  17. Chapter 9: Raid on Sidi Haneish
  18. Chapter 10: Views of a German Doctor
  19. Chapter 11: We Return by Air
  20. Chapter 12: Observations on Cairo
  21. Chapter 13: We Travel South to Kufra
  22. Chapter 14: We Approach Benghazi
  23. Chapter 15: Wounded Men in the Jebel
  24. Chapter 16: The Ambush
  25. Chapter 17: Our Sad Withdrawal
  26. Chapter 18: Return to Kufra
  27. Chapter 19: Life in the Sand Sea
  28. Chapter 20: The Story Tellers
  29. Chapter 21: The Growth of a Unit
  30. Postscript
  31. Notes to New Edition
  32. Appendix

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