Colonel Paddy
eBook - ePub

Colonel Paddy

The Man Who Dared

  1. English
  2. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Colonel Paddy

The Man Who Dared

About this book

This, the original biography of Lieutenant Colonel Robert Blair Mayne, DSO (3 Bars), Legion d Honneur, Croix De Guerre and Colonel Paddy to his contemporaries, is a lively account of his life and wartime exploits with the SAS.

The classic story of Robert Blair Mayne, late commanding officer of the first Special Air Service Regiment, and legend in his own lifetime. As an Air-Commando, he became the scourge of the Nazis across North Africa, Italy, France, the Netherlands and Germany, while leading the most daredevil and dangerous regiment in the British Army. Such was his reputation that Hitler ordered that he was to be shot on sight.

The personification of Irish courage and a man who commanded remarkable loyalty from his men, Colonel Paddy remains one of the most decorated soldiers in the history of the British Army.

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Table of contents

  1. Dedication
  2. Copyright Page
  3. Contents
  4. Foreword to the First Edition
  5. Foreword to the Second Edition
  6. Key to Abbreviations
  7. Chapter 1 In the beginning was the end
  8. Chapter 2 Syrian Interlude
  9. Chapter 3 Desert Saga
  10. Chapter 4 Reprieve
  11. Chapter 5 A-Hunting we must go
  12. Chapter 6 Rift in the lute
  13. Chapter 7 The Black Camel
  14. Chapter 8 Stocktaking
  15. Chapter 9 Death or glory
  16. Chapter 10 Singing in the wilderness
  17. Chapter 11 Intermission
  18. Chapter 12 Spearhead
  19. Chapter 13 Augusta
  20. Chapter 14 Bon Viaggio!
  21. Chapter 15 Termoli
  22. Chapter 16 Tempered steel
  23. Chapter 17 Nemesis
  24. Chapter 18 Vive la France!
  25. Chapter 19 Blood and guts
  26. Chapter 20 Operation Irish Terrier
  27. Chapter 21 Ringing out the bells
  28. Chapter 22 A borderline case
  29. Epilogue