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'Intensively researched and powerfully written. One of the great untold stories of WWII' Bear Grylls
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A gripping account of the Big Raids in September 1942 with an abundance of firsthand accounts, this episode of the Desert War is often overlooked, soon to be overshadowed by the 2nd battle of El Alamein but the story has much to teach students of guerrilla tactics today, i.e., the dangers of ‘mission-creep.’
From John's list on the War in the Desert 1940 – 1943.
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