SAS Ghost Patrol

This is the true raid to recapture Tobruk from the axis forces during world war 2 . The allies consisted of the long range desert group,SAS ,Marine commando & SIG . The sig was German speaking Jews who used to live in Germany & were formed to infiltrate Tobruk with the intention of taking the sas disguised as prisoners into the heart of axis held territory to blow up aircraft & gun emplacements.

The author, Damien Lewis, has done an incredible job in his retelling of this incredible story. No thriller novel could ever compete for page-turning intensity - made all the more intense through the knowledge that this is fact, it happened. The courage, audacity and sheer bloody-mindedness of those who took part is beyond comparison, or belief for that matter! Yet it happened, carried out by brave, fearless men in the darkest days of WW2. A highly commendable read.

A fast paced rendition of one of the most ridiculously brave raids of WWII.This is very much a 'boys own' book, and yet it is no fictitious, gung-ho story. The men, whose tale is told within the pages of this book, were almost beyond heroic; they were erring on plain bonkers.I cannot decide which element was more dangerous, the suicidal head-long lunge at the town of Tobruk or crossing a thousand miles of desert in dodgy trucks with little supplies and zero support!Genuine bunch of real men, and true heroes.Good story. Give it a read!

I made the mistake of researching some of the facts half way through reading and came across a document which gave me the whole story in about 4 pages - probably the original stimulus for the book I suspect. The story is extremely interesting as are some of the characters. I think the author moves around the action a little too much which left me confused towards the end of the book about who was on which part of each mission

If you want adventure and heroic madness and bravery look no further than these guys. If you like WW2 stories read this book.