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Commando
- Winning World War II Behind Enemy Lines
- Narrated by: Andrew Wincott
- Length: 13 hrs and 55 mins
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Summary
June 1940: As Britain's soldiers limped home from Dunkirk, a maverick Army officer was already devising a bold plan to hit back at the enemy. His idea was to revolutionise military thinking and change the face of warfare forever. Relying as much on stealth and guile as on courage and stamina, the Commandos brought to the battlefield the skills of the guerrilla. Trained by an unconventional band of experts, and led by a big-game hunter, a film star, a Highland chief and an eccentric wielding a bow and arrow, they became the spearhead of the Allied drive for victory. Weaving together official documents, new research, and veterans' own accounts, Commando reveals for the first time the exhilarating full story of WWII's most formidable fighting force.
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- Stanley Backster
- 13-08-20
Excellent book from start to finish
The book was well narrated, logically throughout out and kept the listener engaged. I thought I knew something of the inception of the Commandoes but this book really broadened it. It was especially interesting to hear a detailed account the cockleshell heroes, the raids on the Greek islands, the establishment of the Commando school and Heroes like Anders Lassen.
Not sure I took it all in so I plan to listen to it again, genuinely excellent!
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- Nautilus
- 28-02-18
Gripping!!!
a great listen into the ups and downs of the genesis of the Commando's from wars start through D-day and on to the battle in the East.
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- Bootneck
- 24-09-20
Hoofing
This book is a must read for all serving and former Commandos. Definitely up there as one of my favourite books.
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- Mr G B Lewis
- 18-01-23
Nice anthology of stories
Narrated nicely and easy to listen to. Nice to hear some personal accounts from solidierst along with official history.
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- Dave
- 10-11-16
gripping first book
This book and the stories within had me spellbound
A must read for anyone remotely interested in the military
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- william goodall
- 08-09-19
Absolutely brilliant narrative history
An amazing story of truly amazing men...told in a very objective way. The narration is excellent...you can imagine Andrew is a young commando officer himself, delivering a post op debrief...
And it’s a important tale to tell
Well done all...
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- harry mcleese
- 12-09-20
Commandos Lead the way
A excellent historical piece on the commando special force raiders throughout the Second World War . The narrator has you gripped by his tone from start to finish
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- A. DONALDSON
- 20-06-20
Very informative. Accents could do with some work
A very full and interesting account about the commandos and its inception and the earlier raiding teams that come before. Some of the stories such as the SIG raids in North Africa I read about in Ghost Patrol by Damian Lewis. A very good book and although I liked the narrators natural reading voice I was not a fan of the constant changes of accent when attempting to impersonate a scouse manc or cockney soldier. Not necessary and sometimes the comical sounding accents detracted from what was being said. That said I would still recommend it.
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- Thomas e mortimore
- 24-10-22
Wonderful
Was great and enjoyed this definitely recommend listening to this the story and the narrator
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- michael williams
- 01-06-18
quite the eye opener
It goes to show that the ruling elite once again played with the average soul pretty much as their plaything in pursuit of personal glory. Funny how junior ranks get the slightest of mention whilst giving a vivid pictures of the gentry.
that said the commandos were all very brave especially those that went back for more. god bless all of them.
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