Secret Soldiers: The Story of World War II's Heroic Army of Deception
- ISBN-10
- 0525946640
- ISBN-13
- 9780525946649
- Series
- Secret Soldiers
- Category
- History (General)
- Pages
- 400
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2002
- Publisher
- E P Dutton
- Author
- Philip Gerard
Description
Profiles the virtually unknown 23rd Headquarters Special Troops, an elite, thousand-man "ghost army" that helped win the Battle of Europe and fought in more campaigns than any other unit in the European Theater of Operations. 30,000 first printing.
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- 2019-04-23
- 304 pages
- Paperback
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- 2019-04-23
- 304 pages
- Ebook
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- 2002-01
- 620 pages
- Paperback
- Weidenfeld & Nicolson
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