{"product_id":"9780571250639-ian-flemings-commandos","title":"Ian Fleming's Commandos","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Story of 30 Assault Unit in WWII\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn  1942, Lieutenant-Commander Ian Fleming was personal assistant to the  Director of Naval Intelligence - the dynamic figure behind James Bond's  fictional chief, 'M'.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn  1942, Lieutenant-Commander Ian Fleming was personal assistant to the  Director of Naval Intelligence - the dynamic figure behind James Bond's  fictional chief, 'M'. Here, Fleming had a brilliant idea: why not set up  a unit of authorised looters, men who would go in hard with the  front-line troops and steal enemy intelligence?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKnown as '30  Assault Unit', they took part in the major campaigns of the Second World  War, landing on the Normandy beaches and helping to liberate Paris.  30AU's final amazing coup was to seize the entire archives of the German  Navy - thirty tons of documents. Ian Fleming flew out in person to get  the loot back to Britain, where it was combed for evidence to use in the  Nuremburg trials. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this gripping and highly enjoyable book, Nicholas Rankin, author of the best-selling \u003ci\u003eChurchill's Wizards\u003c\/i\u003e,  puts 30 Assault Unit's fascinating story in a strategic and  intelligence context. He also argues that Ian Fleming's Second World War  service was one of the most significant periods of his life - without  this, the most popular spy fiction of the twentieth century would not  have been written.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":30323751878753,"sku":"9780571250639","price":11.42,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_36404644_f6400954-b5a5-4d04-900f-2c4418929bfa.jpg?v=1759483844","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780571250639-ian-flemings-commandos","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}