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The incredible true story of the SAS’s mission to liberate Europe, featuring never-before-seen archive material

FROM BESTSELLING MILITARY HISTORIAN DAMIEN LEWIS

Summer, 1943: the largest invasion fleet ever assembled sailed for Europe, aiming to bulldoze its way onto Nazi shores. At its vanguard went a few hundred elite soldiers, their Royal Navy warship bearing the iconic motto ‘Who Dares Wins’.

The aim: Led by the legendary SAS commander Blair ‘Paddy’ Mayne, these war-bitten, piratical raiders were tasked to do the impossible – to bulldoze their way onto the most heavily defended Nazi shores – against all odds, outnumbered fifty-to-one. If they succeeded, it would mark the turning point in the war. If they failed, the consequences were unthinkable.

Action-packed and filled with heroic endeavour, SAS Forged in Hell is breath-taking combat writing at its best, in true Damien Lewis style.

Publisher Review

The real Guns of Navarone . . . Damien Lewis reveals how Paddy Mayne’s SAS triumphed in their 1943 mission to blow up Nazi shore guns . . . while outnumbered fifty to one * Daily Mail * The Great SAS Train Robbery . . . as in stealing a whole train. Damien has given a step-by-step account of the top-secret breakout in his new book * Daily Mirror * Damien Lewis brings the Commander of the SAS, and the most decorated British soldier, gloriously to life. The book is full of jaw-dropping accounts of derring-do * Stratford Herald * This is the book that needs to be the basis for a film * Colonel Tim Collins OBE * Writer Damien Lewis keeps things edge-of-the-seat as usual. Expect this book like several of his others, to be snapped up by Hollywood soon. * The Radio Times *