--- product_id: 200486729 title: "Churchill's Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare: The Mavericks Who Plotted Hitler's Defeat" price: "VT1973" currency: VUV in_stock: true reviews_count: 7 url: https://www.desertcart.vu/products/200486729-churchills-ministry-of-ungentlemanly-warfare-the-mavericks-who-plotted-hitlers store_origin: VU region: Vanuatu --- # Churchill's Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare: The Mavericks Who Plotted Hitler's Defeat **Price:** VT1973 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Churchill's Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare: The Mavericks Who Plotted Hitler's Defeat - **How much does it cost?** VT1973 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.vu](https://www.desertcart.vu/products/200486729-churchills-ministry-of-ungentlemanly-warfare-the-mavericks-who-plotted-hitlers) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description desertcart.com: Churchill's Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare: The Mavericks Who Plotted Hitler's Defeat (Audible Audio Edition): Giles Milton, Giles Milton, Macmillan Audio: Books Review: A Fabulous Read - This is a wonderful read, an account of the sabotage/guerilla operations installed by the British during WWII. Anyone interested in WWII, Churchill, ‘ungentlemanly warfare’, early connections with the OSS (to become the CIA), et al. will love this book. It is, simultaneously, the account of a group of men/women (Colin Gubbins, Millis Jefferis, Joan Bright, Cecil Clarke, Stuart Macrae, Eric Sykes, William Fairbairn, Gus March-Phillipps, Eddie Myers, Chris ‘Monty’ Woodhouse, Harry Ree and Tommy Macpherson) and major achievements/operations (the development of the 1939 limpet mine, the sticky bomb, the aero-switch, the Hedgehog mortar; the destruction of the St Nazaire dock (on which the Tirpitz depended for servicing), the Gorgopotamos viaduct (on which Rommel depended as a supply route), the assassination of the ‘Butcher of Prague’, Reinhard Heydrich, the destruction of the Norsk Hydro heavy water plant in Norway (on which Hitler depended for his nuclear weapons program), the disabling of the Peugeot factory which had been converted for the making of tanks and the harassing/obstruction of the ‘Das Reich’ division’s attempts to get to Normandy after Operation Overlord. This is all heady stuff and the Brits and Scots at the center of things are all over-the-top adventurers with suitably British nicknames and the capacity to work 16-hour days (before retiring to the pub and club bars for a systematic unwinding). The illustrations are very helpful, with pictures of particular weapons, pictures of the pertinent men and women and photographs of their operational centers where weapons were developed and tested and where commandos were trained in silent killing and explosives. The personal stories range from the sad to the quirky/superheroic. The book is enormously informative, written like a thriller and guaranteed to bring a tear or two to the eye at crucial moments. And it is true. Highly recommended. Review: Wild Exploits Brilliantly Described and Guaranteed to Take Your Breath Away - On page one you meet Joan Bright in 1939, “a jaunty 29-year-old with swept-up hair and a button-down dress who traveled to London in serious need of secretarial work, having just turned down a job in Germany as governess to the children of Rudolf Hess, Deputy Führer or the Third Reich.” Late in the War she rose to be in charge of Secret Intelligence in the Cabinet War Rooms working closely with Winston Churchill with whom she traveled to the Yalta Summit to meet with Stalin and Roosevelt as well as Teheran and Potsdam. Later she had a brief fling with Ian Fleming and became the model for the legendary Miss Moneypenny, M’s iconic secretary in the outer office who spent years pining for James Bond. Joan was one of the first employees of SOE—Special Operations Executive—responsible for behind-enemy-lines parachute drops, sabotage, counter-terrorism, devilishly ingenious weaponry, dirty tricks and myriad exploits that shaved years off the length of World War II. The mantra: “If you can cripple a bridge, you can stop an entire army in its tracks. Among the riveting adventures you’ll savor: • The ambush and assassination in Prague of Reinhard Heydrich, one of the principal architects of the extermination of the Jews. • The audacious St. Nazaire Raid that blew up the largest ship dry dock in the world rendering the mighty German battleship Tirpitz useless. • Bringing down the rail line on the massive Roumeli viaduct in Greece depriving Rommel’s Afrika Corps of more than 2,000 trainloads of supplies. • If you ever saw “Heroes of Telemark” here is the gripping real-life saga of a tiny band of Norwegian saboteurs who skied to the Norsk Hydro plant at Rjuka and scaled a 700-foot shaft of vertical rock to blow it up and prevent the Germans acquiring the atom bomb. • Raising merry hell with air drops prior to the D-Day landings and stalling 1,400 Panzar tanks a full 17 days from reaching Normandy, thus assuring the allied victory. Every chapter is a vivid short story made up of extraordinary characters, intense planning, exhausting rehearsals, crazy new weaponry and heart-stopping action. Gen. George S. Patton, Jr. said, “Compared to war, all other forms of human endeavor shrink to insignificance. God help me, I do love it so.” By the time you reluctantly put down (with a contented sigh) “CHURCHILL’S MINISTRY OF UNGENTLEMANLY WARFARE: The Mavericks Who Plotted Hitler’s Defeat,” you’ll come away agreeing with Patton. ## Images ![Churchill's Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare: The Mavericks Who Plotted Hitler's Defeat - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/919CHGqs9WL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A Fabulous Read *by R***Z on July 21, 2018* This is a wonderful read, an account of the sabotage/guerilla operations installed by the British during WWII. Anyone interested in WWII, Churchill, ‘ungentlemanly warfare’, early connections with the OSS (to become the CIA), et al. will love this book. It is, simultaneously, the account of a group of men/women (Colin Gubbins, Millis Jefferis, Joan Bright, Cecil Clarke, Stuart Macrae, Eric Sykes, William Fairbairn, Gus March-Phillipps, Eddie Myers, Chris ‘Monty’ Woodhouse, Harry Ree and Tommy Macpherson) and major achievements/operations (the development of the 1939 limpet mine, the sticky bomb, the aero-switch, the Hedgehog mortar; the destruction of the St Nazaire dock (on which the Tirpitz depended for servicing), the Gorgopotamos viaduct (on which Rommel depended as a supply route), the assassination of the ‘Butcher of Prague’, Reinhard Heydrich, the destruction of the Norsk Hydro heavy water plant in Norway (on which Hitler depended for his nuclear weapons program), the disabling of the Peugeot factory which had been converted for the making of tanks and the harassing/obstruction of the ‘Das Reich’ division’s attempts to get to Normandy after Operation Overlord. This is all heady stuff and the Brits and Scots at the center of things are all over-the-top adventurers with suitably British nicknames and the capacity to work 16-hour days (before retiring to the pub and club bars for a systematic unwinding). The illustrations are very helpful, with pictures of particular weapons, pictures of the pertinent men and women and photographs of their operational centers where weapons were developed and tested and where commandos were trained in silent killing and explosives. The personal stories range from the sad to the quirky/superheroic. The book is enormously informative, written like a thriller and guaranteed to bring a tear or two to the eye at crucial moments. And it is true. Highly recommended. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Wild Exploits Brilliantly Described and Guaranteed to Take Your Breath Away *by D***H on March 1, 2017* On page one you meet Joan Bright in 1939, “a jaunty 29-year-old with swept-up hair and a button-down dress who traveled to London in serious need of secretarial work, having just turned down a job in Germany as governess to the children of Rudolf Hess, Deputy Führer or the Third Reich.” Late in the War she rose to be in charge of Secret Intelligence in the Cabinet War Rooms working closely with Winston Churchill with whom she traveled to the Yalta Summit to meet with Stalin and Roosevelt as well as Teheran and Potsdam. Later she had a brief fling with Ian Fleming and became the model for the legendary Miss Moneypenny, M’s iconic secretary in the outer office who spent years pining for James Bond. Joan was one of the first employees of SOE—Special Operations Executive—responsible for behind-enemy-lines parachute drops, sabotage, counter-terrorism, devilishly ingenious weaponry, dirty tricks and myriad exploits that shaved years off the length of World War II. The mantra: “If you can cripple a bridge, you can stop an entire army in its tracks. Among the riveting adventures you’ll savor: • The ambush and assassination in Prague of Reinhard Heydrich, one of the principal architects of the extermination of the Jews. • The audacious St. Nazaire Raid that blew up the largest ship dry dock in the world rendering the mighty German battleship Tirpitz useless. • Bringing down the rail line on the massive Roumeli viaduct in Greece depriving Rommel’s Afrika Corps of more than 2,000 trainloads of supplies. • If you ever saw “Heroes of Telemark” here is the gripping real-life saga of a tiny band of Norwegian saboteurs who skied to the Norsk Hydro plant at Rjuka and scaled a 700-foot shaft of vertical rock to blow it up and prevent the Germans acquiring the atom bomb. • Raising merry hell with air drops prior to the D-Day landings and stalling 1,400 Panzar tanks a full 17 days from reaching Normandy, thus assuring the allied victory. Every chapter is a vivid short story made up of extraordinary characters, intense planning, exhausting rehearsals, crazy new weaponry and heart-stopping action. Gen. George S. Patton, Jr. said, “Compared to war, all other forms of human endeavor shrink to insignificance. God help me, I do love it so.” By the time you reluctantly put down (with a contented sigh) “CHURCHILL’S MINISTRY OF UNGENTLEMANLY WARFARE: The Mavericks Who Plotted Hitler’s Defeat,” you’ll come away agreeing with Patton. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review *by P***R on December 26, 2020* Fantastisch boek over de verrichtingen van de onbekende saboteurs in de tweede wereld oorlog. In begrijpelijk Engels geschreven en erg informatief. 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