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The war is coming to an end but the missions do not get any easier for the Commandos as they are sent to destroy a factory making parts for V-2. With the war entering its final months they are attached to the 1st Commando Brigade and they lead the drive to the German heartland. Tasked with trying to save the lives of as many of the inmates of a death camp they have to go deeper behind enemy lines.
Titles in the series (7)
- Breakout
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D-day is over but the Germans still have the allies ringed in a foothold in Normandy. The Commandos are tasked with going behind enemy line to destroy a fuel dump. They become part of the force which closes the Falaise Gap and endures horrific fighting against the elite S.S. Concluding with the liberation Paris the novel portrays the lives of ordinary soldiers as they do extraordinary things.
- Raider
It is 1940 and Britain is fighting alone against the Germans. With the RAF fighting above the skies of England it is down to the Commandos to go back to France and cause as much trouble to the Germans as possible. When the Italians join in alongside the Germans it seems that Britain is about to sink beneath a sea of Fascists.
- Commando
It’s 1940 and the British Expeditionary Force is caught ill prepared for the onslaught of the German Blitzkrieg and its deadly panzers. Caught in the desperate retreat to Dunkirk, Tom Harsker, son of a World War 1 ace, discovers he is a natural soldier. Escaping to England and with complete disaster narrowly averted, Tom is selected to join the newly formed Commandos.
- Beyond the Rhine
The war is coming to an end but the missions do not get any easier for the Commandos as they are sent to destroy a factory making parts for V-2. With the war entering its final months they are attached to the 1st Commando Brigade and they lead the drive to the German heartland. Tasked with trying to save the lives of as many of the inmates of a death camp they have to go deeper behind enemy lines.
- Behind Enemy Lines
It is 1941 and Britain is pressed on all sides. With Japan in the war and convoys being sunk by submarines the last bastion fighting Hitler is beleaguered. The Commandos are the only ones who can fight beyond the Atlantic Wall. Tom Harsker and his section are sent behind enemy lines on a daring mission that will place them in great danger.
- Dieppe
Lieutenant Harsker and his elite Commandos are given no respite as they are sent behind enemy lines to help the Canadians on the ill fated attack at Dieppe. After escaping, by the skin of their teeth, they are sent to North Africa to destroy valuable equipment which has fallen into the enemy's hands. A fast moving novel the action moves from Europe to Africa and from sea to land.
- King Tiger
Tom and his men think that, after taking Walcheren and securing Antwerp, they will be due a leave. When three of them are sent to train other soldiers they think that it will be an easy assignment. Their break from war is rudely interrupted when Adolf Hitler launches Operation Watch on the Rhine, they are thrown back into the maelstrom of war.
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